Simon Baker
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
July 30, 1969 (57 years)
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.
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
| 2026 | Scarpetta · as Benton Wesley |
| 2025 | The Narrow Road to the Deep North · as Keith Mulvaney |
| 2024 | Boy Swallows Universe · as Robert Bell |
| 2023 | Limbo · as Travis HurleyOn Plex |
| 2022 | Blaze · as LukeOn Plex |
| 2022 | Roar (2022) · as Adam |
| 2020 | High Ground · as Travis |
| 2018 | Here and Now · as Nick |
| 2017 | Breath · as SandoOn Plex |
| 2013 | I Give It a Year · as Guy |
| 2011 | Margin Call · as Jared Cohen |
| 2010 | Going Vertical: The Shortboard Revolution · as Narrator |
| 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 · as Patrick Jane |
| 2007 | The Key to Reserva · as Roger Thornberry |
| 2007 | Sex and Death 101 · as Roderick Blank |
| 2006 | Smith · 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 · as Loved By The Buffalo (young) |
| 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 | The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Cast |
| 2001 | The Guardian · 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 | Love from Ground Zero · as Eric |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss · as Junior Armstrong |
| 1998 | Restaurant · as KennyOn Plex |
| 1997 | Most Wanted · as Stephen Barnes |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential · as Matt Reynolds |
| 1996 | Sweat · as Paul Steadman |
| 1994 | Heartbreak High · as Decoy |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt · as Party Guest |
| 1989 | G.P. · as Ben Miller |
| 1989 | E Street · as Sam Farrell |
| 1988 | Home and Away · as James Hudson |
| 1981 | A Country Practice · as Stewart Waterman |
| 2023 | Limbo · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2022 | Blaze · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2020 | High Ground · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | BreathOn Plex |
| 2008 |
| 2017 | BreathOn Plex |
| 2008 | |
| 2001 |
| 2017 | Breath · as ScreenplayOn Plex |