Simon Baker

Known for ActingBorn 1969-07-30 (age 57)Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Mentalist

Love from Ground Zero

L.A. Confidential

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Boy Swallows Universe

The Devil Wears Prada

Smith

Conan

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Margin Call

The Guardian

Breath

Heartbreak High

Scarpetta

High Ground

E Street

Something New

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Late Show with David Letterman

Limbo

Land of the Dead

Ride with the Devil

Sex and Death 101

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The Killer Inside Me

The Ring Two

The Lodger

Roar

Red Planet

Judas Kiss

I Give It a Year

Blaze

The Affair of the Necklace

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Here and Now

Most Wanted

Secret Men's Business

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Women in Trouble

Not Forgotten

Restaurant

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Sunset Strip

Book of Love

The View

Live from Studio Five

Sweat

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