Acting
Simon Baker
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
Scarpetta
Series · 2026
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Series · 2025
Boy Swallows Universe
Series · 2024
Limbo
Film · 2023
Blaze
Film · 2022
Roar
Series · 2022
High Ground
Film · 2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Here and Now
Film · 2018
Breath
Film · 2017
Red John
Film · 2014
I Give It a Year
Film · 2013
Margin Call
Film · 2011
The Killer Inside Me
Film · 2010
Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
Film · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
Not Forgotten
Film · 2009
Women in Trouble
Film · 2009
The Lodger
Film · 2009
Live from Studio Five
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2009
The Mentalist
Series · 2008
Sex and Death 101
Film · 2007
Something New
Film · 2006
The Devil Wears Prada
Film · 2006
Smith
Series · 2006
The Ring Two
Film · 2005
Land of the Dead
Film · 2005
Book of Love
Film · 2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
The Affair of the Necklace
Film · 2001
The Guardian
Series · 2001
Red Planet
Film · 2000
Sunset Strip
Film · 2000
Ride with the Devil
Film · 1999
Secret Men's Business
Film · 1999
Restaurant
Film · 1999
Judas Kiss
Film · 1998
Love from Ground Zero
Film · 1998
L.A. Confidential
Film · 1997
Most Wanted
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Sweat
Series · 1996
Which Way to the War
Film · 1994
Heartbreak High
Series · 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
E Street
Series · 1989
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