ACTOR
William Baldwin
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- #001
William Baldwin and his older brother Alec Baldwin were very close friends of the late John Kennedy Jr.
- #002
Both William Baldwin and his younger brother Stephen Baldwin are former Calvin Klein models.
- #003
William Baldwin and all of his brothers were wrestlers in high school and even wrestled in college. Besides being a high school wrestler, William also played on his high school football team.
- #004
Four years after they got together, William Baldwin and Chynna married on 9 September 1995 at the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Roman Catholic Church in South Hampton, New York.
- #005
William Baldwin trained for three weeks at the Chicago Fire Academy and, while preparing for the role of Brian McCaffrey in Backdraft (1991), ran with Squad 5 of the Chicago Fire Department.
- #006
Both William Baldwin and his brother Alec Baldwin earned $250,000 for charity on separate celebrity editions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999).
- #007
Like his brother Alec Baldwin, William is a vegetarian and was once nominated for PETA's "Sexiest Vegetarian".
- #008
A former wrestler, William Baldwin was inducted into the Amateur Wrestling Hall of Fame after receiving the 2003 Outstanding American Award. Past recipients included Senator Paul Wellstone, Dan Dierdorf, astronaut Mike Collins, actor Kirk Douglas, author John Irving, Donald Rumsfeld, General Norman Schwarzkopf and several former presidents.
- #009
According to most biographies of the Baldwin brothers, William and his brothers Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin attended Massapequa High School, but they actually attended Alfred G. Berner High School, three kilometres from Massapequa High School. Their father, Alexander Jr., however, was a highly respected history teacher and football coach at Massapequa High School. In 1998/1999 he was honoured by the school and the auditorium was renamed after him. (One of Al Baldwin's former students is Brian Kilmeade.)
- #010
William Baldwin and pop singer Chynna Phillips had a baby weighing 7 lb. 2 oz. Their daughter is Jamison Leon.
- #011
William Baldwin is the son-in-law of John Phillips and Michelle Phillips.
- #012
William Baldwin enjoys jazz, the Count Basie Band (swing) and Van Morrison, but he has no favourite music genre.
- #013
William Baldwin worked on Capitol Hill as an aide to US Representative Thomas J. Downey (New York, Democrat).
- #014
William Baldwin wanted to name one of his sons Gehrig, after New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig.
- #015
Before leaving for Hollywood, William Baldwin attended the State University of New York at Binghamton for two years.
- #016
Before becoming an actor, William Baldwin worked as a male model.
- #017
His daughter Brooke Michelle was born in New York on 6 December 2004, weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces, to his wife Chynna Phillips.
- #018
His son Vance Alexander was born in New York on 23 October 2001.
- #019
The Creative Coalition (TCC) elected William Baldwin as its new president.
- #020
William Baldwin studied Political Science in college.
- #021
He has a dog named Thurman, named after the great New York Yankee Thurman Munson.
- #022
William Baldwin is not related in any way to actor Adam Baldwin or voice actor Greg Baldwin.
- #023
William Baldwin is of Irish, English, Scottish, French-Canadian and German descent.
- #024
He is the brother-in-law of Joanne Smith-Baldwin, Kennya Baldwin and Hilaria Baldwin. He is the former brother-in-law of Elizabeth Baldwin and Kim Basinger.
- #025
William Baldwin is the son of Carol M. Baldwin.
- #026
William Baldwin graduated from Alfred G. Berner High School in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, in 1981.
- #027
William Baldwin attended Alfred G. Berner High School in Massapequa, Long Island, New York, along with Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann.
- #028
William Baldwin is the step-brother-in-law of Austin Hines, Lois Kessel, Aron Wilson, Bijou Phillips, Mackenzie Phillips, Tamerlane Phillips and Jeffrey Phillips.
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