Sala Baker is an actor and stuntman from Wellington, New Zealand. Originally hired as one of several stunt performers for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, he ended up landing the part of the Dark Lord Sauron. In addition, he also played several Orcs, a Gondorian, and one of the Rohirrim. Outside of the trilogy, Baker has performed in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and two Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Baker was also a part of the miscellaneous crew in the making of The Last Samurai in 2003.

Filmography

• Stuart Fails to Save the Universe — Orderly #2
• 2025Hostile Takeover — Pequino
• 2025Shadow Force — Scath
• Echo — Black Knife
• 2023Dangerous Waters — Henchman John
• 2023The Killer — The Brute
• 2023The Last Deal — The Boss
• The Last Thing He Told Me — Gas Man #1/Sully
• 202269 Parts — Gonzo
• 2022Bullet Train — Stunts
• 202199 Problems — The Cook
• 2021Army of the Dead — Utility Stunts
• 2021Jungle Cruise — Stunts
• 2021Malignant — Stunt Double
• The Equalizer — Rattler
• 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) — Prisoner
• The Mandalorian — Klatoonian Raider Captain
• 2018Braven — Gentry
• 2018Deadpool 2 — Older Firefist, Stunts
• Kidding — Saudi Pickles
• 2018Once Upon a Deadpool — Older Firefist
• The Rookie — Daxton Reid
• 2017Bridget and Iain — Malo
• 2017Bright — Stunts
• 2017Fist Fight — Stunts
• Marvel's Iron Fist — King
• 2017Sleepless — Bennik
• 201679 Parts — Gonzo
• 2016Captain America: Civil War — Stunts, Utility Stunts
• 2016Central Intelligence — Stunts
• 2016Deadpool — Stunts
• 2016The Nice Guys — Bodyguard (uncredited), Stunt Double, Stunts
• Westworld — Stunts
• 2015Ant-Man — Utility Stunts
• 2014Falcon Rising — Gang Member 2, Stunts
• Legends — Terrorist interrogator (uncredited)
• 2014The Equalizer — Teddy's Guy
• 2014Transcendence — Stunts
• 2013Iron Man 3 — Extremis Soldier, Stunts
• 2013Out of the Blue — Henchman #3
• 2013Parker — Ernesto
• 2013Star Trek Into Darkness — Stunts
• 2012Battleship — Stunts
• 2012Contraband — Stunts
• 2012Savages — Motorcycle Cop
• 2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Adler's Escort (uncredited), Stunts
• 2010The A-Team — Stunts
• 2010The Book of Eli — Construction Thug
• 2010The Expendables — Stunts
• 2009Angel of Death — Stunts
• 2009Bitch Slap — Stunts
• 2009Blood and Bone — Jesus
• 2009Gamer — Stunts
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Henchman #1
• 2009Powder Blue — Thug #1, Stunt Double
• 2009Race to Witch Mountain — Stunts
• 2009Star Trek — Drill Tower Romulan (uncredited), Stunts
• 2008Stiletto — Store Clerk, Stunts
• Chuck — Terrorist Bodyguard
• 2007Epic Movie — Stunts
• 2007Next — Utility Stunts
• 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — Stunts
• 2007The Kingdom — Kidnapper, Stunts
• 2006Eragon — Stunts
• 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest — Stunts
• 2006Potheads: The Movie — Grim
• 2005The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Stunts
• 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — Stunts
• 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Featured Orc, Stunts
• 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Man Flesh Uruk, Stunts
• 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Sauron, Stunts

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2005Ringers: Lord of the Fans — Self
• 2004UnConventional — Self
• 2003The Making of 'The Long and Short of It' — Self