Adam Baldwin (born February 27 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor best known for his role as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.

He studied at the New Trier Township High School East at Winnetka, Illinois and once worked as a truck driver.

Appearing in dozens of films since 1980, Baldwin is also featured in My Bodyguard (1980), Independence Day (1996), Smoke Jumpers (1996) and Serenity (2005) — in which he reprises his role as the mercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series Firefly. His other television work includes Radio Flyer (1992), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), The X-Files, and Angel.

Adam Baldwin is of no relation to the Baldwin brothers.

External link

• IMDb profile: Adam Baldwin