Early life

Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, United States, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau), a breast cancer survivor who founded the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center of the University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook, and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach. Baldwin was raised in a Catholic family and has English, Irish, Scottish, French, and German ancestry. In addition to his three famous actor brothers, Alec (born 1958), William (born 1963) and Stephen (born 1966), Baldwin has two sisters, Beth Baldwin Keuchler (born 1955), and Jane Baldwin Sasso (born 1965).

Baldwin was a standout high school football and basketball player and graduated in 1979 from Alfred G. Berner High School in Massapequa. He also attended McKenna Junior High School.

Career

Acting

Baldwin's acting debut was in the TV movie Too Good to Be True in 1988, which he followed with roles in the films Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) and Hero (1992). He returned to television in 1990 for the short-lived sitcom Sydney, which starred Valerie Bertinelli.

In 1993, Baldwin was cast in the Baltimore-based cop show Homicide: Life on the Street. Although he received good reviews he left in 1995 after three seasons, and his character was later killed off. He returned to TV movies such as Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Family of Cops, and Twisted Desire, as well as the 1996 feature films Mulholland Falls and Trees Lounge.

In 1998, Baldwin was set to film the romantic comedy It Had to Be You, but was replaced by Michael Rispoli after being arrested for cocaine possession. John Carpenter's Vampires was released during his subsequent stint in rehab.

Baldwin returned to appearances in various TV series episodes, including The Sopranos and TV and direct-to-video movies, including reprising his role as Beau Felton in Homicide: The Movie in 2000. Baldwin then starred in TV movies such as Anonymous Rex (2004) and Our Fathers (2005) and small-budget films including Sidekick (2005) and Moola (2006).

In 2008, Baldwin signed on to play Julius Krug in the Award Winning HBO film based on the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens. That same year, he has made appearances on truTV's The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest... as a frequent commentator. He also appeared as a supporting cast member in indie director Akihiro Kitamura's sophomore film, I'll Be There With You.

Baldwin was featured in UniGlobe Entertainment's breast cancer docu-drama titled 1 a Minute in 2010. The documentary was made by actress Namrata Singh Gujral and featured breast cancer survivors Olivia Newton-John, Diahann Carroll, Melissa Etheridge, Namrata Singh Gujral, Mumtaz and Jaclyn Smith as well as William Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin and Priya Dutt. The film also starred Bárbara Mori, Lisa Ray, Deepak Chopra and Morgan Brittany.

In 2009, Baldwin moved to Lake Oswego, Oregon, a suburb of Portland, to start a production company, Grilletto Entertainment.

2014 saw Baldwin win Best Supporting Actor at the Madrid International Film Festival for his role in the award-winning feature film Helen Alone.

Reality television

In 2005, he was featured in VH1's Celebrity Fit Club, a reality show in which overweight celebrities compete to see who can shed the most pounds. He was the team captain of the Eastsiders, which also featured rapper Biz Markie, plus-size model Mia Tyler, and actor Joe Gannascoli (later traded for Judge Mablean Ephriam from Divorce Court).

In 2008, Baldwin appeared on VH1's reality series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. In June 2009, he joined the cast of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!, with his brother Stephen Baldwin. He was the second one voted off. As of 2011, Baldwin makes appearances on truTV's The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest.

In 2014, Baldwin appeared on the first episode of Celebrity Wife Swap. His girlfriend swapped with the wife of Jermaine Jackson.

On August 27, 2015, Baldwin entered the Celebrity Big Brother house as a contestant representing the USA. On September 4, he was the first housemate evicted after receiving the least amount of votes to stay, he lasted for 9 days. He had received four nominations, with other contestants complaining about his ego and booming voice.

Personal life

Relationships and family

In 1984, Baldwin had a daughter, Kahlea, with his first wife, Cheryl. In 1990, he married actress Elizabeth Baldwin and they had a daughter, Alexandra, in 1994, before divorcing in 1996. Alexandra moved to England with her mother and stepfather and now lives in Bonita Springs, Florida. Baldwin was involved for a decade with his Homicide: Life on the Street co-star, Chicago-born actress Isabella Hofmann. They have a son, Atticus, who was born in July 1996 and is named after the lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird and has autism. Baldwin was married to Joanne Smith, a former British model, with whom he had a daughter, Avis Ann, in 2008. The couple have a second daughter, Finley Rae Martineau, born in 2009. In 2011, Baldwin and his wife announced that they had dropped their divorce filings and were attempting to reconcile. However, in 2012, Joanne filed for divorce again. In November, 2014, Baldwin announced his engagement to Robin Sue Hertz Hempel, an entrepreneur.

