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Cast & Character Biographies
Biographies of the cast & characters from
Firefly.
------------------- Adam Baldwin/Jayne Cobs -------------------
 Adam
Baldwin
Adam was born on the 27th of February, 1962 in Chicago,
Illinois. In 1979 Adam got his first break into the movie business by
being cast in the role of Ricky Linderman for a small Chicago production called 'My Bodyguard' by the films director Tony Bill,
while attending New Trier High School in Illinois. After it's release in 1980, Adam received critical praise for his performance in this great little film and he was promptly cast in a small role for Robert Redfords' Oscar Winning movie 'Ordinary People'. His next role was to be about 4 years away for the lead part in the 1983 Joel Schumacher directed comedy 'D.C. Cab'.
In 1986 Adam moved to L.A. to pursue his acting ambitions, and while there he took a job as a truck driver to fund his efforts. His first big L.A. movie was to be 'Bad Guys' (1986) in which he played one of the lead roles.
In 1987, legendary film-maker Stanley Kubrick cast Adam as the war loving lunatic "Animal Mother" for the classic movie 'Full Metal Jacket'. This marked the highest point (critically) in Adam Baldwin's career so far. Lots of great roles naturally followed this, starting with a small role in the brilliant 1988
adaptation of Robert Cormier novel, 'The Chocolate War'. Next came the one of the title roles in 'Cohen & Tate' (1989), a big part in the star-studded Patrick Swayze movie 'Next of Kin' (1989) and finishing up with a smaller part in 1990's 'Predator 2'.
The 1990's saw many made-for-television movies for Adam Baldwin. Most of which have never made it past the TV screen. The first notable movie of this period though, would be the 1992 feature film 'Where the Day Takes You', this film was very well received and had a great cast, but Adam's role wasn't massive. His next film is most
definitely the biggest of this era in his career, even though the role was of a drunk child-beater for the Richard Donner directed 'Radio Flyer'.
1996 saw a great reunion with Dean Devlin - now writer & producer - in the alien invasion epic 'Independence Day', a movie which really must be seen in the cinema to be fully appreciated. Around this time Adam was cast in a role which would gain him a big fan following, the part of "Col. Jack Riles" in the short lived but well produced and received TV series 'The Cape'.
In 1997 Adam once again worked with Dean Devlin and continued to make his mark on television with the series 'The Visitor', which notably reunited Adam with director Tony Bill, with whom he'd worked nearly two decades earlier in 'My Bodyguard'.
In 2001 Adam gained an excellent part in perhaps the biggest TV series of all time, the excellent 'The X-Files' as the military informer/alien super soldier
Knowle Rohrer, increasing Adam's popularity as an actor. Also that year Adam starred in another independent film called 'The
Keyman'. But perhaps Adam's best is yet to come, most recently Adam was cast in the Joss Whedon series 'Firefly' as
Jayne Cobbs, part of the crew on the ship, Serenity and will be
reprising the role in the Firefly movie, Serenity in 2005. |
 Jayne
Cobb
Jayne Cobb seems to be a pretty mysterious guy. Not much is known
about him or his past. He used to work with two other guys, hijacking
whoever they could take one. At least until Mal gave him a better offer,
to come aboard Serenity. Jayne, simply, works for whoever pays him the
most at the time. Aboard Serenity though he's had a few run ins with the
captain to set him straight, after a few mistakes Jayne made. One being,
giving Simon and River away to the Feds and almost getting them all
caught by some higher governing body. Above all Jayne is a fighter, he's
skillful with a gun in his hand, or any other weapon really. Fists work
too.
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------------------- Adam Baldwin - Filmography -------------------
- Men in Black: The Series (1997) -Agent X (2005)
- The Poseidon Adventure (2006) - Mike Rogo
- The Inside (2005) - Danny Love
- Molly & Roni's Dance Party (2005) - School principal
- The Poseidon Adventure (2005) - Mike Rogo
- Serenity (2005) - Jayne Cobb
- The Freediver (2004) - Dr. Viades
- Evil Eyes (2004) - Jeff Stenn
- Monster Makers (2003) - Jay Forrest
- Kill.switch (2003) (Video-Game) - Archer
- Betrayal (2003) - Stan Winston
- Gacy (2003) - John Gacy, Sr.
