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Adam Baldwin
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| Adam Baldwin | |
 Adam Baldwin in the AdventureCon 2006 Picture by Chris Dotson |
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| Born | February 27, 1962 (age 45) Chicago, Illinois |
| Notable roles | Animal Mother, Full Metal Jacket Jayne Cobb, Firefly |
Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, and established a cult following as Jayne Cobb in the series Firefly, and the movie Serenity.
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Baldwin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the tony New Trier Township High School East at Winnetka, Illinois and once worked as a truck driver. He is not related to the Baldwin brothers.
Appearing in dozens of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast in My Bodyguard (1980), and moved on to bigger roles in D.C. Cab (1983), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Independence Day (1996), Smoke Jumpers (1996) and Serenity (2005) — in which he reprises his role as the mercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series Firefly. His other work includes the movie Radio Flyer (1992), From the Earth to the Moon(1998), The X-Files (Knowle Rohrer), Men in Black: The Series, Stargate SG-1, The Inside, and Angel, and the 2005 remake of The Poseidon Adventure. He also starred in the ABC series Day Break as Chad Shelten in 2006.
Baldwin won the SyFy Genre Awards in 2006 for Best Supporting Actor/Television for his role as Jayne Cobb in the television series Firefly.[1]
He will be the voice of Superman/Clark Kent in the first Superman Animated Movie, Superman: Doomsday, based on DC Comics' "Death of Superman," the best-selling graphic novel of all time in soon to be released in September 18th in 2007.
- My Bodyguard (1980)
- Ordinary People (1980)
- D.C. Cab (1983)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Cohen and Tate (1989)
- Next of Kin (1989)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Radio Flyer (1992)
- Deadbolt (1992)
- Wyatt Earp (1994)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Smoke Jumpers (1996)
- Gargantua (1998)
- From the Earth to the Moon: Episode 9: Miles and Miles (1998)
- The Patriot (2000)
- Double Bang (2001)
- Jackpot (2001)
- The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
- Serenity (2005)
- Bones
- The Inside
- Firefly (2002-2003) (Jayne Cobb)
- Jackie Chan Adventures
- Angel (Marcus Hamilton)
- The X-Files (Knowle Rohrer/Supersoldier)
- Men in Black: The Series
- The Cape
- Justice League Unlimited
- Day Break (2006-2007)
- Stargate SG-1
- NCIS
- VR5
- ^ SyfyPortal Awards. Retrieved on October 8, 2006.
- Adam Baldwin at the Internet Movie Database
- Adam Baldwin at the Notable Names Database
- Adam Baldwin at the Voice Chasers Database
- http://fans.hunky-punk.com/baldwin/
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| NAME | Baldwin, Adam |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago, Illinois |
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