Career

Appearing in a large number 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), Predator 2 (1990), Deadbolt (1992), Independence Day (1996), The Patriot (2000), 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), 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. He is also known for NBC's Chuck, in which he played John Casey, one of the lead characters for the five season run of the show.

In season four of Castle, Baldwin was reunited with former Firefly castmate Nathan Fillion. He played Detective Ethan Slaughter in the 21st episode called "Headhunters" which aired April 16, 2012. He returned to Castle in season eight, episode six "Cool Boys".

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

Baldwin was cast as Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: Doomsday, which is based on DC Comics' The Death of Superman. He also voices the character in the massively multiplayer online game DC Universe Online.

Baldwin has a role as a voice actor in the Xbox 360 games Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, the latter putting him in the role of Corporal Taylor "Dutch" Miles. Baldwin also appears as a voice actor in Half Life 2: Episode 2 for various resistance soldiers and citizens. Along with his Chuck co-star, Yvonne Strahovski, he also appeared in Mass Effect 2, playing the role of Quarian marine squad leader Kal'Reegar.

Personal life

Baldwin was born in Winnetka, Illinois, and studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka. He has three children with his wife, Ami Julius.

Politically, he has been a registered Democrat since 1980, but states that he re-examined his views after being given a copy of David Horowitz's book Radical Son. He now considers himself a "small government conservative libertarian", and has contributed to The Huffington Post and Big Hollywood.

He is an avid supporter of Ride 2 Recovery, a bike-riding organization set up for the rehabilitation of wounded veterans. He participated in the 2009 "Don't Mess With Texas Challenge" bike ride.

Baldwin is credited with having originated the GamerGate hashtag. His role in the GamerGate controversy led to a petition to prevent Baldwin from speaking at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo. The convention's management eventually decided after much deliberation and in response to a more successful counter-petition that Baldwin's views should not affect his guest appearance. In late 2015 Baldwin endorsed Ted Cruz for the 2016 United States presidential election via Twitter.

On social media, fake pictures and GIFs of Emma González tearing up a copy of the U.S. Constitution were circulated in an effort to discredit the 2018 March for our Lives. In actuality, she was tearing up a paper shooting target. Baldwin defended circulating the doctored images as "political satire".