- Control Factor (2003) - Lance Bishop
- Keyman, The (2002) - Chris Myers/Keyman
- Firefly (2002) - Jayne Cobb
- The X-Files: The Truth (2002) - Knowle Rohrer
- Hyper Sonic (2002) - Christopher Bannon
- Double Bang (2001) - Vinnie Krailes
- Farewell, My Love (2001) - Jimmy, the Bartender
- Jackpot (2001) - Mel James
- Above and Beyond (2001) - Peter Clerkin
- Pursuit of Happiness (2001) - Chad Harmon
- Right Temptation, The (2000) - Captain Wagner
- Jackie Chan Adventures (2000) - Finn
- Patriot, The (2000) - Capt. Wilkins
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1999) - Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
- Indiscreet (1998) - Jeremy Butler
- Gargantua (1998) - Jack Ellway
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) - Astronaut Fred Haise
- Starquest II (1997) - Lee
- The Cape (1996) - Col. Jack Riles
- Lover's Knot (1996) - John Reed
- Independence Day (1996) - Major Mitchell
- Smoke Jumpers (1996) - Don Mackey
- Digital Man (1995) - Captain West
- Trade Off (1995) - Thomas Hughes
- Shadow-Ops (1995) - Dalt
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995) - Finn's Father
- Sawbones (1995) - Burt Miller
- Blind Justice (1994) - Sgt. Hastings
- Treacherous (1994) - Tommy Wright
- Wyatt Earp (1994) - Tom McLaury
- Bitter Harvest (1993) - Bobby
- Cold Sweat (1993) - Mitch
- Deadbolt (1993) - Alec Danz
- Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon (1993) - Koja
- The Last Shot (1993) - Mark Tullis Jr.
- Where the Day Takes You (1992) - Officer Black
- Cruel Doubt (1992) - Det. John Taylor
- Radio Flyer (1992) - The King
- Murder in High Places (1991)
- Guilty by Suspicion (1991) - FBI Agent -1
- Predator 2 (1990) - Garber
- Next of Kin (1989) - Joey Rosselini
- Cohen and Tate (1989) - Tate
- Chocolate War, The (1988) - Bill Carter
- Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Animal Mother
- Bad Guys (1986) - Skip Jackson
- Welcome Home, Bobby (1986) - Cleary
- Out of Time (1985) - Otto Frommer
- Poison Ivy (1985) - Ike Dimick
- Hadley's Rebellion (1984) - Bobo McKenzie
- Pigs Vs. Freaks (1984) - Mickey South
- Reckless (1984) - Randy Daniels
- D.C. Cab (1983) - Albert Hockenberry
- My Bodyguard (1980) - Ricky Linderman
- Ordinary People (1980) - Stillman
------------------- Adam Baldwin - TV Appearances -------------------
- Justice League playing Rick Flagg Jr. (voice) in episode: Task Force X
(episode 4.4) 21 May 2005
- Justice League playing Bonk (voice) in episode: The Once and Future
Thing: Time, Warped: Part 2 (episode 3.13) 29 January 2005
- Justice League playing Jonah Hex (voice) in episode: The Once and
Future Thing: Weird Western Tales: Part 1 (episode 3.12) 22 January 2005
- Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service playing Cdr. Rainer
in episode: A Weak Link (episode - 1.22) 18 May 2004
- Stargate SG-1 playing Colonel Dave Dixon in episode: Heroes: Part 2
(episode - 7.18) 20 February 2004
- Stargate SG-1 playing Colonel Dave Dixon in episode: Heroes: Part 1
(episode - 7.17) 13 February 2004
- JAG playing Cmdr. Michael Rainer in episode: Good Intentions (episode
- 9.13) 16 January 2004
- CSI: Miami playing De Soto, Radiation Man -1 in episode: Dead Woman
Walking (episode - 1.15) 10 February 2003
- The X Files playing Knowle Rohrer in episode: The Truth: Part 2
(episode - 9.20) 19 May 2002
- The X Files playing Knowle Rohrer in episode: The Truth: Part 1
(episode - 9.19) 19 May 2002
- The X Files playing Knowle Rohrer in episode: Nothing Important
Happened Today: Part 2 (episode - 9.2) 18 November 2001
- The X Files playing Knowle Rohrer in episode: Existence (episode -
8.21) 20 May 2001
- The Zeta Project playing Sven (voice) in episode: Crime Waves (episode
- 1.9) 14 April 2001
- The X Files playing Knowle Rohrer in episode: Three Words (episode -
8.16) 8 April 2001
- The X Files playing Knowle Rohrer in episode: Per Manum (episode -
8.13) 18 February 2001
- Static Shock playing York (voice) in episode: Junior (episode - 1.11)
10 February 2001
- Static Shock playing York (voice) in episode: Aftershock (episode -
1.2) 30 September 2000
- The Outer Limits playing Major James Bowen in episode: Phobos Rising
(episode - 4.24) 4 December 1998
- The Visitor playing Michael O'Ryan in episode: Going Home (episode -
1.9) 5 December 1997
- The Visitor playing Michael O'Ryan in episode: Caged (episode - 1.8)
14 November 1997
- The Visitor playing Michael O'Ryan in episode: Reunion (episode - 1.7)
7 November 1997
- The Visitor playing Michael O'Ryan in episode: Teufelsnacht (episode -
1.6) 31 October 1997
- VR.5 playing Scott Cooper (episode - 1.1) 10 March 1995
- Fallen Angels playing Ralph in episode: Good Housekeeping 1995 |
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