# Baldwin family
The Baldwin family is an American acting family from Massapequa, Long Island, New York, best known for the four actor brothers Alec, Daniel, William ("Billy"), and [Stephen Baldwin](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-baldwin), sons of Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr. and Carol Newcomb Baldwin.[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/) The brothers also have two sisters, Elizabeth Keuchler, the eldest of the six children, and Jane Sasso.[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Parents | Alexander and Carol Baldwin married in 1954 after meeting as students at Syracuse University; they raised six children on Long Island[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/) |
| Actor brothers | Alec (born 1958), Daniel (born 1960), Billy (born 1963), and Stephen, the youngest[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/) • [2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/billy-baldwin/) |
| Alec's awards | Three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for 30 Rock, an Oscar nomination for The Cooler (2003), and a Tony nomination for A Streetcar Named Desire (1992)[3](https://alecbaldwin.com/bio/) |
| Alec's marriages | Kim Basinger (1993–2002), one daughter, Ireland; Hilaria Baldwin (2012–present), seven children[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin) |
| Rust shooting | Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of Rust on October 21, 2021; Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter charge was dismissed in July 2024[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin) |
| Reality series | The Baldwins, a TLC series about Alec, Hilaria, and their seven children, premiered on February 23, 2025[5](https://apnews.com/article/7030421c7119463f4d911d1e3c8020b7) • [6](https://elpais.com/gente/2025-03-04/esto-dicen-las-malas-criticas-de-la-serie-de-alec-baldwin-y-su-familia-de-un-fallido-lavado-de-imagen-del-actor-a-unos-hijos-malcriados.html) |
| Next generation | Stephen Baldwin's daughter Hailey Bieber is married to singer Justin Bieber[13](https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1435289/hailey-bieber-dad-stephen-baldwin-reunite-after-family-feud-rumors) |
## Parents and upbringing
Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr. worked as a schoolteacher and football coach, and Carol Baldwin was a housewife; Vanity Fair's 2012 profile of Hollywood sibling families noted that nothing in this background foretold the four sons' acting careers.[8](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/03/power-siblings-baldwin-brothers-cusacks-wayans-arquettes) [Alexander](https://www.edgepedia.org/alexander) died in 1983 at the age of 55. Carol later ran the Carol M. Baldwin Cancer Research Fund and died in May 2022 at 92.[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/)
The household was lively. [Alec Baldwin](https://www.edgepedia.org/alec-baldwin) has described a childhood with five siblings in which "everybody [was] breaking windows, shooting arrows into the wall," and his co-star [Lisa Kudrow](https://www.edgepedia.org/lisa-kudrow) asked whether the brothers had sent each other to the hospital; he answered, "Couple of times, yeah."[9](https://abcnews.com/amp/Entertainment/alec-baldwin-giving-youngest-kids-childhood/story?id=46451557) Stephen Baldwin recalled the family's local standing in Massapequa: "we were all pretty famous locally before we were famous... And Alec was student president and the quarterback. And we were just a popular family."[8](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/03/power-siblings-baldwin-brothers-cusacks-wayans-arquettes)
## The four actor brothers
**Alec Baldwin**, the second-oldest child and oldest brother, was born in [Amityville, New York](https://www.edgepedia.org/amityville-new-york), and grew up in Massapequa.[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin) He majored in political science at [George Washington University](https://www.edgepedia.org/george-washington-university) intending to go to law school, then transferred to New York University's drama department, where he studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute.[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin) His screen career began on the soap opera The Doctors (1980–1982) and moved through films including [Beetlejuice](https://www.edgepedia.org/beetlejuice), The Hunt for Red October, and Glengarry Glen Ross to the sitcom 30 Rock, on which he played Jack Donaghy for seven seasons.[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin) • [3](https://alecbaldwin.com/bio/) He has hosted Saturday Night Live a record 17 times and earned an Emmy for his impersonation of President Donald Trump.[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin)
**Daniel Baldwin**, born in 1960, is an actor, producer, and director whose credits include Sydney, Homicide: Life on the Street, and a recurring role on Cold Case.[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/) He has been married multiple times and has children from several relationships.[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/)
**Billy Baldwin** was born William Joseph Baldwin in 1963.[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/billy-baldwin/) He modeled for brands including [Calvin Klein](https://www.edgepedia.org/calvin-klein) before his first screen appearance in the 1989 TV movie The Preppie Murder, then starred in Internal Affairs (1990) and [Backdraft](https://www.edgepedia.org/backdraft) (1991).[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/billy-baldwin/) He has been married to singer Chynna Phillips of Wilson Phillips since 1995.[2](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/billy-baldwin/)
**Stephen Baldwin**, the youngest of the six siblings, played McManus in the 1995 thriller [The Usual Suspects](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-usual-suspects) and has more than 100 film and television credits.[7](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-08-03/stephen-baldwin-revela-por-que-decidio-alejarse-de-hollywood-no-era-mi-estilo-no-queria-ser-tom-cruise.html) In 2001 he embraced evangelical Christianity and stepped back from mainstream Hollywood, later focusing on Christian film production and a podcast.[7](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-08-03/stephen-baldwin-revela-por-que-decidio-alejarse-de-hollywood-no-era-mi-estilo-no-queria-ser-tom-cruise.html) He told People magazine that he chose not to pursue stardom: "No quería ser Tom Cruise" ("I didn't want to be Tom Cruise").[7](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-08-03/stephen-baldwin-revela-por-que-decidio-alejarse-de-hollywood-no-era-mi-estilo-no-queria-ser-tom-cruise.html)
In 2008 all four brothers had television projects airing at once: Alec on 30 Rock, Billy on [Dirty Sexy Money](https://www.edgepedia.org/dirty-sexy-money), and Stephen and Daniel on the reality shows Celebrity Apprentice and Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew, respectively.[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/)
