Daniel Leroy Baldwin (born October 5, 1960) is an American actor, producer and director. He is the second oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors.
Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau), a breast cancer survivor who founded the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center of the University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook, and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social...
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Daniel Leroy Baldwin (born October 5, 1960) is an American actor, producer and director. He is the second oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors.
Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau), a breast cancer survivor who founded the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center of the University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook, and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach. Baldwin was raised in a Catholic family of Irish, English and French descent. 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).
Baldwin was a standout high school football player and graduated in 1979 from Alfred G. Berner High School in Massapequa, NY. He also attended McKenna Junior High School.
His acting debut was in the TV movie Too Good to Be True...
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