Simon Baker
Acting
1969-07-30 · 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.
Filmography
Scarpetta
2026 · Series
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025 · Series
Boy Swallows Universe
2024 · Series
Limbo
2023 · Movie
Blaze
2022 · Movie
Roar
2022 · Series
High Ground
2021 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Here and Now
2018 · Movie
Breath
2017 · Movie
I Give It a Year
2013 · Movie
Margin Call
2011 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
2010 · Movie
The Killer Inside Me
2010 · Movie
Women in Trouble
2009 · Movie
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Series
Not Forgotten
2009 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Series
The Lodger
2009 · Movie
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Sex and Death 101
2007 · Movie
Smith
2006 · Series
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · Movie
Something New
2006 · Movie
Land of the Dead
2005 · Movie
The Ring Two
2005 · Movie
Book of Love
2004 · Movie
Burst
2004 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
The Affair of the Necklace
2001 · Movie
The Guardian
2001 · Series
Red Planet
2000 · Movie
Sunset Strip
2000 · Movie
Ride with the Devil
1999 · Movie
Restaurant
1999 · Movie
Secret Men's Business
1999 · Movie
Love from Ground Zero
1998 · Movie
Judas Kiss
1998 · Movie
Most Wanted
1997 · Movie
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Sweat
1996 · Series
Which Way to the War
1994 · Movie
Heartbreak High
1994 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
E Street
1989 · Series