Simon Baker
Simon Baker
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.
Known For
Actor
as Keith
as Robert Bell
as Travis Hurley
as Luke
as Adam
as Travis
as Nick
as Sando
as Guy
as Jared Cohen
as Howard Hendricks
as Self
as Travis McPherson
as Jack Bishop
as Malcolm
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Patrick Jane
as Roger Thornberry
as Roderick Blank
as Christian Thompson
as Brian Kelly
as Jeff Breen
as Riley
as Max Rourke
as David Walker
as Self
as Rétaux de Vilette
as Nick Fallin
as Chip Pettengill
as Kenny
as George Clyde
as Andy Greville
as Eric
as Junior Armstrong
as Stephen Barnes
as Matt Reynolds
as Self
as Paul Steadman
as Decoy
as Self - Guest
as Sam Farrell
Producer
Director
Camera
as Director of Photography
Writer
as Screenplay