Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor and voice actor. He starred in "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) as Animal Mother, as well as in the television series "Firefly" and its continuation film "Serenity" as Jayne Cobb. His roles include Stillman in "Ordinary People" (1980), Colonel John Casey in "Chuck", and Mike Slattery in "The Last Ship".
Early life.
Baldwin was born in Winnetka, Illinois, and studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka.
Career.
Appearing in a large number of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast Ricky Linderman in "My Bodyguard" (1980) and moved on to bigger roles in "D.C. Cab" (1983), "Full Metal Jacket" (1987), "Predator 2" (1989), "Next of Kin" (1989), "Deadbolt" (1992), "Independence Day" (1996), "The Patriot" (2000), and "Serenity" (2005)—in which he reprises his role as the mercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series "Firefly."
His other work includes "Radio Flyer" (1992), "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998), "The X-Files" (Knowle Rohrer), "The Cape", "", "Stargate SG-1", "Angel", "The Inside", "NCIS", and the 2005 remake of "The Poseidon Adventure". He also starred in the ABC series "Day Break" as Chad Shelten in 2006.
Baldwin parodied the Ricky Linderman character in the 2008 film "Drillbit Taylor". He is also known for NBC's "Chuck", in which he played John Casey, one of the lead characters for the five season run of the show.
In season four of "Castle", Baldwin was reunited with former "Firefly" castmate Nathan Fillion. He played Detective Ethan Slaughter in the 21st episode called "Headhunters" which aired April 16, 2012. He returned to "Castle" in season eight, episode six "Cool Boys".
Baldwin won a SyFy Genre Award in 2006 for "Best Supporting Actor/Television" for his role as Jayne Cobb in the television series "Firefly".
Baldwin was cast as Superman in "", which is based on DC Comics' "The Death of Superman". He also voices the character in the massively multiplayer online game "DC Universe Online".
Baldwin has a role as a voice actor in the Xbox 360 games "Halo 3" and ', the latter putting him in the role of Corporal Taylor "Dutch" Miles. Baldwin also appears as a voice actor in ' for various resistance soldiers and citizens. Along with his "Chuck" co-star, Yvonne Strahovski, he also appeared in "Mass Effect 2", playing the role of Quarian Marine squad leader Kal'Reegar.
Personal life.
He has three children with his wife, Ami Julius.
He is a supporter of Ride 2 Recovery, a bike-riding organization set up for the rehabilitation of wounded veterans. He participated in the 2009 "Don't Mess With Texas Challenge" bike ride.
Political views.
Politically, he states that he re-examined his liberal views after being given a copy of David Horowitz's book "Radical Son". He now considers himself a "small government conservative libertarian", and has contributed to "The Huffington Post".
In late 2015 Baldwin endorsed Ted Cruz for the 2016 United States presidential election via Twitter.
Involvement in Gamergate.
Baldwin has sometimes been credited with originating the hashtag #GamerGate near the end of August 2014 by posting the hashtag on Twitter alongside a pair of videos that, as part of wider criticisms, repeated earlier allegations against Zoe Quinn and Nathan Grayson.
His role in the GamerGate controversy led to a petition to prevent Baldwin from appearing as a guest at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo in 2015. The convention's management decided to keep Baldwin as a guest.