Alec Baldwin Wins Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series for Role on '30 Rock'
By: Movies News Desk Jan. 17, 2010
Alec Baldwin has won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical for his role as Jack Donaghy on NBC's '30 Rock'.
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No stranger to the stage, Baldwin made his Broadway debut in 1986, in a revival of Joe Orton's Loot alongside theatre veterans Zoe Wanamaker, Željko Ivanek, Joseph Maher and Charles Keating. His other Broadway credits include Caryl Churchill's Serious Money with Kate Nelligan, and a highly acclaimed revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire; his performance as Stanley Kowalski garnered him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. This production also featured Jessica Lange, Amy Madigan, Timothy Carhart, James Gandolfini, and Aida Turturro. Baldwin would receive an Emmy nomination for the television version of the production, in which both he and Lange reprise their roles. That version featured John Goodman and Diane Lane.
In 1998, Baldwin played the title role in Macbeth at the Public theater alongside Angela Bassett and Liev Schreiber. The production was directed by George C. Wolfe. In 2004, Baldwin starred in a revival of Twentieth Century with Anne Heche. In 2005 he appeared in a concert version of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific at Carnegie Hall. He starred as Luther Billis, alongside Reba McEntire as Nellie and Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile. The production was taped and telecast for PBS. In 2006, Baldwin made theater news in Roundabout Theatre Company's Off-Broadway revival of Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. Sloane.
Baldwin has appeared in numerous Hollywood films including Beetlejuice, The Hunt for Red October, and Martin Scorsese's The Aviator and The Departed. He was nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in the 2003 film The Cooler. Currently, he appears as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, a role for which he has won two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Baldwin has hosted Saturday Night Live 14.
The 67th Golden Globe Awards is broadcast live on NBC from The Beverly Hilton. The awards ceremony will be seen in more than 160 countries worldwide and is one of the few awards ceremonies that span both television and motion picture achievements.
The Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Philip Berk is President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Orly Adelson, president of Dick Clark productions, and Barry Adelman will executive produce the special. Chris Donovan is the director and Bob Bardo is the executive in charge of production.
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