Actor
Simon Baker
July 30, 1969 · 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.
Notable work
7.4The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
as Christian Thompson
7.8L.A. Confidential (1997)
as Matt Reynolds
8.4The Mentalist (2008)
as Patrick Jane and Director
5.8The Ring Two (2005)
as Max Rourke
6.9Margin Call (2011)
as Jared Cohen
6.3Land of the Dead (2005)
as Riley
5.7Red Planet (2000)
as Chip Pettengill
5.5I Give It a Year (2013)
as Guy
5.8The Killer Inside Me (2010)
as Howard Hendricks
6.1Sex and Death 101 (2007)
as Roderick Blank
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