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Baldwin in 2016
Born
Daniel Leroy Baldwin

(1960-10-05) October 5, 1960 (age 64)
Occupation Actor
Years active 1988–present
Spouse(s)
  • Cheryl Baldwin
    (m. 1984; div. 1989)
  • Elizabeth Baldwin
    (m. 1990; div. 1996)
  • Joanne Smith
    (m. 2007; div. 2012)
  • D'Asia Bellamy
    (m. 2022)
Partner(s)
  • Isabella Hofmann (1994–2005)
  • Robin Hempel (2014–2020)
Children 6
Family Baldwin

Daniel Leroy Baldwin (born October 5, 1960) is an American actor. He is the second oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors. Baldwin played the role of Detective Beau Felton in the NBC TV series Homicide: Life on the Street, and has also starred in Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (1992), Mulholland Falls (1996), Vampires (1998), The Pandora Project (1998), Stealing Candy (2002), Paparazzi (2004), Cleaver (2007) and Grey Gardens (2009).

He hosted The Daniel Baldwin Show on radio station WTLA in Syracuse from 2017 to 2019. He has also been an emcee for the television series truTV Presents: World's Dumbest. .....

Early life

Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the second 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 Irish and French ancestry. In addition to his three actor brothers, Alec (born 1958), William (born 1963), and Stephen (born 1966), Baldwin has two sisters.

Career

Acting

Baldwin's acting debut was in the television film 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.

..... John Carpenter's Vampires was released during his subsequent stint in rehab.

Baldwin was cast as Menelaus in the BBC One show Kings and Pharaohs for Series 1, featuring Christopher Eccleston, Michael Rooker and John Hurt.

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 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 Priya Dutt and Baldwin's brother William. The film also starred Bárbara Mori, Lisa Ray, Deepak Chopra and Morgan Brittany.

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 weight. 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; he was the second person voted off. He has made appearances in several seasons of 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 (also known as Celebrity Big Brother: UK vs USA) house as a contestant representing the USA. On September 4, he was the first housemate evicted; he had lasted nine days.

Personal life

Relationships and family

Baldwin had a daughter, filmmaker Kahlea (b. 1984), with his first wife, Cheryl. Baldwin and second wife Elizabeth had a daughter named Alexandra (b. 1994). Following the couple's divorce, Baldwin was involved in a lengthy relationship with his Homicide: Life on the Street co-star, Isabella Hofmann. They have a son, Atticus, (b. 1996), who is named after the lawyer in To Kill a Mockingbird, and has autism. Baldwin next was married to Joanne Smith, a former British model, with whom he had daughter Avis Ann on January 17, 2008. The couple's second child, daughter Finley Rae Martineau Baldwin, was born August 7, 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. They called off their engagement in 2020. On December 31, 2022, Baldwin married D'Asia Bellamy. Their wedding ceremony took place in Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy. The couple's first child, son William "Bat" Baldwin, was born on June 1, 2023.

In June 2017, Baldwin relocated to Cleveland, New York, to be closer to extended family. He joined WTLA in Syracuse in September 2017 and left the station in April 2019, stating that he had accomplished what he wanted to do with the radio show.

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 Veteran No #1, Democratic Convention
1991 Nothing but Trouble Artie, Dealer No #1
1991 Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man Alexander
1991 The Heroes of Desert Storm Sergeant Ben Pennington TV movie
1992 Knight Moves Detective 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 Family of Cops Ben Fein TV movie
1996 Yesterday's Target Paul Harper
1996 Mulholland Falls FBI Special Agent Jeffrey 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 J.J. 'Jim' Hendricks
1998 Desert Thunder Lee Miller
1998 Vampires Tony Montoya
1998 Phoenix Detective 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 Seale
2000 Silver Man Eddy
2000 Net Worth Robert Freedman
2000 Fall Anthony Carlotti
2000 Double Frame Detective Frank Tompkins
2000 Homicide: The Movie Detective Beau Felton TV movie
2000 Killing Moon Frank Conroy TV movie
2000 Gamblin Pike
2001 In Pursuit Rick Direct-to-Video
2002 Stealing Candy Walt Gearson
2002 Dynamite Alpha
2002 Bare Witness Detective Killian Direct-to-Video
2003 Ancient Warriors Jasper 'Jaz' Harding
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 TV movie
2009 Shadowheart Mr. McKinley
2010 Double Tap Zoltan Niemand
2010 Nine Dead Detective 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 ... 'Double D'
2010 Christmas with a Capital C Mitch Bright
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 Gordon 'Gordo'
2015 Bound Walter
2015 Hope Lost Ettore
2015 Lady Psycho Killer Daniel's Father
2015 Deadly Sanctuary Dr. Price
2015 No Deposit Bryan Canning
2015 Sicilian Vampire Vito
2015 Perception Mr. Louis
2016 South of Heaven Detective Pete
2016 The Red Maple Leaf Richard Barton
2017 The Guest House Mr. Silver
2017 The Neighborhood Johnny 1
2017 Two Faced Rich Barry
2018 Death Kiss Dan Forthright
2019 Crossbreed Secretary of Defense Weathers
2019 Soulmates Rudy Galiano Filming
2019 Devotion Pops – The Demolition Man Pre-Production
TBA Clean Sweep Soltan Niemand Production Unknown
TBA The 420 Movie: Mary & Jane Edgar J. Hightower Production Unknown
TBA Judgement Solomon Completed

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 Detective Beau Felton 31 Episodes
1993 The Larry Sanders Show Himself Episode: The List
1998 Dead Man's Gun Joe Wagner Episode: Seven Deadly Sins
1999 The Outer Limits Dan Kagan Episode: Essence of Life
2001 Twice in a Lifetime Roger Hamilton / Dr. Lenny Shalton Episode: Then Love Came Along
2002 NYPD Blue Detective Frank Hughes Episode: Dead Meat in New Deli
2002 Touched by an Angel 'Buzz' Episode: Jump!
2005 Kings and Pharaohs Menelaus Series 1 only
British program from BBC
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 6 Episodes
2012 Grimm Lieutenant Jordan Vance Episode: "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 13th place
202? Angel Dust Malphas Pre-production

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

See also

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