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Adam Baldwin

Adam is known for his role as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, and established a cult following as Jayne Cobb in the series Firefly, and the movie Serenity. Appearing in dozens of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast, Ricky Linderman, in My Bodyguard and moved on to bigger roles in D.C. Cab, Independence Day Smoke Jumpers and Serenity - in which he reprises his role as the mercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series Firefly. His other work includes the movie Radio Flyer, From the Earth to the Moon, The X-Files, Men in Black: The Series, Stargate SG-1, Angel, The Inside, NCIS and the 2005 remake of The Poseidon Adventure. He also starred in the ABC series Day Break as Chad Shelten in 2006.

Baldwin won the SyFy Genre Awards in 2006 for Best Supporting Actor/Television for his role as Jayne Cobb in the television series Firefly. Baldwin has been cast as the voice of Superman/Clark Kent in the first animated Superman movie, Superman: Doomsday, based on DC Comics‘ The Death of Superman, to be released September 18, 2007.

Adam plays Davis' mentally-challenged uncle. Or is he? Maybe he's more intelligent, more in tune than we are. Though killed in the first episode, he maintains a hold over his nephew.