Simon Baker
An athletic Aussie who skillfully masks his accent to play Americans in series television and films, Simon Baker was born July 30, 1969, in Launceston, Tasmania. He got his start in Australian television in the 1980s before relocating to the United States and eventually snagging a small but crucial role in the noir thriller L.A. Confidential (1997).

Baker is best known for his portrayal of a corporate lawyer sentenced to community service in "The Guardian," a network drama series that lasted three seasons. Starring as a crime consultant with an uncommon mind in "The Mentalist," he earned an Emmy nod for the role in 2008 and a Golden Globe nomination the following year.

On the big screen, Baker found his niche playing the love interest in romantic comedies such as The Devil Wears Prada (2006). He signed on for a remake of director Alfred Hitchcock's silent classic The Lodger in 2009.

Featured Movies
  • The MentalistThe Mentalist

    After a prolific serial killer named Red John kills his wife and daughter, Patrick Jane (Simon Baker) gives up his prosperous life as a phony psychic and uses his staggering powers of observation to aid the California Bureau of Investigation. Although Jane's eccentric methods annoy skeptical agent... Read More

  • Something NewSomething New

    Having carefully calculated her professional life, African-American accounting exec Kenya McQueen (Sanaa Lathan) is concerned that her personal life doesn't measure up, so she agrees to go on a blind date with a sexy, free-spirited landscape architect (Simon Baker). Her new love interest turns out... Read More

  • The Ring TwoThe Ring Two

    Six months after Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman), survived their horrifying run-in with the supernatural in Seattle, the two have relocated to Astoria, Oregon, to start anew. But it seems terror has followed them to the seaside town. When cops discover a mysterious... Read More

  • Land of the DeadLand of the Dead

    Zombie king George A. Romero returns with a fourth gruesome tale of the walking dead -- and this time, they've taken over the planet. Humans have lost the battle against the flesh eaters, and are barricaded in a walled city ruled by ruthless despots. When the zombies develop advanced military... Read More

  • Sex and Death 101Sex and Death 101

    Womanizing tycoon Roderick Blank (Simon Baker) finds his world turned topsy-turvy when he receives a prescient email message about his sex life from an unknown sender in this satiric comedy helmed by Daniel Waters. Axing his wedding plans to look into the communiqué, which seems to contain the... Read More

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