Daniel Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin was first married to Cheryl, and had a daughter, Kahlea, who was born in 1984. In 1990, he married Elizabeth who was an actress, and they had a daughter, Alexandra, in 1994. He divorced Elizabeth in 1996.

In the 1990s, Baldwin was romantically involved with Isabella Hofmann, his co-star from ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’. Their son Atticus was born in July 1996; he was named after Baldwin’s favourite character in the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. Atticus suffers from autism.

He married a former British model, Joanne Smith, with whom he had a daughter, Avis Ann, born in 2008. In 2009, their second daughter Finely Rae Martineau was born. In 2012, Joanne filed for divorce. Two years later, Baldwin got engaged to an entrepreneur, Robin Sue Hertz Hempel in 2014.

Daniel Baldwin was born on 5th October 1960 in Massapequa, New York, United States. He is the son of Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr. and Carol Newcomb. Baldwin’s mother, a breast cancer survivor, founded the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center.

His father, Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., was a high school history/social studies teacher and a football coach. Baldwin has mixed English, Scottish, Irish, French-Canadian and German ancestry.

All three of Daniel Baldwin’s brothers, Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin, and Stephen Baldwin are well-known actors. He also has two sisters, Beth Baldwin Keuchler and Jane Baldwin Sasso. Daniel is the second eldest of the brothers.

In 1979, Baldwin graduated from Alfred G.Berner High School in Massapequa. He was a high school football and basketball player. He also attended McKenna Junior High School.

Daniel Baldwin made his acting debut in 1988, in the TV movie ‘Too Good to Be True’ which was based on a novel ‘Leave Her to Heaven’ by Ben Ames Williams. Following this, he started acting in films, such as ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ which was released in 1989, ‘Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man,’ released in 1991, and ‘Hero,’ released in 1992.

In 1990, Baldwin returned to television and featured in a sitcom ‘Sydney’ which also starred Matthew Perry. But the sitcom only lasted for one season which had 13 episodes.

Baldwin continued his stint with TV and starred in the Baltimore-based cop show ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ in 1993. Despite receiving good reviews and appreciation for his work, Baldwin left the show in 1995 after three seasons. Later, his character was killed off in the show.

Returning to TV movies, he acted in films like ‘Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman,’ ‘Family of Cops’ and ‘Twisted Desire’. In 1996, he was featured in films such as ‘Mulholland Falls’ and ‘Trees Lounge’.

In 1998, Baldwin earned himself a role in a romantic comedy film ‘It Had to Be You’ but was replaced by Michael Rispoli after his arrest for cocaine possession.

Daniel Baldwin has been featured in a number of reality shows in his career. In 2005, he was seen in VH1’s ‘Celebrity Fit Club’, a show where overweight celebrities compete with each other to lose weight.

In 2008, Baldwin starred in VH1’s reality show ‘Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew’ which he left after the fourth episode. Later it was reported that the reason for his departure from the show was his misconduct with a fellow contestant.

In June 2009, he was seen in the reality show ‘I’m a Celebrity...Get Me out of Here!’ alongside his brother Stephen Baldwin.

He also appeared on the first episode of ‘Celebrity Wife Swap’ in 2014. In 2015, he entered the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house and was eliminated in nine days. He was the first housemate to be evicted as the fellow housemates found him arrogant.