Simon Baker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 30, 1969 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Credits
- 51
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.
Known for
Filmography
Scarpetta
2026TV
Benton Wesley
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025TV
Keith Mulvaney
Boy Swallows Universe
2024TV
Robert Bell
Limbo
2023Movie
Travis Hurley
Blaze
2022Movie
Luke
Roar
2022TV
Adam
High Ground
2021Movie
Travis
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Here and Now
2018Movie
Nick
Breath
2017Movie
Sando
Red John
2014Movie
I Give It a Year
2013Movie
Guy
Margin Call
2011Movie
Jared Cohen
Conan
2010TV
Self
Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
2010Movie
Narrator
The Killer Inside Me
2010Movie
Howard Hendricks
Women in Trouble
2009Movie
Travis McPherson
Live from Studio Five
2009TV
Self
Not Forgotten
2009Movie
Jack Bishop
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009TV
Self
The Lodger
2009Movie
Malcolm
The Mentalist
2008TV
Patrick Jane
Sex and Death 101
2007Movie
Roderick Blank
Smith
2006TV
Jeff Breen
The Devil Wears Prada
2006Movie
Christian Thompson
Something New
2006Movie
Brian Kelly
Land of the Dead
2005Movie
Riley
The Ring Two
2005Movie
Max Rourke
Book of Love
2004Movie
David Walker
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
The Affair of the Necklace
2001Movie
Rétaux de Vilette
The Guardian
2001TV
Nick Fallin
Red Planet
2000Movie
Chip Pettengill
Sunset Strip
2000Movie
Michael Scott
Ride with the Devil
1999Movie
George Clyde
Restaurant
1999Movie
Kenny
Secret Men's Business
1999Movie
Andy Greville
Love from Ground Zero
1998Movie
Eric
Judas Kiss
1998Movie
Junior Armstrong
Most Wanted
1997Movie
Stephen Barnes
L.A. Confidential
1997Movie
Matt Reynolds
The View
1997TV
Self
Sweat
1996TV
Paul Steadman
Which Way to the War
1994Movie
Private Stan Hawke
Heartbreak High
1994TV
Decoy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self - Guest
E Street
1989TV
Sam Farrell
there is no such thing as psychic
Movie
Patrick Jane