Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 30, 1969
Place of Birth
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Credits
50 titles
Simon Baker
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.
Known For
Filmography
Scarpetta
Benton Wesley
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Keith Mulvaney
Boy Swallows Universe
Robert Bell
Limbo
Travis Hurley
Blaze
Luke
Roar
Adam
High Ground
Travis
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Here and Now
Nick
Breath
Sando
I Give It a Year
Guy
Margin Call
Jared Cohen
Conan
Self
Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
Narrator
The Killer Inside Me
Howard Hendricks
Women in Trouble
Travis McPherson
Live from Studio Five
Self
Not Forgotten
Jack Bishop
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Lodger
Malcolm
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane
Sex and Death 101
Roderick Blank
Smith
Jeff Breen
The Devil Wears Prada
Christian Thompson
Something New
Brian Kelly
Land of the Dead
Riley
The Ring Two
Max Rourke
Book of Love
David Walker
Burst
Director of Photography
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Affair of the Necklace
Rétaux de Vilette
The Guardian
Nick Fallin
Red Planet
Chip Pettengill
Sunset Strip
Michael Scott
Ride with the Devil
George Clyde
Restaurant
Kenny
Secret Men's Business
Andy Greville
Love from Ground Zero
Eric
Judas Kiss
Junior Armstrong
Most Wanted
Stephen Barnes
L.A. Confidential
Matt Reynolds
The View
Self
Sweat
Paul Steadman
Which Way to the War
Private Stan Hawke
Heartbreak High
Decoy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
E Street
Sam Farrell