William Baldwin

Acting

William Baldwin

Born 1963-02-21 · Massapequa, New York, USA

William Joseph 'Billy' Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and writer, known for his starring roles in such films as Flatliners (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Fair Game (1995), Virus (1999), Double Bang (2001), as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom (2004–2007), Art Heist (2004), The Squid and the Whale (2005), as Senator Patrick Darling on the ABC drama Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009), Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010), and was a regular guest on Gossip Girl as William van der Woodsen and Parenthood as Gordon Flint. He also starred as lead detective Brian Albert in the Lifetime Original Movie The Craigslist Killer. He is brother to actors Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, and Daniel Baldwin. He is married to singer Chynna Phillips (Wilson Phillips) and they have 3 children.

Acting credits

Born on the Fourth of July poster
7.0

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

Forgetting Sarah Marshall poster
6.5

When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008

Sliver poster
5.6

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended under mysterious circumstances.

Sliver

1993

Backdraft poster
6.7

Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.

Backdraft

1991

Fair Game poster
5.2

Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her

Fair Game

1995

Internal Affairs poster
6.4

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in any number of dubious or downright criminal activities. He is also devious, a womaniser, and a clever manipulator, and he starts to turn his attention on Avila.

Internal Affairs

1990

Flatliners poster
6.5

Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.

Flatliners

1990

Virus poster
5.4

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.

Virus

1999

The Squid and the Whale poster
7.0

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

The Squid and the Whale

2005

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths poster
7.3

A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League. What ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that threatens both planets and, through a devious plan launched by Batman's counterpart Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010

Bulworth poster
6.3

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

Bulworth

1998

Dino Time poster
6.0

Young daredevil Ernie, his sister Julia, and his best friend Max accidentally trip a time-machine into operation and find themselves transported back in time 65 million years, where they meet a T-rex named Tyra and her rambunctious son Dodger.

Dino Time

2012

Ice Storm poster
5.7

When a devastating winter storm freezes over the whole of North Carolina, climatologists and disaster relief experts are called in before the entire East Coast is destroyed.

Ice Storm

2023

The Stranger Within poster
4.3

After a traumatic ordeal, acclaimed actress Emily Moore and her psychiatrist husband, Robert, escape on a relaxing vacation to a gorgeous remote Mediterranean island. But on the first night at the house, a young girl arrives, blood on her hands and hysterical from the death of her boyfriend in a hiking accident. Robert offers to take in and help the young girl, but her suggestive behavior makes Emily wonder if she might be a threat to their marriage... or her life.

The Stranger Within

2013

Backdraft 2 poster
6.4

Years after the original Backdraft, Sean, son of the late Steve "Bull" McCaffrey, is assigned to investigate a deadly fire only to realize it is something much more sinister.

Backdraft 2

2019

Church People poster
4.0

America's youth pastor, Guy Sides, is stuck in the mega church marketing machine, and wants to find his passion again. Surrounded by sincere - but zany - church leadership, is everything he needs to renew his faith right in front of him?

Church People

2021

Beckman poster
6.0

A contract killer, becomes the reverend of a LA church, until a cult leader and his minions kidnap his daughter. Blinded by vengeance, he cuts a bloody path across the city. The only thing that can stop him is his newfound faith.

Beckman

2020

Maximum Impact poster
3.5

The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis.

Maximum Impact

2017

2 Graves in the Desert poster
3.8

A man and woman wake to find themselves tied and gagged in the trunk of a pick-up truck and it soon becomes clear that they have been kidnapped and taken as hostages. Their two kidnappers have their own agenda, and it's not a pleasant one.

2 Graves in the Desert

2020

Park poster
4.9

Park takes place all in one day in a public park in Los Angeles, as 11 disaffected Angelenos find both love and loss in unexpected ways

Park

2006

The Craigslist Killer poster
5.2

Based on a true story, seemingly flawless Philip Markoff, a charismatic and popular medical student at Boston University, leads a double life and starts to descend into a twisted world of gambling, crime, battery, and eventually murder, all while meeting his victims via Craigslist. 

The Craigslist Killer

2011

Candy Land poster
6.2

Remy, a seemingly naive and devout young woman, finds herself cast out from her religious cult. With no place to turn, she immerses herself into the underground world of truck stop sex workers. Under the watchful eye of their matriarch and an enigmatic local lawman, Remy navigates between her strained belief system and the code to find her true calling in life.

Candy Land

2023

Welcome to Acapulco poster
5.4

When Matt Booth sets off to meet his fiance for a foreign wedding he couldn't have imagined the dangerous world he was about to step into. Betrayed and set up, Matt finds himself on the run from the CIA and hired mercenaries, all looking for a package that he has supposedly smuggled through customs. Hunted on all sides, Matt is aided by Agent Adriana Vasquez, a femme fatale with orders of her own to follow.

Welcome to Acapulco

2019

Talk poster
NR

In a Los Angeles radio station, the host of an emblematic night talk show gives advice to live callers. One call might destroy his career, his family, and his life.

Talk

2019