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.

Filmography

• Scarpetta — Benton Wesley
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North — Keith Mulvaney
• Boy Swallows Universe — Robert Bell
• 2023Limbo — Travis Hurley
• 2022Blaze — Luke, Executive Producer
• Roar — Adam
• 2021High Ground — Travis
• 2018Here and Now — Nick
• 2017Breath — Sando, Producer, Director, Screenplay
• 2014Red John
• 2013I Give It a Year — Guy
• 2011Margin Call — Jared Cohen
• 2010Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution — Narrator
• 2010The Killer Inside Me — Howard Hendricks
• 2009Not Forgotten — Jack Bishop
• 2009The Lodger — Malcolm
• 2009Women in Trouble — Travis McPherson
• The Mentalist — Patrick Jane, Director, Producer
• 2007Sex and Death 101 — Roderick Blank
• Smith — Jeff Breen
• 2006Something New — Brian Kelly
• 2006The Devil Wears Prada — Christian Thompson
• 2005Land of the Dead — Riley
• 2005The Ring Two — Max Rourke
• 2004Book of Love — David Walker
• 2004Burst — Director of Photography
• 2001The Affair of the Necklace — Rétaux de Vilette
• The Guardian — Nick Fallin, Director
• 2000Red Planet — Chip Pettengill
• 2000Sunset Strip — Michael Scott
• 1999Restaurant — Kenny
• 1999Ride with the Devil — George Clyde
• 1999Secret Men's Business — Andy Greville
• 1998Judas Kiss — Junior Armstrong
• 1998Love from Ground Zero — Eric
• 1997L.A. Confidential — Matt Reynolds
• 1997Most Wanted — Stephen Barnes
• Sweat — Paul Steadman
• Heartbreak High — Decoy
• 1994Which Way to the War — Private Stan Hawke
• E Street — Sam Farrell
• there is no such thing as psychic — Patrick Jane

Appearances as themselves (10)

• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Conan — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self - Guest