Simon Baker

Simon Baker

Birthday: 1969-07-30

Place of birth: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Also known as: Simon Baker-Denny, Simon Denny, Simon Baker Denny, Simon Lucas Baker, سایمون بیکر

imdb_id: nm0048932

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.

Played in movies:

L.A. Confidential

Score: 7.8

The Devil Wears Prada

Score: 7.4

The Key to Reserva

Score: 7.2

Margin Call

Score: 6.9

Breath

Score: 6.6

High Ground

Score: 6.5

Something New

Score: 6.4

Ride with the Devil

Score: 6.4

Sex and Death 101

Score: 6.2

Land of the Dead

Score: 6.2

Limbo

Score: 5.9

The Killer Inside Me

Score: 5.8

The Ring Two

Score: 5.7

The Lodger

Score: 5.7

Red Planet

Score: 5.7

Judas Kiss

Score: 5.7

The Affair of the Necklace

Score: 5.6

I Give It a Year

Score: 5.5

Most Wanted

Score: 5.4

Here and Now

Score: 5.4

Blaze

Score: 5.3

Sunset Strip

Score: 5.3

Secret Men's Business

Score: 5.2

Not Forgotten

Score: 5.2

Restaurant

Score: 5.1

Women in Trouble

Score: 5.1

Book of Love

Score: 5.0

Klara and the Sun

Score: 0.0

Love from Ground Zero

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Score: 9.7

The Mentalist

Score: 8.4

Boy Swallows Universe

Score: 7.2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.1

Smith

Score: 7.1

Conan

Score: 7.1

Heartbreak High

Score: 7.0

The Guardian

Score: 6.9

E Street

Score: 6.0

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Score: 6.0

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Score: 5.7

Roar

Score: 5.7

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

The View

Score: 4.5

Live from Studio Five

Score: 3.3

Sweat

Score: 2.7

Scarpetta

Score: 0.0