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Alec Baldwin is an
award-winning television, stage, and film actor. A graduate of
New York University, he currently stars with Tina Fey on NBC's
30 Rock, winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for
the past three years. For his performance on the show, Mr.
Baldwin has received three SAG Awards, two Golden Globes, the
Television Critics Award, and the 2008 and 2009 Emmy awards as
best actor in a comedy series.
Mr. Baldwin last appeared on stage in the Roundabout Theatre
Company's 2006 production of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr.
Sloane, directed by Scott Ellis. He was nominated for a Tony
award in 1992 for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire. Mr.
Baldwin has also appeared in over forty films, including
Beetlejuice, Working Girl, The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry
Glen Ross, State and Main, The Cat in the Hat, The Aviator and
The Departed, among others. His performance in The Cooler earned
him a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor
and an Oscar nomination. Alec currently appears in the Nancy
Meyers film It's Complicated starring Meryl Streep and Steve
Martin.
Mr. Baldwin is a dedicated supporter of numerous causes related
to public policy and the arts. He serves on the boards of People
For The American Way, Guild Hall of East Hampton, The Hamptons
International Film Festival, and the Actors Studio. He actively
supports The Radiation and Public Health Project, The East
Hampton Day Care Center, The Roundabout Theatre, People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals and The Water Keeper Alliance,
among many others. Alec is the announcer for the New York
Philharmonic for their live broadcasts over the WFMT radio
network. Baldwin's book, A Promise to Ourselves (St. Martin's
Press) is now out in paperback. |
Steve Martin, one
of the most diversified performers in the motion picture
industry today—actor, comedian, author, playwright,
producer—will co-host the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, along
with Alec Baldwin. Martin previously hosted the 73rd and 75th
Academy Awards shows, earning an Emmy nomination for the first
stint. He has also served as a presenter on the show several
times, most recently at the 81st Academy Awards, when he
appeared with Tina Fey.
Born in Waco, Texas and raised in Southern California, Martin
started his career as a television writer in the late 1960s,
winning an Emmy Award for his work on The Smothers Brothers
Comedy Hour. Martin's first film project, The Absent-Minded
Waiter, a short he wrote and starred in, was nominated for a
1977 Academy Award. In 1979, he moved into feature films,
co-writing and starring in The Jerk, directed by Carl Reiner.
His other film credits include classic hits such as Roxanne,
Parenthood, Father of the Bride, Little Shop of Horrors, The
Three Amigos and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. He can be seen
sharing the screen with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin in the
current release It's Complicated, directed by Nancy Meyers.
A frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times,
Martin has published two novellas, Shopgirl and The Pleasure of
My Company. He has also published a children's book titled The
Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z!, and an autobiography,
Born Standing Up.
Martin recently completed touring with the bluegrass band Steep
Canyon Rangers in support of his latest album The Crow: New
Songs for the Five String Banjo. In 1977 and 1978, Martin won
Grammys for Best Comedy Recording. He earned a third Grammy in
2001 in the Best Country Instrumental Performance category. In
2007 Martin was a recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center
Honor. |
