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Simon Baker

Simon Baker

Birthday: 1969-07-30 | Place of Birth: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Blaze

as    Luke

2020
High Ground

as    Travis

2018
Here and Now

as    Nick

2017
Breath

as    Sando

2011
Margin Call

as    Jared Cohen

2010
The Killer Inside Me

as    Howard Hendricks

2009
Not Forgotten

as    Jack Bishop

2009
The Lodger

as    Malcolm

2008
The Mentalist

as    Patrick Jane

2007
Sex and Death 101

as    Roderick Blank

2007
The Key to Reserva

as    Roger Thornberry

2006
Something New

as    Brian Kelly

2006
The Devil Wears Prada

as    Christian Thompson

2006
Smith

as    Jeff Breen

2005
The Ring Two

as    Max Rourke

2005
Land of the Dead

as    Riley

2001
The Guardian

as    Nick Fallin

2001
The Affair of the Necklace

as    Rétaux de Vilette

2000
Red Planet

as    Chip Pettengill

1999
Ride with the Devil

as    George Clyde

1999
Judas Kiss

as    Junior Armstrong