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Biography:

The youngest of the acting Baldwin brothers, Stephen Baldwin was the last to enter show business. After working in a Manhattan pizza parlor and as a Calvin Klein model, the fair-haired player began landing small roles in films (e.g., "Homeboy" 1988, "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Born on the Fourth of July" both 1989). Baldwin earned a degree of stardom playing the young 'Buffalo Bill' Cody on the Western TV saga of the Pony Express, "The Young Riders" (ABC, 1989-92). Based on his small screen popularity, he began landing more substantial roles, generally cast as a doofy, irresponsible guy, in 90s films like "Posse" (1993), as an irreverent Caucasian gang member, "8 Seconds" (1994), as Luke Perry's best friend and stiffest competition on the rodeo circuit, and "Threesome" (also 1994), which offered the actor his first lead as a party-loving college student in a co-ed suite. Few of his subsequent films, however, have fully capitalized on his abilities. The primary and notable exception was Bryan Singer's "The Usual Suspects" (1995) which cast him as a hot-headed thief. But efforts like the lame comedy "Bio-Dome" (1996), teaming Baldwin with Pauly Shore, hurt his career. He was poised to break out of his rut, however, with leading roles in two 1998 projects: "Dean Koontz's 'Mr. Murder'", an ABC TV-movie, cast him as a mystery writer whose life is nearly destroyed by a madman while "One Tough Cop" was a biopic of maverick policeman Bo Dietl adapted from Dietl's memoir.

Facts:

Name: Stephen Baldwin

Birth Name: Stephen Andrew Baldwin

Height: 5' 10''

Sex: M

Nationality: American

Birth Date: May 12, 1966

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

Profession: Actor, Producer, Director

Education: Alfred G. Berner High School between 1980 - 1984   The American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Husband/Wife: Kennya Deodato (aka Kennya Baldwin; graphics designer; married in June 1990; met on a subway in New York)

Father: Alexander Rae Jr. (teacher in Massapequa, New York; died of lung cancer in 1983)

Mother: Carol Newcomb (nee Martineau, born in 1930; breast-cancer survivor)

Sister: Elizabeth (aka Beth Keuchler, born in 1955), Jane (aka Jane Sasso, physical therapist, born 1965)

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)