Name: Jack Francis Donaghy
Portrayed By: Alec Baldwin
Occupation: Vice President of East Coast Television Programming
(Formerly Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming)

Family: Parents-“Pop” and Colleen Donaghy
Siblings-Eddie, Patrick, Patricia, Katherine Catherine and Margaret

Likes: Someone who claims to thrive on fear, Jack has been bow hunting for polar bears, has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and once even drove his car into the Hudson River so he could practice escaping. His greatest achievement since working for General Electric has been the Trivection Oven, an appliance that boasts being able to cook food five time faster than a conventional oven. Comparing the oven’s characteristic three heats, he is proud of the fact that he brought movie star Tracy Jordan to TGS as the missing third heat. One of Jack’s favorite aspects of the position he holds at GE is being able to negotiate with anyone and everyone, a skill of which he is particularly gifted.

Dislikes: Mainly he dislikes Liz Lemon’s wardrobe.

Personal Life: There have been many mentions of Jack’s trouble relationships with his parents when he was young. His father, before abandoning the family when Jack was two years old, lured Jack to the deep end of a swimming pool with a puppy in order to teach Jack how to swim. Jack’s mother, who is constantly ridiculing everyone she meets (with the exception of Liz), tried to enlist the boy in the Vietnam War when he was twelve to make a man out of him. She also combined two of his childhood talents into an embarrassing event of playing “The Star Spangled Banner” on his flute in front of his hockey team. Despite the problems with his mother, Jack has no trouble attracting women. He has had many an encounter with women in the spotlight. These include, but are not limited to: Condoleezza Rice, Elizabeth Hurley (in the 90’s), Martha and Alexis Stewart, Beyoncé Knowles, Shakira and Katie Couric. As far as anyone knows, those have all been relationships in the “fling” category. It has also been alluded to that he finds Asian women in their twenties particularly attractive. His first serious relationship was with a woman named Bianca who he married then quickly became separated from. They only recently became officially divorced, and after the advice from GE CEO Don Geiss, proposed to Christie’s Auction House liaison Phoebe. This relationship also recently dissolved.

Quick Facts:
-He briefly worked as a swan boat operator before working for GE. (That is not a euphemism for some kind of sex worker.)
-He used to have a “wicked” peanut allergy, but got rid of it through sheer willpower.
-He is a stress eater, but it’s under control.
-His political affiliations lie with the Republican Party. It seems as though during his youth he interned for Ted Kennedy and was extremely liberal with his views.
-He seems to be a gifted painter, flautist and hockey player.
-His religion is Irish Catholic.
-He dyes his hair.
-He used to have a collection of cookie jars until he bequeathed them to Kenneth.

Favorite Quotes:

“Sure. I got you. New York, third-wave feminist, college educated, single and pretending to be happy about it, overscheduled, undersexed, you buy any magazine that says healthy body image in the cover, and every two years you take up knitting for…a week.”
–Episode 1.01 Pilot

“Once I set my mind to something, I have to accomplish it. 10 years ago, I was an inch and a half shorter than I am today. Sheer will power!”
–Episode 1.05 Jack-tor

“It’s after six. What am I, a farmer?”
–Episode 1.07 Tracy Does Conan