Addiction and arrests

In 1998, Baldwin was found running naked through the halls of New York's Plaza Hotel shouting "Baldwin!" and was arrested for possession of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was sentenced to three months in drug rehab. He later told People magazine he had been battling a cocaine addiction since 1989.

On April 22, 2006, Baldwin was arrested after police received a call that a woman had been threatened at the Ocean Park Motel in Santa Monica. Authorities subsequently declined to press charges.

He was arrested again on July 19, 2006. According to the police, Baldwin ran a red light after weaving through the traffic in West L.A. just before 1 p.m., then crashed his rented Ford Thunderbird into two parked cars while going 80 mph (130 km/h) in a 35 mph (56 km/h) zone. Jason Lee, a spokesman for the Los Angeles police, said: "The Thunderbird pushed one of the vehicles about 20 feet (6.1 m), and that was a Hummer." Police say Baldwin was driving with a suspended license at the time of the crash. He was transferred to UCLA Medical Center with back and neck injuries but did not appear to be seriously hurt.

According to TMZ.com, on November 7, 2006, Baldwin was arrested in Santa Monica, California, after allegedly stealing a white GMC Yukon SUV. The actor was taken to jail and booked for investigation of Grand Theft Auto; bail was set at $20,000. "The car belongs to an acquaintance of Mr. Baldwin, but he had no permission to take it", said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The charges were subsequently dropped.

On February 6, 2007, an arrest warrant was issued for Baldwin in Newport Beach, California, by the Orange County Superior Court for his failure to show up for an arraignment stemming from an auto-theft charge. At the time, Baldwin was in Detroit, Michigan, filming a movie. He turned himself in to police on February 20 and pleaded not guilty to his charges. He remained free on bail. Less than a year later, Baldwin had to be cleared by Judge Nancy Newman of wrongdoing due to a court communication error related to a separate charge. An arrest warrant had been issued for Baldwin; the reason was Baldwin's failure to appear in court to report on his progress in a drug rehabilitation program. Unconfirmed reports placed Baldwin in Toronto for the filming of a movie.

