Simon Baker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Biography
Simon Baker (born July 30, 1969) is an Australian actor and director. In his television acting career, he is best known for his lead role in the CBS television series The Mentalist as Patrick Jane and as Nicholas Fallin in The Guardian. In his film acting career, he is best known for the lead role of Riley Denbo in Land of the Dead and Christian Thompson in the film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, based on the 2003 novel of the same name. Simon Baker was born to a high school English teacher, Elizabeth Labberton, and a groundskeeper/mechanic, Barry Baker, on 30 July 1969, in Launceston, Tasmania. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. His parents divorced while he was still young. His mother later married Tom Denny, a butcher. Simon Baker also has a sister, currently a doctor in Australia, and three younger half brothers. By 1972, the family had moved from Launceston to Ballina, New South Wales, where Baker's parents hoped to secure better paying jobs. In 1986, he graduated from Ballina High School as Simon Baker-Denny, after completing his primary school education at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, also in Ballina.
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Filmography
Scarpetta
TV · as Benton Wesley · 8 eps
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
TV · as Keith Mulvaney · 5 eps
Boy Swallows Universe
TV · as Robert Bell · 5 eps
Limbo
Movie · as Travis Hurley
Blaze
Movie · as Luke
Roar
TV · as Adam · 1 ep
High Ground
Movie · as Travis
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Here and Now
Movie · as Nick
Breath
Movie · as Sando
I Give It a Year
Movie · as Guy
Margin Call
Movie · as Jared Cohen
The Killer Inside Me
Movie · as Howard Hendricks
Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
Movie · as Narrator
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Not Forgotten
Movie · as Jack Bishop
Women in Trouble
Movie · as Travis McPherson
The Lodger
Movie · as Malcolm
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mentalist
TV · as Patrick Jane · 151 eps
Sex and Death 101
Movie · as Roderick Blank
Something New
Movie · as Brian Kelly
The Devil Wears Prada
Movie · as Christian Thompson
Smith
TV · as Jeff Breen · 7 eps
The Ring Two
Movie · as Max Rourke
Land of the Dead
Movie · as Riley
Book of Love
Movie · as David Walker
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Affair of the Necklace
Movie · as Rétaux de Vilette
The Guardian
TV · as Nick Fallin · 67 eps
Red Planet
Movie · as Chip Pettengill
Sunset Strip
Movie · as Michael Scott
Ride with the Devil
Movie · as George Clyde
Secret Men's Business
Movie · as Andy Greville
Restaurant
Movie · as Kenny
Judas Kiss
Movie · as Junior Armstrong
Love from Ground Zero
Movie · as Eric
L.A. Confidential
Movie · as Matt Reynolds
Most Wanted
Movie · as Stephen Barnes
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Sweat
TV · as Paul Steadman · 1 ep
Which Way to the War
Movie · as Private Stan Hawke
Heartbreak High
TV · as Decoy · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
E Street
TV · as Sam Farrell · 112 eps