Simon Baker

About

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...

Known for

The MentalistSeries • 2008The Devil Wears PradaMovie • 2006E StreetSeries • 1989The GuardianSeries • 2001Heartbreak HighSeries • 1994ScarpettaSeries • 2026L.A. ConfidentialMovie • 1997RoarSeries • 2022The Ring TwoMovie • 2005Land of the DeadMovie • 2005The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthSeries • 2025Boy Swallows UniverseSeries • 2024Margin CallMovie • 2011Sex and Death 101Movie • 2007Something NewMovie • 2006Red PlanetMovie • 2000I Give It a YearMovie • 2013SmithSeries • 2006Ride with the DevilMovie • 1999Most WantedMovie • 1997The Killer Inside MeMovie • 2010Here and NowMovie • 2018High GroundMovie • 2021The LodgerMovie • 2009