William Baldwin | |
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Baldwin at the 2008 All Stars and Legends Softball game at Yankee Stadium |
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Born | William Joseph Baldwin February 21, 1963 Massapequa, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, producer, writer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse | Chynna Phillips (1995–present; 3 children) |
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williambaldwin.net |
William Joseph "Billy" Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and writer, known for his starring roles in such films as Flatliners (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Fair Game (1995), Virus (1999), Double Bang (2001), as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom (2004–2007), Art Heist (2004), The Squid and the Whale (2005), as himself in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as Senator Patrick Darling in the TV drama Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009) on ABC, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010), and now Baldwin is currently a regular guest on Gossip Girl as William van der Woodsen and Parenthood as Gordon Flint. Baldwin appeared as lead detective Brian Albert in the Lifetime Original Movie The Craigslist Killer. Baldwin appeared in 2011 as a dirty cop, former homicide detective Frank Delano, on Hawaii Five-0. His character is to appear on the second season of the CBS show as a recurring role.
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Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr. His father was a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach.[1] He is the brother of actors Alec, Daniel, and Stephen, sometimes collectively known as the Baldwin brothers. Baldwin was raised in a Catholic family of Irish, English, and French descent.[2][3] A graduate of Berner High School and Binghamton University, where he was a varsity wrestler,[4] he has a degree in political science.
Before starting his acting career, Baldwin was a fashion model for Calvin Klein. His first starring role was in a TV movie as Robert Chambers, alongside Lara Flynn Boyle in The Preppie Murder, which aired on ABC in 1989. Baldwin was also cast in the 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July starring Tom Cruise, and brothers Stephen and Daniel where he played in a minor role as a U.S Marine during the Vietnam War.
Baldwin then starred in hit movies like Flatliners with Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon. He portrayed Chicago firefighter Brian McCaffrey in Backdraft. Baldwin starred alongside Cindy Crawford in the 1995 film Fair Game, then in 1996 starred in a low-budget film by Miramax Films titled Curdled, and was paid US$150,000 for his performance compared to the $1.7 million he received for his role in Sliver with Sharon Stone in 1993.[5] In 1999, Baldwin teamed up with Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland for the science fiction thriller "Virus", and alongside Peter Gallagher in the Showtime original movie, Brotherhood of Murder.
In 2001, Baldwin played a leading role in the television film Double Bang which aired on HBO. Since then, Baldwin has played in other projects such as Red Rover in 2003, Art Heist in 2004, "Park", Feel and Lenexa, 1 Mile in 2006, Adrift in Manhattan, A Plumm Summer, Noise, and Humble Pie in 2007. Baldwin has continued to act in films and on television, but has not taken many leading roles. He was well-received in a supporting role in the 2005 film The Squid and the Whale. He also co-starred in ABC's Dirty Sexy Money as Donald Sutherland's oldest son, Patrick Darling IV, for the duration of the show until April 2009. Among other diverse characters he has played in his career, Baldwin was on Joel Schumacher's shortlist for Batman Forever to play the caped crusader. His four diverse choices were Daniel Day-Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Val Kilmer and Baldwin.[6] Audiences got to hear his first time playing Batman in February 2010 in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, a loose adaptation of Grant Morrison's JLA: Earth 2 story.[6]
In 2010, Baldwin portrayed Dr. Willam van der Woodsen, father of Serena and Eric van der Woodsen, on the third and fourth seasons of Gossip Girl. Baldwin was also featured with his brother Daniel in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama, 1 a Minute.[7] The documentary was made by actress Namrata Singh Gujral and will feature breast cancer survivors Olivia Newton-John, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Namrata Singh Gujral, Mumtaz and Jaclyn Smith as well as Daniel Baldwin and Priya Dutt. Baldwin was cast in the second season of Parenthood to play a boss and love interest for several episodes.[8] Baldwin joined Parenthood for a multi-episode arc that aired in fall 2010 as Gordon Flint, the "wealthy, charismatic" boss of Adam (Peter Krause), a bachelor who also has eyes for Adam's sister Sarah (Lauren Graham). In 2011, Baldwin starred in the Lifetime Original Movie, The Craigslist Killer which aired January 3, 2011. He plays the lead detective on the case of the killer, Philip Markoff, who connected with victims through Craigslist ads placed in Boston, Massachusetts. On June 1, 2011, Baldwin joined Sobini Films' indie film Sexy Evil Genius along with Seth Green, Harold Perrineau Jr., Katee Sackhoff, and Michelle Trachtenberg. The film is to be directed by Shawn Piller. In July 2011, Baldwin joined the CBS drama Hawaii Five-0 for a multi-episode arc.[9] On March 22, 2012, Baldwin guest starred on the NBC show 30 Rock. Baldwin plays Lance Drake Mandrell, an actor who plays Jack Donaghy – the role played in the series by Baldwin's real-life brother Alec – in a made-for-TV movie within the show.[10][11]
