'''Alexander Rae “Alec” Baldwin III''' (born April 3, 1958) is an [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] actor. The eldest of the Baldwin brothers, Alec Baldwin has starred in many movies and television shows such as ''[[30 Rock]]'', and has hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' 17 times.
From 2016–2017, Baldwin was best known for his impersonations of [[Donald Trump]] on ''Saturday Night Live''. Since 2016, he has been the host of the current reboot of the classic game show ''Match Game'' on [[ABC]].
From 1976 to 1979, he attended [[George Washington University]], and then transferred to [[New York University]]'s Tisch School of the Arts.
Baldwin was formerly married to actress Kim Basinger. The ensuing divorce proceedings and custody battle have been a source of fodder for reporters, who have published assorted claims by Basinger and Baldwin. As of May 4, 2007 a court will be considering whether Baldwin should be allowed continued visitation with his daughter in light of an expletive-strewn, threatening phone message he left to his then-11-year-old daughter, Ireland.<ref>http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/0419_baldwin.mp3</ref>
On the recording, Baldwin can be heard berating his young daughter, "You are a rude, thoughtless little pig." "You don't have the brains or the decency as a human being," he says, apparently upset that she did not answer her phone for a planned call. He further says, "I don't give a damn that you're 12 years old, or 11 years old, or that you're a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do as far as I'm concerned."<ref>http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070420/D8OK22H82.html</ref>
In 2011, Baldwin endangered the safety of an aircraft by using his cell phone in the middle of a flight after the crew had instructed him that it be turned off. The flight was delayed for an hour because the aircraft had to turn around and go back to the gate to remove him from the plane.<ref>http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/alec_baldwin_thrown_off_flight_at_ikgro0tlAWEveH4IMoa4YK</ref>
He supported the far-Left [[Occupy Wall Street]]-movement.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20122574-10391698.html</ref>
A militant liberal, he has called for [[Donald Trump]] to be strangled to death.<ref>[https://www.westernjournal.com/alec-baldwin-suggests-violence-trump-knee-neck-cutting-off-oxygen/ Alec Baldwin Suggests Violence for Trump: ‘A Knee on His Neck, Cutting Off His Oxygen?’]</ref>