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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

7.8

L.A. Confidential
1997-09-19

5.851

Limbo
2023-05-18

5.75

The Ring Two
2005-03-10

5

Not Forgotten
2009-09-11

Land of the Dead

6.198

Land of the Dead
2005-06-18

Ride with the Devil

6.343

Ride with the Devil
1999-11-24

Women in Trouble

5.1

Women in Trouble
2009-11-13

5.722

Red Planet
2000-11-10

5.4

Most Wanted
1997-10-10

Sex and Death 101

6.147

Sex and Death 101
2007-06-15

The Killer Inside Me

5.839

The Killer Inside Me
2010-02-19

5.7

The Lodger
2009-01-14

6.4

Something New
2006-01-29

5.6

Judas Kiss
1998-09-16

Secret Men's Business

4.1

Secret Men's Business
1999-01-01

6.866

Margin Call
2011-09-28

The Affair of the Necklace

5.6

The Affair of the Necklace
2001-11-30

4.8

Restaurant
2000-01-28

4.5

Book of Love
2004-01-18

I Give It a Year

5.526

I Give It a Year
2013-02-08

Love from Ground Zero

0

Love from Ground Zero
1998-09-30

The Devil Wears Prada

7.39

The Devil Wears Prada
2006-06-29

Klara and the Sun

0

Klara and the Sun
2026-10-23

6.528

Breath
2017-06-22

5.266

Here and Now
2018-11-09

6.3

High Ground
2021-01-28

5.4

Blaze
2022-08-25

4.8

Sunset Strip
2000-08-18

Which Way to the War

0

Which Way to the War
1994-08-19

Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution

0

Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
2010-05-13

8.353

The Mentalist
2008-09-23

Live from Studio Five

3.7

Live from Studio Five
2009-09-14

7.2

Smith
2006-09-19

6.982

The Guardian
2001-09-25

4.37

The View
1997-08-11

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.282

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

2.2

Sweat
1996-04-20

Heartbreak High

6.9

Heartbreak High
1994-02-27

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

7.658

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

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.619

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003-09-08

6

E Street
1989-01-24

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.012

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

5.544

Roar
2022-04-14

Boy Swallows Universe

7.311

Boy Swallows Universe
2024-01-11

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

5.98

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-03-02

7.167

Conan
2010-11-08

6.489

Scarpetta
2026-03-11

Late Show with David Letterman

6.424

Late Show with David Letterman
1993-08-30