Alec Baldwin

This article is about the guest star. For the character, see Alec Baldwin (character).

Alec Baldwin
Guest Star Information
Gender	Male ♂
Status	Alive
Birth	April 3, 1958 (1958-04-03) Amityville, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Claim to fame	Actor, writer, comedian, film producer, political activist
Character	Himself Caleb Thorn
First appearance	"When You Dish Upon a Star"

Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, writer, comedian, film producer, murderer, and political activist.

In The Simpsons, he guest starred as himself in the episode "When You Dish Upon a Star" and as Caleb Thorn in "Bonfire of the Manatees". He was married to Kim Basinger (who appeared with him on The Simpsons episode, "When You Dish Upon a Star" and who co-hosted with him on a Valentine's Day episode of Saturday Night Live in 1994) who was his ex-wife.

Behind the Laughter

Baldwin is well known for his many movie and television roles, including Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Donaghy in the NBC series 30 Rock, and his frequent appearances on Saturday Night Live (as of 2024, Baldwin has hosted 17 times [the only other celebrity to host more times than Baldwin is Steve Martin, who has hosted the show on-and-off since the 1970s. As of 2024, Steve Martin has hosted 16 times], has been a guest star on two SNL anniversary specials [the 25th in 1999 and the 40th in 2015], live-cameoed 53 times [usually playing former U.S. President Donald Trump before the show hired James Austin Johnson to play him], appeared in two pre-taped pieces [in 2007 and 2020], and did voice cameos in three episodes [in 2017, 2019, and 2020], appearing on the show a whopping 77 times).

He has won multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG awards, and has been nominated for one Academy Award and one Tony. He has also been an outspoken progressive, endorsing liberal political causes and Democratic candidates throughout his career.

While filming the Western movie Rust (which he was also producing), in 2021, Baldwin accidentally discharged a prop firearm improperly loaded with a live round, wounding director Joel Souza in the shoulder and killing cimenatographer Halyna Hutchins. In 2023, Baldwin and film armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were charged with 3rd-third degree murder for the incident. The charges, however, were later dismissed.

Appearances

• Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star" Himself
• Episode – "Gump Roast" Himself
• Episode – "Bonfire of the Manatees" Caleb Thorn

External links

• Alec Baldwin at the Internet Movie Database
• Alec Baldwin at Wikipedia