Simon Baker
Acting
Born: Jul 30, 1969
From: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klara and the Sun | 2026 | — | |
| Limbo | Travis Hurley | 2023 | 5.9 |
| Blaze | Luke | 2022 | 5.4 |
| High Ground | Travis | 2021 | 6.3 |
| Here and Now | Nick | 2018 | 5.266 |
| Breath | Sando | 2017 | 6.5 |
| I Give It a Year | Guy | 2013 | 5.525 |
| Margin Call | Jared Cohen | 2011 | 6.866 |
| The Killer Inside Me | Howard Hendricks | 2010 | 5.836 |
| Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution | Narrator | 2010 | — |
| Not Forgotten | Jack Bishop | 2009 | 5.0 |
| Women in Trouble | Travis McPherson | 2009 | 5.1 |
| The Lodger | Malcolm | 2009 | 5.7 |
| Sex and Death 101 | Roderick Blank | 2007 | 6.153 |
| Something New | Brian Kelly | 2006 | 6.4 |
| The Devil Wears Prada | Christian Thompson | 2006 | 7.389 |
| The Ring Two | Max Rourke | 2005 | 5.755 |
| Land of the Dead | Riley | 2005 | 6.199 |
| Book of Love | David Walker | 2004 | 4.633 |
| The Affair of the Necklace | Rétaux de Vilette | 2001 | 5.592 |
| Red Planet | Chip Pettengill | 2000 | 5.725 |
| Restaurant | Kenny | 2000 | 5.0 |
| Sunset Strip | Michael Scott | 2000 | 4.904 |
| Ride with the Devil | George Clyde | 1999 | 6.35 |
| Secret Men's Business | Andy Greville | 1999 | 5.3 |
| Judas Kiss | Junior Armstrong | 1998 | 5.683 |
| Love from Ground Zero | Eric | 1998 | 8.0 |
| L.A. Confidential | Matt Reynolds | 1997 | 7.8 |
| Most Wanted | Stephen Barnes | 1997 | 5.391 |
| Which Way to the War | Private Stan Hawke | 1994 | — |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1969 |
| From | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |