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Adam Baldwin Adam Baldwin Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He starred in "Full Metal Jacket" (1987) as Animal Mother, as well as in the television series "Firefly" and its continuation film "Serenity" as Jayne Cobb. His roles include Stillman in "Ordinary People" (1980), Colonel John Casey in "Chuck", and Mike Slattery in "The Last Ship". Appearing in a large number of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast Ricky Linderman in "My Bodyguard" (1980) and moved on to bigger roles in "D.C. Cab" (1983), "Full Metal Jacket" (1987), "Predator 2" (1990), Deadbolt (1992),