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Simon Baker

Actor, Director, Producer, WriterBorn July 30, 1969 (56 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Margin Call
  • I Give It a Year
  • Breath
  • Limbo
  • Blaze
  • Restaurant

Known For

  • The Mentalist
  • Land of the Dead
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • The Ring Two
  • Margin Call
  • I Give It a Year
  • Red Planet
  • Sex and Death 101
  • Something New
  • The Guardian
  • The Killer Inside Me
  • The Key to Reserva
  • Boy Swallows Universe
  • Ride with the Devil
  • Not Forgotten
  • High Ground

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    Filmography

    2025
    The Narrow Road to the Deep North (TV Series) · as Keith Mulvaney
    2024
    Boy Swallows Universe (TV Series) · as Robert Bell
    2023
    Limbo · as Travis Hurley
    2023
    Ten Pound Poms (TV Series) · as Sidney Skinner
    2022
    Blaze · as Luke
    2022
    Roar (2022) (TV Series) · as Adam
    2020
    High Ground · as Travis
    2018
    Here and Now · as Nick
    2017
    Breath · as Sando
    2013
    2011
    Margin Call · as Jared Cohen
    2010
    2010
    The Killer Inside Me · as Howard Hendricks
    2009
    Women in Trouble · as Travis Mcpherson
    2009
    Not Forgotten · as Jack Bishop
    2009
    The Lodger · as Malcolm
    2008
    The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Patrick Jane
    2007
    The Key to Reserva · as Roger Thornberry
    2007
    Sex and Death 101 · as Roderick Blank
    2006
    Smith (TV Series) · as Jeff Breen
    2006
    The Devil Wears Prada · as Christian Thompson
    2006
    Something New · as Brian Kelly
    2005
    Land of the Dead · as Riley
    2005
    Into the West (TV Series) · as Loved By The Buffalo (young)
    2005
    Home and Away: Romances · as James Healey
    2005
    The Ring Two · as Max Rourke
    2004
    Book of Love · as David Walker
    2001
    The Affair of the Necklace · as Rétaux De Vilette
    2001
    2001
    The Guardian (TV Series) · as Nick Fallin
    2000
    Red Planet · as Chip Pettengill
    2000
    Sunset Strip · as Michael Scott
    1999
    Ride with the Devil · as George Clyde
    1999
    Secret Men's Business · as Andy Greville
    1998
    1998
    Judas Kiss · as Junior Armstrong
    1998
    1997
    Most Wanted · as Stephen Barnes
    1997
    L.A. Confidential · as Matt Reynolds
    1996
    Sweat (TV Series) · as Paul Steadman
    1994
    Heartbreak High (TV Series) · as Decoy
    1989
    Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Party Guest
    1989
    G.P. (TV Series) · as Ben Miller
    1989
    E Street (TV Series) · as Sam Farrell
    1988
    Home and Away (TV Series) · as James Hudson
    1981
    A Country Practice (TV Series) · as Stewart Waterman

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