Simon Baker

Acting

Born January 1, 1986, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Simon Richard Baker III (born March 30, 1986) is an Aboriginal Canadian actor of Cree, Haida, and Squamish descent. He began acting at the age of nine with a starring role in Once in a Blue Moon. He gained early recognition as one of the leads in the television series North of Sixty before appearing in productions including Into the West, Buffalo Dreams, The Missing, Smoke Signals, The Sweet Hereafter, Shanghai Noon, I, Robot, and Journey to the Center of the Earth. A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory, Baker has worked across film and television throughout his career. In addition to acting, he has hosted the CTV series First Story and the documentary series Native Planet, which explores Indigenous cultures around the world. Baker is of Squamish, Haida, and Cree heritage and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

Filmography

• 2024Hey, Viktor!
• 2024The Birds Who Fear Death — Ryan, Co-Producer
• 2022The Faraway Place — Urus
• 2020The Gentlemen — Frazier
• 2017Home for the Holidays — Ak'aanáa
• Outlander — Still Water
• 2008Journey to the Center of the Earth — Wakinta Rescuer
• 2005Buckaroo — Jerome Taylor
• 2005Buffalo Dreams — Thomas Blackhorse
• 2005Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery — Charlie Muskrat
• 2004I, Robot — Farber Posse
• 2003The Missing — Honesco, Kayitah's son
• 2002Now & Forever — Young John Myron
• 2002Spooky House — Prescott
• 2000Shanghai Noon — Little Feather
• 1998Big Bear — Horsechild
• 1998Smoke Signals — Young Thomas Builds-the-Fire
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
• 1997The Sweet Hereafter — Bear
• 1995Once in a Blue Moon — Sam Cardinal