William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and writer known for his

starring roles in such films as Flatliners (1990), Back draft (1991), Sliver (1993), Fair Game (1995), Virus (1999), Double Bang (2001), as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom (2004 2007), Art Heist (2004), The Squid and the Wh ale (2005), as himself in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as Senator Patrick Darling in the TV drama Dirty Sexy Money (2007 2009) on ABC, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010), and now Baldwin was a regular guest on Gossip Girl as William va n der Woodsen until December 2012, and Parenthood as Gordon Flint. Baldwin appea red as lead detective Brian Albert in the Lifetime Original Movie The Craigslist Killer. In 2011, Baldwin was cast in a recurring role on Hawaii Five-0 as a dir ty cop, former homicide detective Frank Delano, appearing over the show's second season as well as the season premiere episode of the third season.