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Simon Baker

Simon Baker

Actor · Born 1969-07-30 · Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Devil Wears Prada (2006) — Christian Thompson
  2. L.A. Confidential (1997) — Matt Reynolds
  3. The Mentalist (2008) — Patrick Jane
  4. The Ring Two (2005) — Max Rourke
  5. Margin Call (2011) — Jared Cohen
  6. Land of the Dead (2005) — Riley
  7. Red Planet (2000) — Chip Pettengill
  8. I Give It a Year (2013) — Guy
  9. The Killer Inside Me (2010) — Howard Hendricks
  10. Sex and Death 101 (2007) — Roderick Blank
  11. Something New (2006) — Brian Kelly
  12. Conan (2010) — Self
  13. Ride with the Devil (1999) — George Clyde
  14. The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) — Self
  15. Late Show with David Letterman (1993) — Self - Guest
  16. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  17. Boy Swallows Universe (2024) — Robert Bell
  18. The Lodger (2009) — Malcolm
  19. Women in Trouble (2009) — Travis McPherson
  20. Scarpetta (2026) — Benton Wesley
  21. Most Wanted (1997) — Stephen Barnes
  22. The View (1997) — Self
  23. Not Forgotten (2009) — Jack Bishop
  24. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009) — Self
  25. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) — Self - Guest
  26. The Affair of the Necklace (2001) — Rétaux de Vilette
  27. Breath (2017) — Sando
  28. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest
  29. High Ground (2021) — Travis
  30. The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
  31. Judas Kiss (1998) — Junior Armstrong
  32. Here and Now (2018) — Nick
  33. Roar (2022) — Adam
  34. The Guardian (2001) — Nick Fallin
  35. Limbo (2023) — Travis Hurley
  36. Heartbreak High (1994) — Decoy
  37. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2025) — Keith Mulvaney
  38. Blaze (2022) — Luke
  39. Book of Love (2004) — David Walker
  40. Sunset Strip (2000) — Michael Scott

Directed

  1. The Mentalist (2008) — Director
  2. Breath (2017) — Director
  3. The Guardian (2001) — Director