Christopher James Baker
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- Acting
Biography
Christopher James Baker is an Australian actor, writer, and director born and raised in Australia, where he studied drama for three years in Sydney before beginning his career in theatre. He lived in the UK before returning home, then moved to the United States in 2009, where he initially featured in numerous Off-Broadway theatre roles before landing film and television work. He returned to Australia in 2020 and now splits his time between both countries. His most notable television roles include Blake Churchman in True Detective (2015, 7 episodes, HBO), Boyd Langmore in Ozark (2017–2022, 8 episodes, Netflix), Henry King Sr. / Brainwave in Stargirl (2020–2021, 12 episodes, The CW), Chronicom Hunter Malachi in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2019, 6 episodes, ABC), Theo Bennett in Shades of Blue (2018, 7 episodes, NBC), Raymond Earl in Gotham (2014), and Ivan Kroll in Boy Swallows Universe (2024, 6 episodes, Netflix, with Simon Baker and Travis Fimmel). His film credits include Harmon James in The Purge: Election Year (2016), Monte in The Duel (2016, with Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson), J.D. in Sanctum (2011, with Richard Armitage), Ensign in Nim's Island (2008, with Joanna Newsom and Christopher Plummer), Monty in The Great Raid (2005, with Ben Foster), Crumble in Kangaroo Jack (2003, with Joel Edgerton), and Doc in Unit 234 (2024).
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Filmography
Beyond Kokoda
Movie · as Narrator
The Pout-Pout Fish
Movie · as Fish #1 / Mail Fish / Poppa Fish / Fish #4 / Cuttlefish #1 / Chuck / Cuttlefish Worker #1 / Fish Critic (voice)
Posthumous
Movie · as Rohan
In Absence
Movie · as Irwin
They Kill By Night
Movie
Unit 234
Movie · as Doc
Boy Swallows Universe
TV · as Ivan Kroll · 6 eps
Darby and Joan
TV · as Curtis · 2 eps
Blood Brothers
Movie · as Jake
Eden
TV · as Patrick Gracie · 8 eps
New Gold Mountain
TV · as Patrick · 4 eps
DC's Stargirl
TV · as Henry King Sr. / Brainwave · 14 eps
The Rookie
TV · as Marcus Vance · 2 eps
The Good Cop
TV · as Corey Speck · 1 ep
Keep Watching
Movie · as The Creator
Ozark
TV · as Boyd Langmore · 8 eps
The Duel
Movie · as Monte
The Purge: Election Year
Movie · as Harmon James
Quarry
TV · as Eugene Linwood · 2 eps
Appropriate Behavior
Movie · as Ted
Deliverance Creek
Movie · as Cyril
Gotham
TV · as Raymond Earl / The Goat · 1 ep
True Detective
TV · as Blake Churchman · 7 eps
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV · as Malachi · 6 eps
Sanctum
Movie · as J.D.
Nim's Island
Movie · as Ensign
1 and 0 nly
Movie · as Lieutenant Professor Frank James Morley
The Condemned
Movie · as Eddie C
Kokoda
Movie · as Blue
The Great Raid
Movie · as Monty
Hell Has Harbour Views
Movie · as Martin Cordell
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Movie · as Group Capt. Maj. James Stagg
Kangaroo Jack
Movie · as Crumble
Serendipity
Movie · as Lars Band #1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Number Two · 1 ep
Renaissance Man
Movie · as Laundry Private #1