Simon Baker
Acting • Born 1969-07-30
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
48 credits
L.A. Confidential
Movie • 1997
Matt Reynolds
Limbo
Movie • 2023
Travis Hurley
The Ring Two
Movie • 2005
Max Rourke
Not Forgotten
Movie • 2009
Jack Bishop
Land of the Dead
Movie • 2005
Riley
The Key to Reserva
Movie • 2007
Roger Thornberry
Ride with the Devil
Movie • 1999
George Clyde
Women in Trouble
Movie • 2009
Travis McPherson
Red Planet
Movie • 2000
Chip Pettengill
Most Wanted
Movie • 1997
Stephen Barnes
Sex and Death 101
Movie • 2007
Roderick Blank
The Killer Inside Me
Movie • 2010
Howard Hendricks
The Lodger
Movie • 2009
Malcolm
Something New
Movie • 2006
Brian Kelly
Judas Kiss
Movie • 1998
Junior Armstrong
Secret Men's Business
Movie • 1999
Andy Greville
Margin Call
Movie • 2011
Jared Cohen
The Affair of the Necklace
Movie • 2001
Rétaux de Vilette
Restaurant
Movie • 2000
Kenny
Book of Love
Movie • 2004
David Walker
I Give It a Year
Movie • 2013
Guy
Love from Ground Zero
Movie • 1998
Eric
The Devil Wears Prada
Movie • 2006
Christian Thompson
Klara and the Sun
Movie
Breath
Movie • 2017
Sando
Here and Now
Movie • 2018
Nick
High Ground
Movie • 2021
Travis
Blaze
Movie • 2022
Luke
Sunset Strip
Movie • 2000
Michael Scott
Which Way to the War
Movie • 1994
Private Stan Hawke
Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
Movie • 2010
Narrator
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Patrick Jane
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Smith
TV • 2006
Jeff Breen
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Nick Fallin
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Sweat
TV • 1996
Paul Steadman
Heartbreak High
TV • 1994
Decoy
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
TV • 2025
Keith Mulvaney
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
E Street
TV • 1989
Sam Farrell
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Roar
TV • 2022
Adam
Boy Swallows Universe
TV • 2024
Robert Bell
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2009
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Scarpetta
TV • 2026
Benton Wesley