Alec Baldwin

Announced as co-host, along with Steve Martin, of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series

Nominated for the 2009 TV Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy

Played Campbell Alexander in "My Sister's Keeper," a Nick Cassavetes-directed adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel

Starred in (also produced) "Shortcut to Happiness" as a struggling writer who sells his soul to the devil for fame and fortune

Cast as an alcoholic father in the ensemble drama-comedy "Running with Scissors"

Cast as Jack Donaghy, the network boss of a New York based sketch comedy show in "30 Rock" (NBC); earned Emmy (2007, 2009), Golden Globe (2008) and SAG (2009) nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Cast in Robert De Niro's "The Good Shepherd," as a CIA operative

Performed on stage in "Entertaining Mr. Sloane"; co-star Jan Maxwell left the production after complaining about the behavior of her co-star and was replaced by an understudy; this was denied by Baldwin and the theatre

Played a macho police official in Martin Scorsese's "The Departed"

Cast in "Fun with Dick and Jane" an update of the 1977 comedy, where a married couple turn to robbery to pay the bills

Earned an Emmy nominations in 2005 and 2006 for his guest-starring role on "Will & Grace" (NBC) as Will's new boss

Cast in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" a biopic of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio)

Guest starred on the season finale of "Nip/Tuck" (F/X) playing Dr. Barrett Moore, the ex-husband of "life coach" Ava Moore (Famke Janssen)

Cast as Quinn in the film adaptation of "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat"

Co-starred with William H. Macy in "The Cooler" as a casino tycoon; received Golden Globe, SAG and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor

Cast as Robert McNamara in the HBO drama "Path To War"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor

Feature directorial debut (also co-starred), the remake of "The Devil and Daniel Webster"

Starred in "Gross Points" at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY; role reportedly based on actor Al Pacino

Cast (also executive produced) as the lead prosecutorial attorney in the TNT miniseries "Nuremberg"; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries

Played (also executive producerd) a self-centered actor in David Mamet's "State and Main"

Produced City Center Voices! of American Theater, a series of one-night only staged readings of American plays; appeared with Joanne Woodward in the inaugural production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"

Had supporting role as the father of a troubled teen in "Outside Providence"

Made cameo appearance in "Notting Hill"

Offered a villainous turn in "Mercury Rising"

Returned to the stage to play "Macbeth" opposite Angela Bassett

Starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in the David Mamet scripted, "The Edge"

Appeared in Rob Reiner's "Ghosts of Mississippi"

Played Stanley Kowalski opposite Jessica Lange in the Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire"; earned a Tony nomination; reprised role for TV-movie that year for which he netted an Emmy nomination

Acted opposite wife Kim Bassinger in Roger Donaldson's remake of "The Getaway"

Founded El Dorado Productions

Had title role in "The Shadow"

Reprised stage role opposite Meg Ryan in Norman Rene's film version of "Prelude to a Kiss"

First teamed on screen with future wife Kim Basinger in "The Marrying Man"

Cast as Jack Ryan in "The Hunt for Red October; passed on reprising his role in the sequels

First received top billing in "Miami Blues"

Starred opposite Mary-Louise Parker in Craig Lucas' play "Prelude to a Kiss" at Circle Repertory Theatre

Portrayed Jimmy Swaggart, cousin to rock singer Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid) in the biopic "Great Balls of Fire"

Had pivotal supporting roles in "Working Girl" and "Married to the Mob"

Played first romantic lead in the supernatural farce, "Beetlejuice"

Returned to Broadway as a slick corporate raider in Caryl Churchill's play "Serious Money"

Film acting debut in "Forever, Lulu"

Made Broadway debut as a bumbling thief in Joe Orton's "Loot"

Starred as a West Point cadet implicated in a murder in the NBC miniseries "Dress Gray"

Featured role in the primetime soap, "Knots Landing" (CBS) as Julie Harris' son Joshua Rush

Played Dr. Hal Wexler on the short-lived CBS primetime medical drama, "Cutter to Houston"

Began career in NBC daytime TV series, "The Doctors" playing Billy Aldrich

Was a waiter at the famed disco Studio 54