Simon Baker

Born: 1969-07-30

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.


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The Devil Wears Prada

as Christian Thompson
Released: 2006-06-29

Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel...

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The Ring Two

as Max Rourke
Released: 2005-03-10

After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns...

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Sex and Death 101

as Roderick Blank
Released: 2007-06-15

A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex...

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Land of the Dead

as Riley
Released: 2005-06-18

The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city...

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as Jared Cohen
Released: 2011-02-11

A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period...

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See!
as Matt Reynolds
Released: 1997-09-19

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods...

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as Chip Pettengill
Released: 2000-11-10

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the...

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The Lodger

as Malcolm
Released: 2009-01-14

Follows a seasoned detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering...

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I Give It a Year

as Guy
Released: 2013-02-08

After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of...

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Something New

as Brian Kelly
Released: 2006-01-29

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Ride with the Devil

as George Clyde
Released: 1999-11-24

Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the...

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The Killer Inside Me

as Howard Hendricks
Released: 2010-02-19

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The Affair of the Necklace

as Rétaux de Vilette
Released: 2001-11-30

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest...

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Most Wanted

as Stephen Barnes
Released: 1997-10-10

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret...

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Not Forgotten

as Jack Bishop
Released: 2009-09-11

Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and...

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Women in Trouble

as Travis McPherson
Released: 2009-11-13

A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant,...

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Here and Now

as Nick
Released: 2018-11-09

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High Ground

as Travis
Released: 2020-02-23

In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one...

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Breath

as Sando
Released: 2017-06-22

A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town...

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Limbo

as Travis Hurley
Released: 2023-05-18

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Judas Kiss

as Junior Armstrong
Released: 1998-09-16

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Book of Love

as David Walker
Released: 2004-01-18

Living among fusty academics, an unusual young man gets between a high school history teacher...

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The Key to Reserva

as Roger Thornberry
Released: 2007-12-14

Finding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate...

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Blaze

as Luke
Released: 2022-08-25

After a young girl witnesses a violent crime, she summons an imaginary dragon to help process...

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Restaurant

as Kenny
Released: 2000-01-28

A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or...

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Secret Men's Business

as Andy Greville
Released: 1999-01-01

Secret Men's Business explores the relationships and issues of 4 school-friends reunited after...

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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-07-16

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality...

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The Mentalist

as Patrick Jane
First aired: 2008-09-23

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and...

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Conan

as Self
First aired: 2010-11-08

A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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E Street

as Sam Farrell
First aired: 1989-01-24

An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self
First aired: 2003-09-08

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show...

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The Guardian

as Nick Fallin
First aired: 2001-09-25

Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm....

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self
First aired: 2009-03-02

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show airing weeknights at 12:35 am...

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Heartbreak High

as Decoy
First aired: 1994-04-01

The ins and outs of the classroom lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley...

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Roar

as Adam
First aired: 2022-04-15

Featuring an all-star cast, this genre-bending anthology series weaves together eight darkly...

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Boy Swallows Universe

as Robert Bell
First aired: 2024-01-11

A young boy growing up in the suburbs of 1980s Brisbane faces the harsh realities of life — and...

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Smith

as Jeff Breen
First aired: 2006-09-19

Though Bobby Stevens appears to be a regular family man with a nine-to-five job, he's actually...

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Sweat

as Paul Steadman
First aired: 1996-04-20

Sweat is an Australian drama series created by John Rapsey and produced by Barron Entertainment...

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

as Keith
First aired:

Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the...

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Live from Studio Five

as Self
First aired: 2009-09-14

Live from Studio Five was an early-evening British magazine programme which was produced by Sky...

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