Alec Baldwin - report

American actor (born 1958)

Alexander Rae Baldwin III is an American actor, comedian, and producer. In his early career, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988), Mike Nichols' Working Girl (1988), Jonathan Demme's Married to the Mob (1988), and Oliver Stone's Talk Radio (1988). He gained attention for his performances in The Hunt for Red October (1990) as Jack Ryan and in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). Since then he has worked with directors such as Woody Allen in Alice (1990), To Rome with Love (2012) and Blue Jasmine (2013), and Martin Scorsese in The Aviator (2004) and The Departed (2006). His performance in the drama The Cooler (2003) garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has done voice work for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Rise of the Guardians (2012), and The Boss Baby film franchise (2017–2022).

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Prosecutors will recharge Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the Oct. 2021 shooting. Baldwin’s prop gun had shot a round of live ammunition, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.
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New report casts doubt over actor's account of fatal 'Rust' shooting of Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin said he pulled back the hammer — but not the trigger — and the gun fired. Independent testing on the weapon used in a fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust” shows the trigger had to be pulled.
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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was the weapons expert on Alec Baldwin's film Rust. Baldwin shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set in October 2021. On June 9 prosecutors responded to a motion filed by her lawyers. They said she was ‘likely hungover’ when she loaded a live bullet into the gun Baldwin used.
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Prosecutors had blamed the Oscar-nominated actor for the death of Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin was rehearsing with a pistol for a scene when the gun went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. The development comes less than two weeks before a trial was set to begin.
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Andrea Reeb was elected in November to the New Mexico house, and Baldwin's lawyers argued that she was therefore ineligible to continue as special prosecutor. Reeb said her decision was made to ensure her involvement does not ‘cloud the real issue at hand’ Alec Baldwin faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
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A firearm enhancement on the charge could have made the crime punishable by a mandatory sentence of five years in jail. Baldwin was handling a vintage Colt.45 revolver when a projectile was discharged. It killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.
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Baldwin, 64, is due to appear in court on February 24 on charges of involuntary manslaughter. It follows the fatal shooting with a prop gun of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of western Rust in October 2021. Baldwin already settled with the family in October in a separate civil suit.
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Alec Baldwin was formally charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The film’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, was also formally charged in the filing by Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies. Involuntary manslaughter is a Class D felony punishable by up to 18 months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
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The 64-year-old accidentally discharged a gun on the set of Rust. Halyna Hutchins, 42, was killed and director Joel Souza was injured. Baldwin has always maintained that it was an accident. His lawyer has slammed the decision to prosecute as a 'terrible miscarriage of justice'