Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for starring in Full Metal Jacket as Animal Mother and in the television series Firefly and its continuation film Serenity as Jayne Cobb. His roles include Colonel John Casey in Chuck and more recently Mike Slattery in The Last Ship.

Biography

Baldwin was born in Winnetka, Illinois and studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka. He has three children with his wife, Ami. He has no relation to the Baldwin brothers.

Politically, he has been a registered Democrat since 1980, but states that he re-examined his 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 and Big Hollywood.

He is an avid 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.

Baldwin is credited with having originated the GamerGate hashtag. His role in GamerGate led to a petition to prevent Baldwin from speaking at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo. The convention's management eventually decided after much deliberation and in response to a counter petition that Baldwin's political stance should not affect his guest appearance.

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