Simon Baker

Biography

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.

Known For

The Mentalist

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Late Show with David Letterman

The Devil Wears Prada

Conan

The View

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

All Movies (29)

• Limbo2023 · as Travis Hurley
• Blaze2022 · as Luke
• High Ground2021 · as Travis
• Here and Now2018 · as Nick
• Breath2017 · as Sando
• I Give It a Year2013 · as Guy
• Margin Call2011 · as Jared Cohen
• Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution2010 · as Narrator
• The Killer Inside Me2010 · as Howard Hendricks
• Women in Trouble2009 · as Travis McPherson
• Not Forgotten2009 · as Jack Bishop
• The Lodger2009 · as Malcolm
• Sex and Death 1012007 · as Roderick Blank
• The Devil Wears Prada2006 · as Christian Thompson
• Something New2006 · as Brian Kelly
• Land of the Dead2005 · as Riley
• The Ring Two2005 · as Max Rourke
• Book of Love2004 · as David Walker
• The Affair of the Necklace2001 · as Rétaux de Vilette
• Red Planet2000 · as Chip Pettengill
• Sunset Strip2000 · as Michael Scott
• Ride with the Devil1999 · as George Clyde
• Restaurant1999 · as Kenny
• Secret Men's Business1999 · as Andy Greville
• Love from Ground Zero1998 · as Eric
• Judas Kiss1998 · as Junior Armstrong
• Most Wanted1997 · as Stephen Barnes
• L.A. Confidential1997 · as Matt Reynolds
• Which Way to the War1994 · as Private Stan Hawke

All TV Shows (20)

• Scarpetta2026 · as Benton Wesley
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North2025 · as Keith Mulvaney
• Boy Swallows Universe2024 · as Robert Bell
• Roar2022 · as Adam
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Live from Studio Five2009 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
• The Mentalist2008 · as Patrick Jane
• Smith2006 · as Jeff Breen
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Guardian2001 · as Nick Fallin
• The View1997 · as Self
• Sweat1996 · as Paul Steadman
• Heartbreak High1994 · as Decoy
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self - Guest
• E Street1989 · as Sam Farrell