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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.

Biography

Early life

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.

Career

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.

Partial filmography

• The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
• Serenity (2005)
• Double Bang (2001)
• The Patriot (2000)
• From the Earth to the Moon: Episode 9: Miles and Miles (1998)
• Independence Day (1996)
• Smoke Jumpers (1996)
• Wyatt Earp (1994)
• Radio Flyer (1992)
• Predator 2 (1990)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• D.C. Cab (1983)
• My Bodyguard (1980)
• Ordinary People (1980)

Television/voice acting

• Bones
• The Inside
• Firefly
• Jackie Chan Adventures
• Angel (Marcus Hamilton)
• The X-Files
• Men in Black: The Series
• The Cape
• Justice League Unlimited
• Day Break
• Stargate SG-1

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