Biography:

This strikingly handsome lead of the 1990s is notable for his bedroom eyes and lean physique. The third of the acting Baldwin brothers (including the older Alec and Daniel and younger Stephen), William Baldwin left law school and began modeling. He first gained attention as an actor for his performance as convicted killer Robert Chambers in the TV-movie "The Preppie Murder" (ABC, 1989). That same year, Baldwin made his feature film debut (virtually as an extra) as a member of Tom Cruise's Marine platoon in Oliver Stone's "Born on the Fourth of July."

Baldwin subsequently appeared as Richard Gere's hapless partner and accomplice in "Internal Affairs" and as a death-defying, womanizing medical student in "Flatliners" (both 1990) before landing a leading role as a rookie fireman in Ron Howard's "Backdraft" (1991). He worked with some of contemporary Hollywood's most intriguing leading ladies in two very different 1993 features: as a male escort involved in a triangle with two estranged lesbian lovers (Kelly Lynch and Sherilyn Fenn) in the romantic comedy "Three of Hearts" and as a wealthy bachelor involved with Sharon Stone in the thriller "Sliver".

A small-scale critical hit and a big-scale bomb marked 1995 for Baldwin. He starred in Joshua Brand's well-received dark comedy "A Pyromaniac's Love Story", as one third of an unhealthy triangle with Sadie Frost and John Leguizamo. Later that year, he supported supermodel Cindy Crawford in her film debut, the ill-advised actioner "Fair Game". Baldwin's penchant for odd little projects was also displayed in "Curdled" (1996), where he played a sexy serial killer obsessed over by the heroine.

In 1995, Baldwin married singer-actress Chynna Phillips

Facts:

Name: William Baldwin

Height: 6' 1''

Sex: M

Nationality: American

Birth Date: February 21, 1963

Birth Place: Massapequa, Long Island, New York, USA

Profession: Actor, Model

Education: Alfred G. Berner High School   State University of New York in Binghamton, New York (B.A. in Political Science)

Husband/Wife: Chynna Phillips (actress, singer; b. February 12, 1968; married on September 9, 1995)

Father: Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr. (history teacher; died in 1983 of lung cancer)

Mother: Carol Baldwin (born in 1930)

Sister: Jane Baldwin (physical therapist; born in 1965), Elizabeth Baldwin (born in 1955)

Brother: Stephen Baldwin (actor; b. May 12, 1967), Daniel Baldwin (actor; b. October 5, 1960), Alec Baldwin (actor; b. April 3, 1958; married to actress Kim Basinger)

Uncle: Charles H Baldwin, Joseph Baldwin (actor; b. May 18, 1970) Son: Vance Alexander (born October 23, 2001 in New York City) Daughter: Brooke Michelle (born on December 6, 2004 in New York), Jameson Leon (born on Sunday, February 27, 2000) Claim to fame: Played firefighter Brian McCaffrey in Ron Howard's Backdraft (1991)Brother: William Baldwin (actor; born on February 21, 1963), Daniel Baldwin (actor; born on October 5, 1960), Alec Baldwin (actor; born on April 3, 1958)

Uncle: Charles H. Baldwin, Joseph Baldwin (actor)

Daughter: Alia (born in February 1993), Hailey Rhode (born in November 22, 1996)

Claim to fame: As William F. Cody in The Young Riders (1989)