Attractive and charismatic, Alec Baldwin has built a versatile Hollywood career marked by seemingly tailor-made roles like his portrayal of Donald Trump or ’30 Rock ‘television director John Donaghy.
Now, the 63-year-old actor lives a personal drama as he becomes the epicenter of a tragedy on a film set, after the firing of a prop gun that left one person dead and another injured during a rehearsal.
Baldwin, born in 1958 and the eldest of the four Baldwin brothers – all actors – had a few television roles before breaking into film in the comedy ‘Beetlejuice’ in 1988.
But her versatility was quickly demonstrated by winning her pass outside of comedy in films like “Hunt for Red October,” “The Departed,” “Executive Secretary,” and “That Blond Weakness,” in which she starred with Kim Bassinger. , to whom he was married for almost a decade.
It was in comedy that Baldwin, however, found several of his many accolades.
His satirical portrayal of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live (SNL) skyrocketed the show’s ratings and redefined the actor’s profile, earning him his third Emmy Award in 2017.
It was the 18th Emmy nomination for the actor who had already been acclaimed for his comedy talents on the sitcom ’30 Rock, ‘a role for which he had already won two of these prestigious awards.
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His portrayal of Trump, pronouncing “Yina” instead of “China”, curling his fingers a little in the air, his lips turned outward, and wearing a moving wig, delighted SNL audiences and set record-breaking audience ratings on a show. cult of which he has been a collaborator for a long time.
Some of his characterizations have been viewed on YouTube more than 20 million times, both during the virulent and atypical campaign and after Trump won the presidency.
His imitation annoyed the mogul himself, who in December 2016 said on Twitter that “it couldn’t be worse” and “I think it’s time to get rid of this boring and not fun show.”
“Making Trump his running joke may have become the biggest milestone of his career,” Atlantic magazine wrote in May.
In recent years, Alec Baldwin has been relegated to secondary roles, although he had some remembered performances, such as the husband of a woman with Alzheimer’s in ‘Always Alice’, or a financial con man in ‘Blue Jasmine’.
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In addition to his frequent appearances in Broadway plays, Baldwin is also known for his irascible character and his fights with the paparazzi.
On one occasion, he launched homophobic insults at a photographer who was trying to take pictures of his wife Hilaria and their young daughter when they were in a vehicle in front of his house. He also had a long legal battle for harassment with a Quebec actress, Geneviève Sabourin, sentenced to six months in prison.
Baldwin and Bassinger parted ways in 2000.
He has been married since 2012 to Hilaria Baldwin, with whom he has six children.
The actor was shooting the cowboy movie “Rust” in New Mexico, of which he is also a co-producer, when he fired a prop gun that killed the cinematographer and wounded the production director, Joel Souza.
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