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No relation to the Baldwin brothers Alec Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin, William Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin, who are from Long Island, NY (Adam is from the Chicago area).

Alumnus of New Trier Township High School East, Winnetka, Illinois. Other New Trier graduates include Ralph Bellamy, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Hugh O'Brien, Ann-Margret, William Christopher, Bruce Dern, Penelope Milford, Virginia Madsen and Liz Phair.

Avid golfer

Is good friends with Jamie Lee Curtis, and appeared in Molly & Roni's Dance Party (2005) (V) as a favor to her.

Recorded his own version of the song "The Man They Call Jayne" for use as an easter-egg feature in the DVD collection of "Firefly" (2002).

Son: Devlin Shepard Baldwin (b. October 17, 1996).

Voiced the second Green Lantern Hal Jordan on "Justice League" (2001), and later chosen to voice Superman/Clark Kent for the DVD feature Superman/Doomsday (2007) (V).

One of four actors from "Firefly" (2002) who voiced superheroes on "Justice League" (2001). He voiced Hal Jordan, the Silver Age Green Lantern, while Nathan Fillion voiced the Vigilante, Gina Torres voiced Vixen and Morena Baccarin voiced Black Canary.

According to the commentary track on Superman/Doomsday (2007) (V), he was the original choice to play the voice of Superman on "Superman" (1996): the Animated Series, but was unavailable at the time. The role then went to Tim Daly.

Irish-American.

During his time away from work, Adam likes to mountain bike, go bowling, play Frisbee and baseball.

Frequently participates in celebrity hockey games.

Was named TV Guide's Sexiest Newcomer in 2005 even though he started his acting career in 1980.

Both Adam Baldwin and "Angel" co-star David Boreanaz have provided the voice of DC Comics' Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Baldwin in "Justice League Unlimited" and Boreanaz in "Justice League: The New Frontier".

Personal Quotes

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

The inspiration for Jayne Cobb... I had just been trying to do Warren Oates from The Wild Bunch meets Eli Wallach from The Good The Bad And The Ugly. Guys like that. Those are guys I was trying to impersonate, mixed in with some Strother Martin. Those are great Western guys. I just always approached it as a Western, with that sensibility. You can shoot someone in the back and rationalize it, because you're out on the frontier, and survival of the fittest. No honor among thieves. It was up to Joss to infuse him with a little bit of a heart of gold and honor for [Nathan Fillion's character] Mal. The rest of them, he could take or leave them. And later I saw Alien again, and it turns out I was just doing Yaphet Kotto.

I need my comfort zone. I think I blew out my ears listening to Led Zeppelin in my headphones, living in my basement apartment, so I don't hear too well in crowds. I like having conversations where I don't need to go, "Huh? What?"

We all felt unique and lucky working on a Kubrick movie, but everyone's human. It's not like we got there with these expectations that we'd be working with Kubrick, the master, the God. He's only human. Familiarity breeds contempt. We just wanted to know when it was gonna be done, and he would just say, "I don't know." We were young and unwise. We didn't know it would end at some point, but we should have realized. We should have enjoyed it while we were there.

What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it. [Stanley] Kubrick taught me that on Full Metal Jacket. He said I wasn't patient enough. We were a bunch of cocky young actors. "We're in a Kubrick film! We've made it!" Big arrogant fat-headed idiots in green fatigues. I'll always reflect back on that. He showed me you should appreciate what you have while you have it.

It's great to be able to pretend you're tough but funny at the same time. Dry humor. The straight man is already kind of in my wheelhouse. It's a pleasure to play that. I'm not one to start rambling on a Neil Simon soliloquy. I'm no Jack Lemmon. The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.

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