Simon Baker
Born: 1986-01-01 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Simon Richard Baker III (born March 30, 1986) is an Aboriginal Canadian actor of Cree, Haida, and Squamish descent. He began acting at the age of nine with a starring role in Once in a Blue Moon. He gained early recognition as one of the leads in the television series North of Sixty before appearing in productions including Into the West, Buffalo Dreams, The Missing, Smoke Signals, The Sweet Hereafter, Shanghai Noon, I, Robot, and Journey to the Center of the Earth. A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory, Baker has worked across film and television throughout his career. In addition to acting, he has hosted the CTV series First Story and the documentary series Native Planet, which explores Indigenous cultures around the world. Baker is of Squamish, Haida, and Cree heritage and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Filmography
2024
- Hey, Viktor!
- The Birds Who Fear Death as Ryan
2022
- The Faraway Place as Urus
2020
- The Gentlemen as Frazier
2017
- Home for the Holidays as Ak'aanáa
2014
- Outlander as Still Water
2008
- Journey to the Center of the Earth as Wakinta Rescuer
2005
- Buffalo Dreams as Thomas Blackhorse
- Buckaroo as Jerome Taylor
- Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery as Charlie Muskrat
2004
- I, Robot as Farber Posse
2003
- The Missing as Honesco, Kayitah's son
2002
- Spooky House as Prescott
- Now & Forever as Young John Myron
2000
- Shanghai Noon as Little Feather
1998
- The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
- Smoke Signals as Young Thomas Builds-the-Fire
- Big Bear as Horsechild
1997
- The Sweet Hereafter as Bear
1995
- Once in a Blue Moon as Sam Cardinal