Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin
Baldwin at AdventureCon 2006
Born	February 27, 1962 (1962-02-27) (age 47) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present

Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor, not related to the Baldwin brothers.^[1] He is known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files, and Marcus Hamilton in Joss Whedon's Angel. He also established a cult following as Jayne Cobb in the series Firefly and the movie Serenity.

He currently stars as NSA agent John Casey on the NBC comedy-spy series Chuck.

Biography

Early life

Baldwin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka, Illinois, and once worked as a truck driver.

Career

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), 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.^[2]

New projects

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 game Halo 3. He voices a Marine in the game. He is joined in this capacity by former Firefly colleagues Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk. The personality each of these actors are given in the game match those from their characters in Firefly. At several points in the game he is heard to shout "Have a taste of/Say hello to Vera!", a direct reference to his favourite gun in the show. The line "sure would be nice if we had some grenades," from the movie Serenity, also appears.

Baldwin also appears as a voice actor in Half Life 2: Episode 2 as additional voices for various resistance soldiers and citizens throughout the game.

Adam Baldwin is currently a featured writer on the conservative/libertarian blogging website Big Hollywood.^{[3][clarification needed]}

He also has a main voice role in Xbox 360 game Halo 3: ODST as Corporal Taylor "Dutch" Miles.

Filmography

• My Bodyguard (1980)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• D.C. Cab (1983)
• Reckless (1984)
• Poison Ivy (1985)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• The Chocolate War (1988)
• Cohen and Tate (1989)
• Next of Kin (1989)
• Predator 2 (1990)
• Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
• Radio Flyer (1992)
• Deadbolt (1992)
• Where the Day Takes You (1992)
• Cold Sweat (1993)
• Wyatt Earp (1994)
• Trade Off (1995)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Smoke Jumpers (1996)
• Gargantua (1998)
• The Patriot (2000)
• Double Bang (2001)
• Jackpot (2001)
• Control Factor (2002)
• Betrayal (2003)
• Evil Eyes (2004)
• The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
• Serenity (2005)
• Sands of Oblivion (2007)
• Drillbit Taylor (2008)
• Gospel Hill (2008) (as Carl Herrod)

Television/voice acting

• The Outer Limits (1998) (Major James Bowen)
• From the Earth to the Moon: Episode 9: Miles and Miles (1998)
• Bones
• The Inside (Danny Love)
• Firefly (2002-2003) (Jayne Cobb)
• Jackie Chan Adventures (Finn)
• Angel (Marcus Hamilton)
• The X-Files (Knowle Rohrer/Supersoldier)
• Men in Black: The Series (Agent X)
• Justice League Unlimited (Jonah Hex) (Hal Jordan)
• Day Break
• Stargate SG-1 (Col. Dave Dixon)
• NCIS "A Weak Link" - Cmdr. Michael Rainer (2004)
• VR.5
• Invader Zim (Shloogorgh Customer)
• Chuck (NSA Agent John Casey)
• Superman: Doomsday
• Halo 3
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two
• The Cape (Col. Jack Riles)
• JAG "Good Intentions" - Michael Rainer (2004)
• CSI: NY "Hostage" - Brett Dunbar (2008)
• CSI: Miami "Dead Woman Walking" - De Soto, Radiation Man #1 (2003)
• Halo 3: ODST Dutch

References

External links

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