Simon Baker
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.
Acting
Movie
The Devil Wears Prada
as Christian Thompson
2006
Movie
L.A. Confidential
as Matt Reynolds
1997
TV
The Mentalist
as Patrick Jane
2008
Movie
The Ring Two
as Max Rourke
2005
Movie
Margin Call
as Jared Cohen
2011
Movie
Land of the Dead
as Riley
2005
Movie
Red Planet
as Chip Pettengill
2000
Movie
I Give It a Year
as Guy
2013
Movie
The Killer Inside Me
as Howard Hendricks
2010
Movie
Sex and Death 101
as Roderick Blank
2007
Movie
Something New
as Brian Kelly
2006
TV
Conan
as Self
2010
Movie
Ride with the Devil
as George Clyde
1999
TV
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
TV
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Movie
The Lodger
as Malcolm
2009
TV
Boy Swallows Universe
as Robert Bell
2024
Movie
Women in Trouble
as Travis McPherson
2009
Movie
Most Wanted
as Stephen Barnes
1997
TV
Scarpetta
as Benton Wesley
2026
TV
The View
as Self
1997
Movie
Not Forgotten
as Jack Bishop
2009
TV
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2009
