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Alec Baldwin

Host, The New York Philharmonic This Week

Alec Baldwin is the Radio Host of the New York Philharmonic. Since 1980 Baldwin has appeared in numerous productions on stage, in films, and on television.

He has received a Tony nomination (A Streetcar Named Desire, 1992) and an Oscar nomination (The Cooler, 2004), and has won three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on NBC’s 30 Rock. His films include The Hunt for Red October, Glengarry Glen Ross, Malice, The Edge, It’s Complicated, Blue Jasmine, Still Alice, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, and The Boss Baby, among many others. Alec Baldwin earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1994 and has received honorary doctorates from NYU (2010) and the Manhattan School of Music (2012). He serves on numerous boards related to the arts, the environment, and progressive politics, including the Hamptons International Film Festival and the New York Philharmonic. He is the author of three books: A Promise to Ourselves; his memoir, Nevertheless; and, with Kurt Andersen, You Can’t Spell America Without Me.

He is the host of a podcast, Here’s the Thing, for WNYC. Baldwin is married to author and wellness expert Hilaria Thomas Baldwin. They have seven children — Carmen, Rafael, Leonardo, Romeo, Eduardo, María, and Ilaria — as well as his eldest, Ireland Baldwin. From 2016 to 2021 Alec Baldwin hosted ABC’s Match Game, the classic television game show; a portion of his fees were donated to charity through The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation.