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Simon Baker
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Simon Baker
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1969-07-30,Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

L.A. Confidential

7.801

L.A. Confidential
1997-09-19

5.8

Limbo
2023-05-18

5.744

The Ring Two
2005-03-10

5.1

Not Forgotten
2009-09-11

Land of the Dead

6.197

Land of the Dead
2005-06-18

The Key to Reserva

7.2

The Key to Reserva
2007-12-14

Ride with the Devil

6.3

Ride with the Devil
1999-11-24

Women in Trouble

5.107

Women in Trouble
2009-11-13

5.718

Red Planet
2000-11-10

5.4

Most Wanted
1997-10-10

Sex and Death 101

6.164

Sex and Death 101
2007-06-15

The Killer Inside Me

5.823

The Killer Inside Me
2010-02-19

5.701

The Lodger
2009-01-14

5.7

Judas Kiss
1998-09-16

6.452

Something New
2006-01-29

Secret Men's Business

5.2

Secret Men's Business
1999-01-01

6.867

Margin Call
2011-09-28

The Affair of the Necklace

5.6

The Affair of the Necklace
2001-11-30

5.1

Restaurant
2000-01-28

4.6

Book of Love
2004-01-18

I Give It a Year

5.528

I Give It a Year
2013-02-08

Love from Ground Zero

0

Love from Ground Zero
1998-09-30

The Devil Wears Prada

7.392

The Devil Wears Prada
2006-06-29

Klara and the Sun

0

Klara and the Sun

6.633

Breath
2017-06-22

5.3

Here and Now
2018-11-09

6.4

High Ground
2020-02-23

5.403

Blaze
2022-08-25

5

Sunset Strip
2000-08-18

8.4

The Mentalist
2008-09-23

7.2

Smith
2006-09-19

4.298

The View
1997-08-11

Live from Studio Five

3.7

Live from Studio Five
2009-09-14

6.8

The Guardian
2001-09-25

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

2.7

Sweat
1996-04-20

Heartbreak High

7

Heartbreak High
1994-02-27

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

7.9

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025-04-18

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.7

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

6

E Street
1989-01-24

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

5.7

Roar
2022-04-14

Boy Swallows Universe

7.267

Boy Swallows Universe
2024-01-11

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

6

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-03-02

7.1

Conan
2010-11-08

0

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