William Baldwin

Birthday: 21 February 1963, Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA

Birth Name: William Joseph Baldwin

Height: 188 cm

William Baldwin was born on February 21, 1963 in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA as William Joseph Baldwin. He is an actor, known for Backdraft (1991), The Squid and the Whale (2005) and Flatli ...Show More

I'm fascinated by each individual story. I'll walk down the street and see a homeless person, and I' Show more I'm fascinated by each individual story. I'll walk down the street and see a homeless person, and I'll want to stop them and say, How did this happen? Where's your mother? Are you physically ill? Mentally ill? And this is what I wanted to know about Tom. How could this have happened? (on real Tom Martinez, the character in which he portrays in the Showtime original movie, Brotherhood of Murder (1999)). Hide

I see myself much more so as an actor. Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But Show more I see myself much more so as an actor. Acting is my career and activism is my passionate hobby. But acting is my livelihood. I was an activist long before I even entertained the possibility of being an actor. Hide

I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done al Show more I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and characters and relationships. Hide

I could count my modeling jobs on my hands and toes. When I graduated from college, I moved to New Y Show more I could count my modeling jobs on my hands and toes. When I graduated from college, I moved to New York specifically to study acting, and I needed to pay the bills, and it's better to make a couple thousand dollars in one day than to wait tables six days a week. Hide

I've been involved with the Creative Coalition since shortly after the founding by (actor) Ron Olive Show more I've been involved with the Creative Coalition since shortly after the founding by (actor) Ron Oliver and (actress) Susan Sarandon and (actor) Christopher Reeve. I love to really roll up my sleeves and get my hands dirty on any level when it comes to these sorts of issues, (i.e. gun control, freedom of speech) on a grass roots level or a clerical level. I love to educate myself and others and help raise awareness on important issues. I love to utilize my celebrity status in a responsible and constructive and substantive manner. I like to get my hands dirty rather than a photo op". Hide

William Baldwin's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (150)

Virus

Parenthood - Season 1

Saturday Night Live - Season 5

Gossip Girl - Season 2

Dirty Sexy Money - Season 1

2 Graves in the Desert

Hawaii Five-0 - Season 3

Hit the Floor - Season 2

Jock the Hero Dog

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Hot in Cleveland - Season 5

Bulworth

Hollywood Squares - Season 1

War of the Worlds: Annihilation

Beckman

20.0 Megaquake

Hawaii Five-0 - Season 2

Wilfred (US) - Season 1

Men at Work - Season 2

Church People

Candy Land

Flatliner

Dirty Sexy Money - Season 2

Be My Valentine

Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 15

Gossip Girl - Season 6

William Baldwin'S roles

Frank Delano

William van der Woodsen

Frank Delano

Detective Hunter Rush

Don Ryker

Gordon Flint

Jackson Everett

Patrick Darling IV

Batman

Johnny 13

Bruce

Steve Baker

Lance Drake Mandrell

Dane

William 'Wild Bill' Eustace

Brian McCaffrey

Zeke Hawkins

Dr. Joe Hurley

Elwood