Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin

Infobox actor
name = Adam Baldwin


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birthplace = Chicago, Illinois, United States
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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 is not related to the Baldwin 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 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), "Smoke Jumpers" (1996) and "Serenity" (2005)—in which he reprises his role as the mercenary 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 first DC animated universe movie, "", based on DC Comics' "The Death of Superman". He portrays Major John Casey on the new NBC series "Chuck". 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 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

*imdb name|id=0000284|name=Adam Baldwin
*amg name|2:3513
*voice actor|id=1891|name=Adam Baldwin

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