Adam Baldwin Add to My Celebs Age 50 Birthday Feb. 27th, 1962 Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA Height 6' 4

Adam Baldwin's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Chuck John Casey Firefly Jayne Cobb Day Break Chad Shelten Jackie Chan Adventures Finn The Inside Special Age… The Cape (1996) Col. Jack R…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Gospel Hill 2008 - Drillbit Taylor 2005 - Serenity 2004 - Evil Eyes 2000 - The Patriot 1996 - Independence Day 1995 - How To Make An American Quilt 1994 - Wyatt Earp 1992 - Where The Day Takes You 1992 - Radio Flyer 1991 - Guilty by Suspicion 1990 - Predator 2 1989 - Next of Kin 1988 - The Chocolate War 1988 - Cohen and Tate 1987 - Full Metal Jacket 1984 - Reckless 1983 - D.C. Cab 1981 - Ordinary People 1980 - My Bodyguard

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files, and Marcus Hamilton in Joss Whedon's Angel. He also established a cult following as Jayne Cobb in the series Firefly and the movie Serenity.
He currently stars as NSA agent John Casey on the NBC comedy-spy series Chuck.

Early life
Baldwin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka, Illinois, and once worked as a truck driver.

Career
Appearing in dozens of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast, Ricky Linderman, in My Bodyguard (1980), and moved on to bigger roles in D.C. Cab (1983), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Independence Day (1996), and Serenity (2005) — in which he reprises his role as the mercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series Firefly. His other work includes Radio Flyer (1992), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), The X-Files (Knowle Rohrer), Smoke Jumpers (1996), The Cape, Men in Black: The Series, Stargate SG-1, Angel, The Inside, NCIS and the 2005 remake of The Poseidon Adventure. He also starred in the ABC series Day Break as Chad Shelten in 2006. Baldwin parodied the Ricky Linderman character in the 2008 film Drillbit Taylor.

Baldwin won a SyFy Genre Award in 2006 for Best Supporting Actor/Television for his role as Jayne Cobb in the television series Firefly.

New projects
Baldwin was cast as Clark Kent/Superman in the first DC animated universe movie, Superman: Doomsday, based on DC Comics' The Death of Superman and is currently co-starring in the NBC television show Chuck as NSA Agent John Casey. The show premiered September 24, 2007.

Baldwin has a role as a voice actor in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3. He voices a Marine in the game. He is joined in this capacity by former Firefly colleagues Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk. The personality each of these actors are given in the game match those from their characters in Firefly. At several points in the game he is heard to shout "Have a taste of/Say hello to Vera!", a direct reference to his favourite gun in the show. The line "sure would be nice if we had some grenades," from the movie Serenity, also appears.

Baldwin also appears as a voice actor in Half Life 2: Episode 2 as additional voices for various resistance soldiers and citizens throughout the game.

Adam Baldwin is currently a featured writer on the conservative/libertarian blogging website Big Hollywood.

He also has a main voice role in Xbox 360 game Halo 3: ODST as Corporal Taylor "Dutch" Miles.


TRIVIA:

• Son: Devlin Shepard Baldwin (b. October 17, 1996).
• One of four actors from _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) who voiced superheroes on _"Justice League" (2001)_ (qv). He voiced Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green Lantern, while 'Nathan Fillion' (qv) voiced the Vigilante, 'Gina Torres' (qv) voiced Vixen and 'Morena Baccarin' (qv) voiced Black Canary.
• Alumnus of New Trier Township High School East, Winnetka, Illinois. Other New Trier graduates include 'Ralph Bellamy' (qv), 'Charlton Heston' (qv), 'Rock Hudson' (qv), 'Hugh O'Brien (I)' (qv), 'Ann-Margret' (qv), 'William Christopher' (qv), 'Bruce Dern' (qv), 'Penelope Milford' (qv), 'Virginia Madsen' (qv) and 'Liz Phair' (qv).
• Frequently participates in celebrity hockey games.
• Was named TV Guide's Sexiest Newcomer in 2005 even though he started his acting career in 1980.
• No relation to the Baldwin brothers 'Alec Baldwin' (qv), 'Daniel Baldwin (I)' (qv), 'William Baldwin (I)' (qv) and 'Stephen Baldwin (I)' (qv), who are from Long Island, NY (Adam is from the Chicago area).
• Irish-American.
• Is good friends with 'Jamie Lee Curtis' (qv), and appeared in _Molly & Roni's Dance Party (2005) (V)_ (qv) as a favor to her.

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