Daniel Baldwin - the Marlboro cowboy in the fight against vampires

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

On the 5th of October, a boy Daniel Baldwin was born in a large family (so time will decide and, probably, parents). It happened in the small town of Massapeka, in the state of New York. Mom and dad were staunch Catholics and zealously engaged in social work, that is, they were one hundred percent citizens of their country. Daniel has five brothers and sisters, it is easy to recognize celebrities - Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin. Our hero is the third oldest among the children of a large family (his brother and sister are older).

Personal - wives, kids…drugs

Popularity is not always tough for the people who achieve it. Unfortunately, Daniel Baldwin, whose biography is described in this article, was not without scandal. In 1998, the actor ended up in the dock due to addiction to cocaine and almost lost all the benefits that life gave him. The judges ordered him not to approach drugs, otherwise he would have been waitingimprisonment. Daniel, as the son of respectable citizens, agreed and changed his exuberant lifestyle to an exemplary one.

Officially, he was married three times. He lived with his first wife, Cheryl, for one year (they got married in 1984), they have a daughter, Kylie. He remarried in 1990 and lived with Elizabeth Baldwin for six years. A daughter, Alexandria, was also born from this marriage. In 1995, he met the actress Isabella Hoffman, from this connection the son of Atticus was born, and they lived in a civil marriage for 10 years. But 2007 calmed the rebellious acting soul. He married Joanne Smith-Baldwin and today they live happily with their daughters Evis and Finlay.

Mom

But the actor's mother was in trouble - most likely because of her strong feelings about the children, she got breast cancer. In 1996, she founded The Carol M. Baldwin Research and sponsored basic breast cancer research.

Youth is sport and study, not a word about cinema

No wonder that in a family where half of the children received an acting profession, Daniel Baldwin went through life in this fairway. Daniel graduated from Alfred Werner High School in 1979. Moreover, he studied well and was obsessed with playing football - a talented guy was often selected for competitions to defend the honor of the educational institution. The young man somehow didn’t really think about acting and directing, however, in 1988 he made his film debut (a small role in the TV movie Too Good for the Truth). Perhaps the laurels of the older brother did not give rest, butmaybe he just decided - why not? And to be honest, he started in the cinema quite successfully for himself - he starred as an actor in more than 100 films. The first years of his film career brought him neither fame nor fortune - his roles went unnoticed.

Career - in the shadow of the glory of the brothers?

And then 1991 came. The mastodons of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, having delved into the essence of the audience's demands of the current time, invited the popular director Simon Winser. As planned by the management of the film company, he was supposed to shoot an action movie with elements of comedy. At the same time, the budget was stretched to incredible sizes. So "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" was born, where such famous actors as Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson and our hero Daniel Baldwin appeared. In America, the film failed at the box office, but after its release on video, it gained a cult status among bikers and eventually gained worldwide popularity. They snarled about Daniel that, they say, only due to his star brothers Alec and Steven he "leaves", but there is no talent …

But wait, slanderers! The finest hour of our hero did not fail to come! From 1993 to 1995, the Homicide series was on, and his character Bo Felton, played by Daniel with talent and brilliance, became the actor's calling card and a ticket to a real big movie. Indeed, they say that in order to gain fame and rest high on our laurels, one must comprehend bitterness and go to the bottom.

In 1994, Daniel starred in the film "Queen's Move", critics praised his work(here he also plays a representative of the law). In 1996, the actor also noted - the films "Perverted Passion", "Mulholand Rock" and "Yesterday's Target" gave him small roles.

But after the cult movie Vampires in 1998, Daniel Baldwin rose to the height of his fame. This year in general turned out to be very eventful for the actor - in addition to "Vampires" there were such projects as "Patrol Car 54", "On the Border", "Mission in Space". It was then that the drug problem arose (but, thank God, it was resolved).

Then there were roles, scenarios, in which Daniel Baldwin was actively working. His filmography turned out to be quite rich - he took part in interesting film projects with pleasure, and there are more successful films in his career than failures. Most of all, he was remembered by the viewer as an actor not of the first plan - well, everyone has his own role!

Writer, director

In 2001, he made his debut as a film director - he directed the film "Fall", in 2014 Daniel directed (and simultaneously wrote the script) the film "The Wisdom to Know the Difference". This universal favorite Daniel Baldwin - the photo very truthfully demonstrates his popularity and fame - also took place as a producer. In 2002, he released the film "On the edge", in 2008 - "Dark Reality". Nevertheless, despite his fruitful work in the film business, Daniel could not surpass his brothers Alec and Stephen in popularity. But it already remains on his consciencefans.