Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin in the AdventureCon 2006 Picture by Chris Dotson
Born	February 27 1962 Chicago, Illinois
Notable roles	Animal Mother Full Metal Jacket Jayne in Firefly

For the Coronation Street character, see Adam Barlow.

Adam Baldwin (born February 27 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, and established a cult following as Jayne Cobb in the series Firefly, and movie Serenity.

[edit] Biography

Baldwin was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the New Trier Township High School East at Winnetka, Illinois and once worked as a truck driver. He is not related to the Baldwin brothers.

Appearing in dozens of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast in My Bodyguard (1980), and moved on to bigger roles in D.C. Cab (1983), Full Metal Jacket, Independence Day (1996), Smoke Jumpers (1996) and Serenity (2005) — in which he reprises his role as the mercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series Firefly. His other work includes the movie Radio Flyer (1992), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), The X-Files (Knowle Rohrer), Men in Black: The Series, Stargate SG-1, The Inside, and Angel, and the 2005 remake of The Poseidon Adventure. He is currently co-starring in the new ABC series Day Break.

Baldwin won the SyFy Genre Awards in 2006 for Best Supporting Actor/Television for his role as Jayne Cobb in the television series Firefly.<ref>SyfyPortal Awards. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.</ref>