- Adam Baldwin
Infobox actor
name = Adam Baldwin
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caption = Baldwin in theAdventureCon 2006
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birthdate = birth date and age|1962|02|27
birthplace =Chicago ,Illinois ,United States
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occupation =Film ,television actor
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homepage =Adam Baldwin (born
February 27 1962 ) is an Americanactor . He is known for his roles as Animal Mother inStanley Kubrick 's "Full Metal Jacket ", Ricky Linderman in "My Bodyguard ",Knowle Rohrer inThe X-Files , andMarcus Hamilton inJoss Whedon 's "Angel". He also established a cult following asJayne Cobb in the series "Firefly", and the movie "Serenity". He is not related to theBaldwin brothers .He currently stars as NSA agent John Casey on the NBC comedy-spy series "Chuck".
Biography
Early life
Baldwin was born in
Chicago, Illinois . He studied at New Trier Township High School East inWinnetka, Illinois , and once worked as atruck driver .Career
Appearing in dozens of
film s 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), "Smoke Jumpers" (1996) and "Serenity" (2005)—in which he reprises his role as themercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series "Firefly". His other work includes the movie "Radio Flyer" (1992), "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998), "The X-Files " (Knowle Rohrer ), "", "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 won a SyFy Genre Award in 2006 for "Best Supporting Actor/Television" for his role as Jayne Cobb in the television series "Firefly". [cite web
url= http://syfyportal.com/news.php?id=2895
title= SyfyPortal Awards
accessdate= 2006-10-08]New projects
Baldwin was cast as the voice of
Clark Kent /Superman in the firstDC animated universe movie, "", based onDC Comics ' "The Death of Superman ". He portrays Major John Casey on the new NBC series "Chuck". The show premieredSeptember 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 colleaguesNathan Fillion andAlan 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 Vera!", a direct reference to his 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 "" as additional voices for resistance soldiers.
Filmography
*"My Bodyguard" (1980)
*"Ordinary People " (1980)
*"D.C. Cab " (1983)
*"Reckless" (1984)
*"Full Metal Jacket " (1987)
*"The Chocolate War " (1988)
*"Cohen and Tate " (1989)
*"Next of Kin" (1989)
*"Predator 2 " (1990)
*"Radio Flyer " (1992)
*"Deadbolt " (1992)
*"Where the Day Takes You " (1992)
*"Wyatt Earp" (1994)
*"Trade Off " (1995)
*"Independence Day" (1996)
*"Smoke Jumpers " (1996)
*"Godzilla " (1998)
*"The Patriot" (2000)
*"Double Bang " (2001)
*"Jackpot" (2001)
*"Control Factor " (2002)
*"Evil Eyes " (2004)
*"The Poseidon Adventure" (2005)
*"Serenity" (2005)
*"Sands of Oblivion " (2007)
*"Drillbit Taylor " (2008)
*"Gospel Hill " (2008)Television/voice acting
*"The Outer Limits" (1998) (
Major James Bowen )
*"" (1998)
*"Bones"
*"The Inside "
*"Firefly" (2002-2003) (Jayne Cobb )
*"Jackie Chan Adventures " (Finn)
*"Angel" (Marcus Hamilton )
*"The X-Files " (Knowle Rohrer /Supersoldier)
*""
*"Justice League Unlimited "
*"Day Break " (2006-2007)
*"Stargate SG-1 " (Col. Dave Dixon)
*"NCIS"
*"VR5 "
*"Chuck" (NSA Agent John Casey)
*""
*"Halo 3 "
*""
*"The Cape " (Col. Jack Riles )
*"JAG (Tv series) "Good Intentions" - Michael Rainer (2004)
*"" "Hostage" - Brett Dunbar (2008)References
External links
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*voice actor|id=1891|name=Adam BaldwinPersondata
NAME=Baldwin, Adam
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH=February 27 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH=Chicago, Illinois
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