Daniel Baldwin Biography | Artist Actors Biography

Daniel Baldwin was born on October 5, 1960 in Massapequa, the third of six children of a Long Island New York Catholic family. His father, Alexander Baldwin, was a hard charging high school history and football coach who died of lung cancer at 55 in 1983. His mother, Carol (Martineau) Baldwin, is a breast cancer survivor and the founder of the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center of the University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook.

He is an American actor, producer and director. He is the second oldest of the four “Baldwin brothers”, all of whom are actors. He is sometimes known as “the fat Baldwin”, due to his stoutly girth.

Baldwin is frequently noted as being Irish American, though his background includes English and Irish ancestry on his father’s side, and distant French and Canadian ancestry on his mother’s. His maternal grandmother was born in Nova Scotia and his Irish ancestry comes from his paternal great-grandmother, Helen Irene McNamara.

In addition to his three famous actor brothers, Alec (born 1958), William (born 1963) and Stephen (born 1966), Baldwin has two sisters, Beth Baldwin Keuchler (born 1955), and Jane Baldwin Sasso (born 1965). Actor Joseph Baldwin is a cousin. Comedian Leslie Baldwin is a 3rd cousin.

Baldwin was arrested on July 19, 2006, after he crashed his Ford Thunderbird into two cars parked on a Los Angeles street. According to the police, Baldwin ran a red light after weaving through the traffic in West LA just before 1 pm. He then crashed his rented Ford Thunderbird into two parked cars while going 80 mph in a 35 mph zone. Jason Lee, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles police, said “The Thunderbird pushed one of the vehicles about 20 feet, and that was a Hummer.” Police say Baldwin was driving with a suspended license, at the time of the crash. He was transferred to UCLA Medical Center with back and neck injuries, but did not appear to be seriously hurt. Baldwin could face DUI charges if found to have been intoxicated, Lee said.

In 2006, rock band Ded Sexi released a song entitled “Lesser of the Baldwins.” In August 2006, popular entertainment website www.TMZ.com referenced the Ded Sexi song in conjunction with an article on Daniel Baldwin.

On November 7th, 2006, Baldwin was arrested in Santa Monica, CA, after allegedly stealing a white GMC Yukon SUV, according to TMZ.com. The actor was taken to jail and booked for investigation of grand theft auto. Bail was set at $20,000. “The car belongs to an acquaintance of Mr. Baldwin, but he had no permission to take it,” said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County sheriff’s department. Ironically, Baldwin has appeared in the movie “Car 54, Where Are You?”.