Simon Baker

Simon Baker

1969-07-30 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 32 Credits

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 h...

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Limbo

Limbo

2023

as Travis Hurley

5.8
Acting

Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20...

Blaze

Blaze

2022

as Luke

5.3
Acting

After a young girl witnesses a violent crime, she summons an imaginary dragon to help process her anger and protect her on her journey into womanhood.

Blaze

Blaze

2022

Executive Producer

5.3
Producing

After a young girl witnesses a violent crime, she summons an imaginary dragon to help process her anger and protect her on her journey into womanhood.

High Ground

High Ground

2020

as Travis

6.4
Acting

In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous m...

Here and Now

Here and Now

2018

as Nick

5.3
Acting

On the eve of a major performance, singer Vivienne receives life-altering news that causes her to reevaluate her priorities. Crisscrossing the busy st...

Breath

Breath

2017

as Sando

6.6
Acting

A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

Breath

Breath

2017

Producer, Director, Screenplay

6.6
Producing Directing Writing

A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

I Give It a Year

I Give It a Year

2013

as Guy

5.5
Acting

After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their ...

Margin Call

Margin Call

2011

as Jared Cohen

6.9
Acting

A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

2010

as Howard Hendricks

5.8
Acting

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little...

Women in Trouble

Women in Trouble

2009

as Travis McPherson

5.1
Acting

A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of cal...

Not Forgotten

Not Forgotten

2009

as Jack Bishop

5.1
Acting

Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with thei...

The Lodger

The Lodger

2009

as Malcolm

5.7
Acting

Follows a seasoned detective on the trail of a ruthless killer intent on slaughtering prostitutes along West Hollywood's Sunset Strip. It appears that...

The Key to Reserva

The Key to Reserva

2007

as Roger Thornberry

7.2
Acting

Finding an unfinished script written by Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese attempts to recreate it himself as Hitchcock would have.

Sex and Death 101

Sex and Death 101

2007

as Roderick Blank

6.2
Acting

A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets wors...

The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada

2006

as Christian Thompson

7.4
Acting

Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and won't let her succeed if she doesn't fit into the h...

Something New

Something New

2006

as Brian Kelly

6.4
Acting

Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer, finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spi...

Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead

2005

as Riley

6.2
Acting

The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in...

The Ring Two

The Ring Two

2005

as Max Rourke

5.7
Acting

After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death of a girl in a similar fashion. To save Ai...

Book of Love

Book of Love

2004

as David Walker

4.7
Acting

Living among fusty academics, an unusual young man gets between a high school history teacher and his wife.

Burst

Burst

2004

Director of Photography

Directing

A short film about fictional actor Maxwell McCourtney, featuring the cast and crew of 'Enduring Love'.

The Affair of the Necklace

The Affair of the Necklace

2001

as Rétaux de Vilette

5.6
Acting

In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grac...

Red Planet

Red Planet

2000

as Chip Pettengill

5.7
Acting

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip

2000

as Michael Scott

4.9
Acting

A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will open that night for a British rocker at W...

Restaurant

Restaurant

2000

as Kenny

5.1
Acting

A few young waiters at a popular New Jersey restaurant are dreaming of becoming actors or otherwise getting into the artistic community.

Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil

1999

as George Clyde

6.4
Acting

Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us...

Secret Men's Business

Secret Men's Business

1999

as Andy Greville

5.2
Acting

Secret Men's Business explores the relationships and issues of 4 school-friends reunited after the death of a beloved school teacher. During a weekend...

Love from Ground Zero

1998

as Eric

Acting

Love From Ground Zero follows three strangers across the back roads of America with the ashes of a mutual friend. Using a series of old postcards as a...

Judas Kiss

Judas Kiss

1998

as Junior Armstrong

5.7
Acting

The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.

Most Wanted

Most Wanted

1997

as Stephen Barnes

5.4
Acting

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops team, then gets framed for murder when the team and ...

L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

1997

as Matt Reynolds

7.8
Acting

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of...

Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

N/A

Acting

Klara, an Artificial Friend designed to prevent loneliness, is purchased by a mother and her bright teen daughter, Josie. Josie, who suffers from a my...