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Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin

Birthday: 1962-02-27 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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), 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), 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. 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 games Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, the latter putting him in the role of Cpl. Taylor "Dutch" Miles. Baldwin also appears as a voice actor in Half Life 2: Episode 2 for various resistance soldiers and citizens. Adam also appeared in Mass Effect 2, playing the role of Quarian marine Kal'Reegar. Baldwin was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka, Illinois. He has three children with his wife, Ami. He has been a registered voter with the Democratic Party since 1980, but admits reexamining his views after being given a copy of David Horowitz's book Radical Son. Politically, he considers himself a "small government conservative libertarian", and has contributed blogs to the Huffington Post and Big Hollywood. As a hobby, he also collects and posts links to varying viewpoints on his Twitter feed

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
The Kid

as    Bob Orlinger

2019
The Legend of 5 Mile Cave

as    Sam Barnes

2014
The Last Ship

as    XO Mike Slattery

2011
InSight

as    Dr. Graham Barrett

2010
The Assignment

as    Mr. Clements

2009
Little Fish, Strange Pond

as    Tommy

2007
Sands of Oblivion

as    Jesse Carter

2007
Chuck

as    John Casey

2007
The Thirst

as    Lenny

2006
Day Break

as    Chad Shelten

2006
Done the Impossible

as    Self - Host

2005
Serenity

as    Jayne Cobb

2005
The Poseidon Adventure

as    Mike Rogo

2005
The Inside

as    Special Agent Danny Love

2004
The Freediver

as    Dr. Viades

2004
Evil Eyes

as    Jeff Stenn

2003
Betrayal

as    Det. Mark Winston

2003
Gacy

as    John Gacy, Sr.

2003
Control Factor

as    Lance Bishop

2002
The Keyman

as    Chris Myers / Keyman

2002
Hyper Sonic

as    Christopher Bannon

2002
Firefly

as    Jayne Cobb

2001
Above & Beyond

as    Peter Clerkin

2000
The Right Temptation

as    Captain Wagner

2000
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as    Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde

2000
Farewell, My Love

as    Jimmy, the bartender

1998
Gargantua

as    Jack Ellway

1998
Indiscreet

as    Jeremy Butler

1997
Men in Black: The Series

as    Agent X (voice)