Simon Baker
Born: 1969-07-30 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
Simon Baker (born 30 July 1969, height 5' 9¾" (1,77 m)) 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.
Filmography
2026
- Scarpetta as Benton Wesley
2025
- The Narrow Road to the Deep North as Keith Mulvaney
2024
- Boy Swallows Universe as Robert Bell
2023
- Limbo as Travis Hurley
2021
- High Ground as Travis
2018
- Here and Now as Nick
2017
- Breath as Sando
2013
- I Give It a Year as Guy
2011
- Margin Call as Jared Cohen
2010
- Conan as Self
- The Killer Inside Me as Howard Hendricks
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- The Lodger as Malcolm
- Not Forgotten as Jack Bishop
- Women in Trouble as Travis McPherson
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
- The Mentalist as Patrick Jane
2007
- Sex and Death 101 as Roderick Blank
- The Key to Reserva as Roger Thornberry
2006
- The Devil Wears Prada as Christian Thompson
- Something New as Brian Kelly
- Smith as Jeff Breen
2005
- Land of the Dead as Riley
- The Ring Two as Max Rourke
2004
- Book of Love as David Walker
- Burst ... (Director of Photography)
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2001
- The Guardian as Nick Fallin
- The Affair of the Necklace as Rétaux de Vilette
2000
- Red Planet as Chip Pettengill
- Restaurant as Kenny
- Sunset Strip as Michael Scott
1999
- Secret Men's Business as Andy Greville
- Ride with the Devil as George Clyde
1998
- Judas Kiss as Junior Armstrong
- Love from Ground Zero as Eric
1997
- The View as Self
- L.A. Confidential as Matt Reynolds
- Most Wanted as Stephen Barnes
1996
- Sweat as Paul Steadman
1994
- Heartbreak High as Decoy
- Which Way to the War as Private Stan Hawke
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1989
- E Street as Sam Farrell