Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1969-07-30 (Age: 57)
Place of Birth
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Simon Baker
Biography
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.
Filmography (30)
Klara and the Sun
2026
Limbo
2023
Blaze
2022
High Ground
2021
Here and Now
2018
Breath
2017
I Give It a Year
2013
Margin Call
2011Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
2010
The Killer Inside Me
2010
Women in Trouble
2009
Not Forgotten
2009
The Lodger
2009
Sex and Death 101
2007