## The Rust shooting and legal aftermath
On October 21, 2021, during rehearsal on the Western film Rust near [Santa Fe, New Mexico](https://www.edgepedia.org/santa-fe-new-mexico), a revolver Baldwin was holding fired, killing cinematographer [Halyna Hutchins](https://www.edgepedia.org/halyna-hutchins) and wounding director Joel Souza; Baldwin has said he did not pull the trigger.[10](https://apnews.com/article/627373b6fd8aabe1f25050943777daba) The film's weapons supervisor, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to 18 months in prison.[10](https://apnews.com/article/627373b6fd8aabe1f25050943777daba) Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter in January 2024 and pleaded not guilty; four days into his July 2024 trial, a judge dismissed the case after finding that authorities had withheld evidence, and ruled that he could not be retried.[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin) He reached an undisclosed settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit with Hutchins's widower and son in 2022, and continues to face a civil suit brought by Hutchins's parents and sister.[4](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin)
## The Baldwins reality series
In June 2024, Alec and [Hilaria Baldwin](https://www.edgepedia.org/hilaria-baldwin) announced a TLC reality series about their life as a family of nine, with the working title The Baldwins and a planned 2025 release.[5](https://apnews.com/article/7030421c7119463f4d911d1e3c8020b7) The series premiered on TLC on February 23, 2025, following the couple and their seven children between their Manhattan apartment and East Hampton summer home.[6](https://elpais.com/gente/2025-03-04/esto-dicen-las-malas-criticas-de-la-serie-de-alec-baldwin-y-su-familia-de-un-fallido-lavado-de-imagen-del-actor-a-unos-hijos-malcriados.html) • [11](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/24/the-baldwins-review-alecs-dreadful-reality-show-is-a-new-low-for-tv) Critics were largely negative: The Guardian's review called it "entirely unnecessary television,"[11](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/24/the-baldwins-review-alecs-dreadful-reality-show-is-a-new-low-for-tv) while [The New Yorker](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-new-yorker)'s critic's notebook described a show whose focus is not the legal proceedings but "the effect of these occurrences on the Baldwin family's life."[12](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/the-unsettling-cheer-of-the-baldwins)
## Extended family
The family's public profile extends to a second generation. Stephen Baldwin's daughter Hailey Bieber, married to Justin Bieber, is the most widely known of the Baldwin grandchildren; in 2026 she was reported to have reunited with her father and mother, Kennya Baldwin, after revealing two years earlier that she was "not super close" with her family.[13](https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1435289/hailey-bieber-dad-stephen-baldwin-reunite-after-family-feud-rumors) Alec and Hilaria Baldwin's children include Carmen, Rafael, Leonardo, Romeo, Eduardo, Maria (born via surrogate), and Ilaria, in addition to Alec's eldest daughter, Ireland, from his marriage to Kim Basinger.[1](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/) • [3](https://alecbaldwin.com/bio/)
## References
1. [Meet the Baldwin Family: A Guide to Brothers Alec, Daniel, Billy, Stephen and Their Spouses, Kids, Us Weekly](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/baldwin-family-a-guide-to-brothers-alec-daniel-billy-and-stephen/)
2. [Billy Baldwin, Us Weekly celebrity profile](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/billy-baldwin/)
3. [Bio, AlecBaldwin.com](https://alecbaldwin.com/bio/)
4. [Alec Baldwin: Biography, Emmy-Winning Actor, Movies, Children, Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/actors/alec-baldwin)
5. [Alec and Hilaria Baldwin announce TLC family reality series, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/7030421c7119463f4d911d1e3c8020b7)
6. [Esto dicen las (malas) críticas sobre la serie de Alec Baldwin y su familia, El País](https://elpais.com/gente/2025-03-04/esto-dicen-las-malas-criticas-de-la-serie-de-alec-baldwin-y-su-familia-de-un-fallido-lavado-de-imagen-del-actor-a-unos-hijos-malcriados.html)
7. [Stephen Baldwin revela por qué decidió alejarse de Hollywood, El País](https://elpais.com/gente/2026-08-03/stephen-baldwin-revela-por-que-decidio-alejarse-de-hollywood-no-era-mi-estilo-no-queria-ser-tom-cruise.html)
8. [The Secrets of Hollywood's Power Siblings, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2012/03/power-siblings-baldwin-brothers-cusacks-wayans-arquettes)
9. [Alec Baldwin on giving his youngest kids a different childhood, ABC News](https://abcnews.com/amp/Entertainment/alec-baldwin-giving-youngest-kids-childhood/story?id=46451557)
10. [Gun supervisor for 'Rust' movie gets 18 months in prison, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/627373b6fd8aabe1f25050943777daba)
11. [The Baldwins review – Alec's dreadful reality show is a new low for TV, The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/24/the-baldwins-review-alecs-dreadful-reality-show-is-a-new-low-for-tv)
12. [The Unsettling Cheer of "The Baldwins", The New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/the-unsettling-cheer-of-the-baldwins)
13. [Hailey Bieber Reunites With Dad Stephen Baldwin and Mom Kennya Baldwin After Rumored Family Rift, E! Online](https://www.eonline.com/ca/news/1435289/hailey-bieber-dad-stephen-baldwin-reunite-after-family-feud-rumors)
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