Baldwin is not related to the "Baldwin brothers" (Alec, Daniel, William, and Stephen).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	My Bodyguard	Ricky Linderman
	Ordinary People	Kevin Stillman
1983	D.C. Cab	Albert Hockenberry
1984	Reckless	Randy Daniels
1985	Poison Ivy	Ike Dimick
1986	3:15	Jeff Hannah
	Bad Guys	Skip Jackson
1987	Full Metal Jacket	Animal Mother
	Hadley's Rebellion	Bobo McKenzie
1988	Cohen and Tate	Tate
	Chocolate War, TheThe Chocolate War	Carter
1989	Next of Kin	Joey Rosselini
1990	Predator 2	Garber
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	FBI Agent #1
1992	Where the Day Takes You	Officer Black
	Radio Flyer	The King
1993	Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon	Koja
	Treacherous	Tommy Wright
	Bitter Harvest	Bobby
1994	Cold Sweat	Mitch
	Wyatt Earp	Tom McLaury
1995	Digital Man	Captain West
	How to Make an American Quilt	Finn's Father
1996	Independence Day	Major Mitchell
	Lover's Knot	John Reed
1997	Starquest II	Lee
1998	Gargantua	Marine Biologist
2000	Patriot, TheThe Patriot	Capt. Wilkins, British Army
	Right Temptation, TheThe Right Temptation	Captain Wagner
2001	Pursuit of Happiness	Chad Harmon
2001	Above & Beyond	Peter Clerkin
	Jackpot	Mel James
	Farewell, My Love	Jimmy
	Double Bang	Vinnie Krailes
2002	Keyman, TheThe Keyman	Chris Myers / Keyman
2003	Betrayal	Det. Mark Winston
2004	Freediver, TheThe Freediver	Dr. Viades
	Evil Eyes	Jeff Stenn
2005	The Poseidon Adventure	Sea Marshal Mike Rogo
	Serenity	Jayne Cobb
2006	Thirst, TheThe Thirst	Lenny
2008	Gospel Hill	Carl Herrod
	Drillbit Taylor	Disgruntled Bodyguard
2009	Little Fish, Strange Pond aka. Frenemy	Tommy
2010	Browncoats: Redemption	Phone Operator (uncredited)
2011	InSight	Dr. Graham Barrett
2012	War of the Worlds: Goliath	Wilson (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Pigs vs. Freaks	Mickey South	TV movie
1985	Special Treat	Otto Frommer	Episode: "Out of Time"
	Poison Ivy	Ike Dimick	TV movie
1986	Welcome Home, Bobby	Cleary Biggs	TV movie
1991	Murder in High Places		TV movie
1992	Cruel Doubt	Det. John Taylor	TV movie
	Deadbolt	Alec Danz	TV movie
1993	Last Shot, TheThe Last Shot	Mark Tullis Jr.	TV short
1994	Blind Justice	Sgt. Hastings	TV movie
1995	Fallen Angels	Ralph	Episode: "Good Housekeeping"
	VR.5	Scott Cooper	Episode: "Pilot"
	Trade-Off	Thomas Hughes	TV movie
	Sawbones	Burt Miller	TV movie
	Shadow-Ops	Dalt	TV movie
1996	Smoke Jumpers	Don Mackey	TV movie
1996-97	Cape, TheThe Cape	Col. Jack Riles	Main role, 17 episodes
1997	The Visitor	Michael O'Ryan	4 episodes
1998	From the Earth to the Moon	Fred Haise	Episode: "For Miles and Miles"
	Gargantua	Jack Ellway	TV movie
	Indiscreet	Jeremy Butler	TV movie
	Outer Limits, TheThe Outer Limits	Major James Bowen	Episode: "Phobos Rising"
2000	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde	TV movie
	Static Shock	York (voice)	Episode: "Aftershock"
2000-05	Jackie Chan Adventures	Finn / Various (voice)	Animates series, 48 episodes
2001	Static Shock	York (voice)	Episode: "Junior"
	Zeta Project, TheThe Zeta Project	Swen (voice)	Episode: "Crime Waves"
2001-02	X-Files, TheThe X-Files	Knowle Rohrer	5 episodes
2002	Hyper Sonic	Christopher Bannon	Video
2002-03	Firefly	Jayne Cobb	Main role, 14 episodes
2003	Control Factor	Lance Bishop	TV movie
	CSI: Miami	De Soto	Episode: "Dead Woman Walking"
	Gacy	John Gacy, Sr.	Video
	Monster Makers	Jay Forrest	TV movie
2004	JAG	Cmdr. Michael Rainer	Episode: "Good Intentions"
	Stargate SG-1	Col. Dave Dixon	Episode: "Heroes: Part 1" Episode: "Heroes: Part 2"
	NCIS	Cmdr. Michael Rainer	Episode: "A Weak Link"
	Angel	Marcus Hamilton	5 episodes
2005	Molly & Roni's Dance Party	School Principal	Video
	Justice League	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern / Various (voice)	3 episodes
	Inside, TheThe Inside	Special Agent Danny Love	Main role, 13 episodes
	Poseidon Adventure, TheThe Poseidon Adventure	Mike Rogo	TV movie
2006	Talk to Me		TV series
	Bones	Special Agent Jamie Kenton	Episode: "Two Bodies in the Lab"
	Invader Zim	Various (voice)	Episode: "The Frycook What Came from All That Space"
2006-08	Day Break	Chad Shelton	Main role, 13 episodes
2007	Sands of Oblivion	Jesse Carter	TV movie
	Superman: Doomsday	Superman / Clark Kent / Dark Superman (voice)	Video
2007-12	Chuck	John Casey	Main role, 91 episodes
2008	CSI: NY	DHS Agent Brett Dunbar	Episode: "Hostage"
	Chuck Versus the Webisodes	John Casey	5 episodes
2011	Love Bites	Hotel Dick	Episode: "Modern Plagues"
2011-12	Transformers: Prime	Breakdown (voice)	Animated series, 2 seasons
2012, 2015	Castle	Detective Ethan Slaughter	2 Episodes: "Headhunter" "Cool Boys"
2012	Young Justice	Parasite (voice)	Episode: "Performance"
	Leverage	Colonel Michael Vance	2 episodes: "The Very Big Bird Job", "The Rundown Job"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Captain Steven Harris	Season 14; 3 episodes
2013	Beware the Batman	Rex Mason/Metamorpho (voice)	Animated series, 3 episodes
2014-present	The Last Ship	Commander/Captain Mike Slattery, USN	Main role, 36 episodes
2015	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Vance Astro (voice)	Animated series, Recurring role
	Guardians of the Galaxy	Vance Astro (voice)	Animated series, recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Kill.switch	Archer
2007	Halo 3	Marines
	Half-Life 2: Episode Two	Citizens
2009	Halo 3: ODST	Dutch
2010	Mass Effect 2	Kal'Reegar
2011	DC Universe Online	Superman
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern
2015	Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.	Henry Fleming
	Infinite Crisis	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern
	Firefly Online	Jayne Cobb

[ Source: Wikipedia ]