
Simon Baker
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.

L.A. Confidential
1997

The Devil Wears Prada
2006

The Key to Reserva
2007

Margin Call
2011

Breath
2017

Something New
2006

High Ground
2021

Ride with the Devil
1999

Land of the Dead
2005

Sex and Death 101
2007

Limbo
2023

The Killer Inside Me
2010

The Ring Two
2005

Red Planet
2000

The Lodger
2009

Judas Kiss
1998

The Affair of the Necklace
2001

I Give It a Year
2013

Most Wanted
1997

Blaze
2022