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.
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The Mentalist
2008 · Patrick Jane
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Conan
2010 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
The Devil Wears Prada
2006 · Christian Thompson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Guest
Scarpetta
2026 · Benton Wesley
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
E Street
1989 · Sam Farrell
The Guardian
2001 · Nick Fallin
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Self
Heartbreak High
1994 · Decoy
Boy Swallows Universe
2024 · Robert Bell
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Matt Reynolds
Roar
2022 · Adam
Margin Call
2011 · Jared Cohen
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
2025 · Keith Mulvaney
The Ring Two
2005 · Max Rourke
Red Planet
2000 · Chip Pettengill
Land of the Dead
2005 · Riley
Sex and Death 101
2007 · Roderick Blank
Sweat
1996 · Paul Steadman
Ride with the Devil
1999 · George Clyde
Smith
2006 · Jeff Breen
Most Wanted
1997 · Stephen Barnes
The Killer Inside Me
2010 · Howard Hendricks
Breath
2017 · Sando
I Give It a Year
2013 · Guy
Something New
2006 · Brian Kelly
Judas Kiss
1998 · Junior Armstrong
Limbo
2023 · Travis Hurley
High Ground
2021 · Travis
The Affair of the Necklace
2001 · Rétaux de Vilette
Not Forgotten
2009 · Jack Bishop
Women in Trouble
2009 · Travis McPherson
Book of Love
2004 · David Walker
The Lodger
2009 · Malcolm
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
Blaze
2022 · Luke
Here and Now
2018 · Nick
Secret Men's Business
1999 · Andy Greville
Sunset Strip
2000 · Michael Scott
Restaurant
1999 · Kenny
Which Way to the War
1994 · Private Stan Hawke