In the 1994 action adventure/superhero movie, The Shadow, he was played by Alec Baldwin. The movie first shows him as an evil tyrant and drug dealer, Ying-Po, who unwillingly finds redemption in the early 30's Mongolia thanks to the Tulku and his followers, who teach him psychic powers and who he really is which is Lamont Cranston/ The Shadow. He then returns to New York City to battle the forces of evil.