- 2009: Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in Comedy Series
- 2009: Nominated for the 2009 TV Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy
- 2009: Played Campbell Alexander in "My Sister's Keeper," a Nick Cassavetes-directed adaptation of the Jodi Picoult novel
- 2007: Starred in (also produced) "Shortcut to Happiness" as a struggling writer who sells his soul to the devil for fame and fortune
- 2006: Performed on stage in "Entertaining Mr. Sloane"; co-star Jan Maxwell left the production after complaining about the behavior of her co-star and was replaced by an understudy; this was denied by Baldwin and the theatre
- 2006: Cast as an alcoholic father in the ensemble drama-comedy "Running with Scissors"
- 2006: Cast as Jack Donaghy, the network boss of a New York based sketch comedy show in "30 Rock" (NBC); earned Emmy (2007, 2009), Golden Globe (2008) and SAG (2009) nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series
- 2006: Cast in Robert De Niro's "The Good Shepherd," as a CIA operative
- 2006: Played a macho police official in Martin Scorsese's "The Departed"
- 2005: Earned an Emmy nominations in 2005 and 2006 for his guest-starring role on "Will & Grace" (NBC) as Will's new boss
- 2005: Cast in "Fun with Dick and Jane" an update of the 1977 comedy, where a married couple turn to robbery to pay the bills
- 2004: Guest starred on the season finale of "Nip/Tuck" (F/X) playing Dr. Barrett Moore, the ex-husband of "life coach" Ava Moore (Famke Janssen)
- 2004: Cast in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" a biopic of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio)
- 2003: Cast as Quinn in the film adaptation of "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat"
- 2003: Co-starred with William H. Macy in "The Cooler" as a casino tycoon; received Golden Globe, SAG and Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor
- 2002: Cast as Robert McNamara in the HBO drama "Path To War"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- 2002: Feature directorial debut (also co-starred), the remake of "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
- 2001: Starred in "Gross Points" at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY; role reportedly based on actor Al Pacino
- 2000: Produced City Center Voices! of American Theater, a series of one-night only staged readings of American plays; appeared with Joanne Woodward in the inaugural production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"
- 2000: Cast (also executive produced) as the lead prosecutorial attorney in the TNT miniseries "Nuremberg"; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Miniseries
- 2000: Played (also executive producerd) a self-centered actor in David Mamet's "State and Main"
- 1999: Made cameo appearance in "Notting Hill"
- 1999: Had supporting role as the father of a troubled teen in "Outside Providence"
- 1998: Returned to the stage to play "Macbeth" opposite Angela Bassett
- 1998: Offered a villainous turn in "Mercury Rising"
- 1997: Starred opposite Anthony Hopkins in the David Mamet scripted, "The Edge"
- 1996: Appeared in Rob Reiner's "Ghosts of Mississippi"
- 1995: Played Stanley Kowalski opposite Jessica Lange in the Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire"; earned a Tony nomination; reprised role for TV-movie that year for which he netted an Emmy nomination
- 1994: Founded El Dorado Productions
- 1994: Acted opposite wife Kim Bassinger in Roger Donaldson's remake of "The Getaway"
- 1994: Had title role in "The Shadow"
- 1992: Reprised stage role opposite Meg Ryan in Norman Rene's film version of "Prelude to a Kiss"
- 1991: First teamed on screen with future wife Kim Basinger in "The Marrying Man"
- 1990: Cast as Jack Ryan in "The Hunt for Red October; passed on reprising his role in the sequels
- 1990: First received top billing in "Miami Blues"
- 1990: Starred opposite Mary-Louise Parker in Craig Lucas' play "Prelude to a Kiss" at Circle Repertory Theatre
- 1989: Portrayed Jimmy Swaggart, cousin to rock singer Jerry Lee Lewis (Dennis Quaid) in the biopic "Great Balls of Fire"
- 1988: Returned to Broadway as a slick corporate raider in Caryl Churchill's play "Serious Money"
- 1988: Played first romantic lead in the supernatural farce, "Beetlejuice"
- 1988: Had pivotal supporting roles in "Working Girl" and "Married to the Mob"
- 1986: Made Broadway debut as a bumbling thief in Joe Orton's "Loot"
- 1986: Starred as a West Point cadet implicated in a murder in the NBC miniseries "Dress Gray"
- 1986: Film acting debut in "Forever, Lulu"
- 1984: Featured role in the primetime soap, "Knots Landing" (CBS) as Julie Harris' son Joshua Rush
- 1983: Played Dr. Hal Wexler on the short-lived CBS primetime medical drama, "Cutter to Houston"
- 1980: Began career in NBC daytime TV series, "The Doctors" playing Billy Aldrich
- Was a waiter at the famed disco Studio 54