In 1995 Baldwin married singer Chynna Phillips of the music group Wilson Phillips. Together, they have three children. Baldwin has two estates, one in Santa Barbara, California and another in Bedford Corners, New York, just 30 minutes away from his brother Stephen's estate in Nyack, New York.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | The Preppie Murder | Robert Chambers | TV Movie |
Born on the Fourth of July | U.S. Marine - Vietnam | ||
1990 | Internal Affairs | Van Stretch | |
Flatliners | Joe Hurley | ||
1991 | Backdraft | Brian McCaffrey | |
1993 | Three of Hearts | Joe | |
Sliver | Zeke Hawkins | ||
1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Garet | |
Fair Game | Det. Max Kirkpatrick | ||
1996 | Curdled | Paul Guell | |
1998 | Bulworth | Constance Bulworth's Lover | |
Shattered Image | Brian | ||
1999 | Virus | Steve Baker | |
Brotherhood of Murder | Tom Martinez | TV Movie | |
2000 | Primary Suspect | Christian Box | |
Relative Values | Don Lucas | ||
2001 | Double Bang | Billy Brennan | |
One Eyed King | Frank | ||
Say Nothing | Julian Grant | TV Movie | |
2002 | R.U.S./H. | TV Movie | |
You Stupid Man | Brady | ||
2003 | Red Rover | Will Taylor | |
E.D.N.Y. | Mike 'Mad Dog' Kelly | TV Movie | |
2004 | Art Heist | Bruce Walker | |
2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Ivan | |
2006 | Full Count | Dan Cooney Jr | |
Park | Dennis | ||
Feel | Nathan | ||
2007 | Humble Pie | Truman Hope | |
Adrift in Manhattan | Mark Phipps | ||
A Plumm Summer | Mick Plumm | ||
Noise | Mayor's Chief of Staff | ||
2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Himself/"Detective Hunter Rush" | |
Lymelife | co-producer | ||
2010 | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | Batman | |
1 a Minute | Himself | ||
2011 | The Craigslist Killer | Detective Brian Albert | TV Movie |
Garbage | Billy | ||
Remnants | Roy | ||
Jock of the Bushveld | Boatman | ||
2012 | High Midnight | Sheriff Holt Mosely | |
Sexy Evil Genius |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004–2007 | Danny Phantom | Johnny 13 | 3 Episodes |
2006 | Waterfront | Paul Brennan | 5 Episodes |
2007–2009 | Dirty Sexy Money | Patrick Darling | 23 Episodes |
2010–present | Gossip Girl | Dr. William Van der Woodsen | 10 Episodes |
2010 | Parenthood | Gordon Flint | 8 Episodes |
2011–present | Hawaii Five-0 | Frank Delano | 3 Episodes |
2012 | 30 Rock | Lance Drake Mandrell | 1 Episode |
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William Baldwin is an investment strategies editor at Forbes Media. He has held this position since September 2010. Before that, he was an editor of Forbes magazine for 11 years. Baldwin graduated from Harvard University with a degree in linguistics and applied math in 1973. He has been an Enrolled Agent since 1979 and a member of the Pigou Club since 2006. He is married and has two children.
Baldwin's feature articles have covered such topics as how to find value stocks abroad, how to integrate lifestyle choices into investment allocation decisions, and how to invest in master limited partnerships.
Baldwin's monthly columns for the magazine discuss retirement annuities, carving up a portfolio to save on taxes, and using exchange-traded funds to invest in commodities. His blog has delved into inflation hedges, how to bet against Ben Bernanke's money-printing scheme, and how to extract unusual tax benefits from Roth retirement accounts.
William Baldwin has also given talks on tax-efficient investing at the American Institute of Economic Research, at the Theater Communications Group Governance Forum, and on Forbes investment seminar cruises.
William Baldwin (29 March 1779 – 1 September 1819) was an American physician and botanist who is today remembered for his significant contributions to botany. He lived in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Georgia, and served as a ship's surgeon on two voyages overseas. He published only two scientific papers, but his major contributions were in the knowledge that he imparted to other botanists in his letters to them and in the thousands of specimens that he provided for their herbaria. He wrote letters to Henry Muhlenberg, Stephen Elliott, William Darlington, Zaccheus Collins, and others. His most important collections were from Georgia, Florida, and eastern South America. When he died, he left a large herbarium that proved to be of great value, especially to Lewis David von Schweinitz, John Torrey, and Asa Gray. He had a special interest in the plant family Cyperaceae and his incomplete, unpublished manuscripts were a major source for monographs by John Torrey and Asa Gray. The historian Joseph Ewan has said that "Baldwin's treatment of a number of genera, especially in the Cyperaceae, showed penetrating observation, understanding, and diagnosis". The genus Balduina was named for him by Thomas Nuttall. Most of what we know of him is from the biography written by his friend, William Darlington, in 1843.