Film & television work

Baldwin’s first major role was as Billy Aldrich on the daytime soap opera The Doctors from 1980 to its cancellation in 1982. In the fall of 1983, he starred in the short lived series Cutter to Houston. He then shot to stardom co-starring on Knots Landing from 1984-86. In 1986, he made his film debut with a minor role in She’s Having a Baby. In 1988, he appeared in Beetlejuice and Working Girl. Both of these films were box office successes that raised his profile. His film career was then firmly established with his role as Jack Ryan in The Hunt for Red October (1990).

In 1991, Baldwin met his future wife Kim Basinger on the set of the critically panned The Marrying Man. He appeared opposite Basinger again in The Getaway, a 1994 remake of the 1972 Steve McQueen film of the same name.