Simon Baker

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1969-07-30 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Also Known As Simon Baker-Denny, Simon Denny, Simon Baker Denny, Simon Lucas 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

Scarpetta

as Benton Wesley

2024
Boy Swallows Universe

as Robert Bell

2023
Limbo

as Travis Hurley

2022
Blaze

as Luke

2022
Roar

as Adam

2020
High Ground

as Travis

2018
Here and Now

as Nick

2017
Breath

as Sando

2013
2011
Margin Call

as Jared Cohen

2010
The Killer Inside Me

as Howard Hendricks

2010
Conan

as Self

2009
Women in Trouble

as Travis McPherson

2009
Not Forgotten

as Jack Bishop

2009
The Lodger

as Malcolm

2008
The Mentalist

as Patrick Jane

2007
The Key to Reserva

as Roger Thornberry

2007
Sex and Death 101

as Roderick Blank

2006
The Devil Wears Prada

as Christian Thompson

2006
Something New

as Brian Kelly

2006
Smith

as Jeff Breen

2005
2005
The Ring Two

as Max Rourke

2004
Book of Love

as David Walker

2001
The Affair of the Necklace

as Rétaux de Vilette

2001
The Guardian

as Nick Fallin

2000
Red Planet

as Chip Pettengill

2000
Restaurant

as Kenny

1999
Ride with the Devil

as George Clyde

1999
Secret Men's Business

as Andy Greville

1998
Judas Kiss

as Junior Armstrong

1997
Most Wanted

as Stephen Barnes

1997
L.A. Confidential

as Matt Reynolds

1997
The View

as Self

1996
Sweat

as Paul Steadman

1994
1993
1989
E Street

as Sam Farrell

Producer

2022
Blaze

as Executive Producer

2017
Breath

as Producer

2008
The Mentalist

as Producer

Director

2017
Breath

as Director

2008
The Mentalist

as Director

2001
The Guardian

as Director

Camera

2004
Burst

as Director of Photography

Writer

2017
Breath

as Screenplay