Baldwin starred on the VH1 reality television show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, filmed in 2007, but left the show after the fourth episode. His stated reasons for leaving included having a prior commitment to an acting job and the others' behavior interfering with his recovery, but it is eventually revealed that he left because of inappropriate text messages he had sent to Mary Carey, fellow patient in the same treatment group as he.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Too Good to Be True	Leif	TV Movie
1989	L.A. Takedown	Bobby Schwartz	TV Movie
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Vet #1 - Democratic Convention
1991	Nothing but Trouble	Dealer #1 (Artie)
1991	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man	Alexander
1991	The Heroes of Desert Storm	Sgt. Ben Pennington	TV Movie
1992	*Knight Moves	Det. Andy Wagner
1992	Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life	Ned Blessing	TV Movie
1992	Hero	Fireman Denton	(as Daniel Leroy Baldwin)
1993	Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman	Harry Archer	TV Movie
1994	Dead on Sight	Caleb Odell
1994	Car 54, Where Are You?	Don Motti
1995	Bodily Harm	Sam McKeon
1995	A Family of Cops	Ben Fein	TV Movie
1996	Yesterday's Target	Paul Harper
1996	Mulholland Falls	McCafferty
1996	Commander Beef	Bernard
1996	Trees Lounge	Jerry
1996	Twisted Desire	William Stanton	TV Movie
1997	The Invader	Jack
1998	Love Kills	Danny Tucker
1998	Fallout (1998) -	J.J. "Jim" Hendricks
1998	Desert Thunder (1998)	Lee Miller
1998	Vampires	Montoya
1998	Phoenix	James Nutter
1998	The Pandora Project	Captain John Lacy
1998	The Treat	Tony
1998	On the Border	Ed	TV Movie
1999	Wild Grizzly	Harlan Adams	TV Movie
1999	Active Stealth	Captain Murphy
1999	Water Damage	Paul Preedy
1999	Silicon Towers	Tom Neufield
2000	Tunnel (2000)	Seale
2000	Silver Man	Eddy
2000	Net Worth	Robert Freedman
2000	Fall	Anthony Carlotti
2000	Double Frame	Det. Frank Tompkins
2000	Homicide: The Movie	Det. Beau Felton	TV Movie
2000	Killing Moon	Frank Conroy	TV Movie
2000	Gamblin (2000)	Pike
2001	In Pursuit	Rick	Direct-to-Video
2001	Ancient Warriors	Jasper "Jaz" Harding
2002	Stealing Candy	Walt Gearson
2002	Dynamite	Alpha
2002	Bare Witness	Det. Killian	Direct-to-Video
2003	Open House	King	TV Movie
2003	King of the Ants	Ray Mathews
2003	Water's Edge	Mayor Block
2003	Vegas Vampires	Detective Burns
2004	The Real Deal	Vince Vasser
2004	Irish Eyes (a.k.a.Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy)	Sean Phelan
2004	Paparazzi	Wendell Stokes
2004	Anonymous Rex	Ernie Watson	TV Movie
2005	Sidekick	Chuck
2005	Boardwalk Poets	Russo
2005	Our Fathers	Angelo DeFranco	TV Movie
2006	I'll Be There with You	Constantine
2006	Final Move	Jasper Haig
2006	The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell	Clark Remington
2006	Shut Up and Shoot!	Field Commander Burns
2007	The Devil's Dominoes	Sheriff Farley
2007	Moola	Harry
2007	The Blue Rose	Eddie
2008	Little Red Devil	Luc Tyer
2008	A Darker Reality	The Ghost
2008	Born of Earth	Danny Kessler
2009	Grey Gardens	Julius Krug
2009	Shadowheart	Mr. McKinley
2010	Double Tap	Zoltan Niemand
2010	Nine Dead	Det. Seager
2010	The Truth	Gabriel's Father
2010	Ashley's Ashes	Bloom
2010	Operation Belvis Bash	Namco Douglas
2010	Death and Cremation	Bill Weaver
2010	Stripperland	Double D
2010	Christmas with a Capital C	Mitch Bright
2011	Battle of the Pacific	Colonel
2011	Oba: The Last Samurai	Colonel Pollard
2012	Cell Count	Blair Norris
2012	The Unbroken	Bruce Middlebrooks
2013	Divorce Texas Style	Alan James
2013	After Effect	Senator Davis
2013	A Little Christmas Business	Don Collier
2013	H.O.A. Havoc	Lucky Betts
2014	Helen Alone	Jack	Madrid International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014	The Wisdom to Know the Difference	Bob	Also Director and Writer Burbank International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Burbank International Film Festival Award for Best Feature - Drama Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Award for Best Feature Film Manhattan Film Festival Award for Best Dramatic Feature San Antonio Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature Film San Antonio Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Feature Film Nominated-Long Beach International Film Festival Award for Best Director
2014	Out West	Gordo
2015	Bound	Walter
2015	Hope Lost	Ettore
2015	Two Faced	Rich Barry
2015	South of Heaven	Detective Pete
2015	Lady Psycho Killer	Daniel's Father
2015	Deadly Sanctuary	Dr. Price
2015	Sicilian Vampire	Vito
2015	Clean Sweep	Soltan Niemand	Post-Production
2015	The Guest House	Mr. Silver	Post-Production
2015	The 420 Movie: Mary & Jane	Edgar J. Hightower	Post-Production
2015	Perception	Mr. Louis	Post-Production
2015	Judgement	Solomon	Post-Production
2015	Soulmates	Rudy Galiano	Pre-Production
2015	Devotion	Pops - The Demolition Man	Pre-Production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Family Ties	Holworthy	Episode: Basic Trainin
1989	Charles in Charge	Daryl Furman	Episode: Charles Splits Part 1
1989	CBS Summer Playhouse	Guppie	Episode: Curse of the Corn People
1990	Sydney	Cheezy	13 Episodes
1993-1995	Homicide: Life on the Street	Det. Beau Felton	31 Episodes
1993	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: The List
1998	Dead Man's Gun (1997 TV series)	Joe Wagner	Episode: Seven Deadly Sins
1999	The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)	Dan Kagan	Episode: Essence of Life
2001	Twice in a Lifetime	Roger Hamilton/Dr. Lenny Shalton	Episode: Then Love Came Along
2002	NYPD Blue	Det. Frank Hughes	Episode: Dead Meat in New Deli
2002	Touched by an Angel	Buzz	Episode: Jump!
2007	The Sopranos	Himself/Sally Boy	2 Episodes Episode: Stage 5 Episode: Kennedy and Heidi
2008	The Closer	Mark Yates	Episode: Cherry Bomb
2009-2010	Cold Case	Moe Kitchener	7 Episodes
2009	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	Himself
2012	Grimm	Jordan Vance	Plumed Serpent
2013, 2015	Hawaii Five-0	Paul Delano	2 Episodes Episode: Olelo Ho'Opa'I Make Episode: Poina 'ole
2015	Celebrity Big Brother 16	Himself

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2000	Tunnel
2000	Fall
2001	Dan
2014	The Wisdom to Know the Difference	Also Actor and Writer Burbank International Film Festival Award for Best Actor Burbank International Film Festival Award for Best Feature - Drama Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Award for Best Feature Film Manhattan Film Festival Award for Best Dramatic Feature San Antonio Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature Film San Antonio Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Feature Film Nominated-Long Beach International Film Festival Award for Best Director

Charities

Daniel Baldwin supports the following charitable causes: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Veterans.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]