Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1986
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Credits
20 titles
Simon Baker
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Birds Who Fear Death
Ryan
Hey, Viktor!
The Faraway Place
Urus
The Gentlemen
Frazier
Home for the Holidays
Ak'aanáa
Outlander
Still Water
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Wakinta Rescuer
Buckaroo
Jerome Taylor
Buffalo Dreams
Thomas Blackhorse
Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery
Charlie Muskrat
I, Robot
Farber Posse
The Missing
Honesco, Kayitah's son
Now & Forever
Young John Myron
Spooky House
Prescott
Shanghai Noon
Little Feather
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
Smoke Signals
Young Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Big Bear
Horsechild
The Sweet Hereafter
Bear
Once in a Blue Moon
Sam Cardinal