Background:

American actor Adam Baldwin, of no relation to the Baldwin brothers, was widely remembered while playing Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987) and portraying Colonel Jack Riles in the TV movie The Cape (1996, also in its TV series version). He also gained recognition for playing the mercenary Jayne Cobb in the television series Firefly and reprising his role in its wide screen version, Serenity (2005).

The 6' 4" tall actor who has naturally dark hair is frequently cast to play bulky bad guys and psychopathic murderers. He appeared in films like D.C. Cab (1983), 3:15 (1986), Predator 2 (1990), Independence Day (1996), Smoke Jumpers (1996) and on the TV’s Radio Flyer (1992), From the ..[Full version]