Cast & creator
Simon Baker
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Mentalist, The Mentalist
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.
Also known as: Simon Baker-Denny, Simon Denny, Simon Baker Denny, Simon Lucas Baker, سایمون بیکر
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film credits
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television credits
51
1989–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (59)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane
2008The Mentalist
Director
2008The Mentalist
Producer
2008
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Conan
Self
2010
The View
Self
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009
The Guardian
Nick Fallin
2001The Guardian
Director
2001
E Street
Sam Farrell
1989
The Devil Wears Prada
Christian Thompson
2006
Scarpetta
Benton Wesley
2026
Heartbreak High
Decoy
1994
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Keith Mulvaney
2025
Roar
Adam
2022
L.A. Confidential
Matt Reynolds
1997
The Ring Two
Max Rourke
2005
Land of the Dead
Riley
2005
Boy Swallows Universe
Robert Bell
2024
Margin Call
Jared Cohen
2011
Red Planet
Chip Pettengill
2000
Sex and Death 101
Roderick Blank
2007
I Give It a Year
Guy
2013
Sweat
Paul Steadman
1996
Smith
Jeff Breen
2006
Ride with the Devil
George Clyde
1999
Something New
Brian Kelly
2006
The Killer Inside Me
Howard Hendricks
2010
Most Wanted
Stephen Barnes
1997
The Lodger
Malcolm
2009
Here and Now
Nick
2018
Limbo
Travis Hurley
2023
Judas Kiss
Junior Armstrong
1998
Women in Trouble
Travis McPherson
2009
Breath
Sando
2017Breath
Producer
2017Breath
Director
2017Breath
Screenplay
2017
High Ground
Travis
2021
The Affair of the Necklace
Rétaux de Vilette
2001
Not Forgotten
Jack Bishop
2009
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Blaze
Luke
2022Blaze
Executive Producer
2022
Sunset Strip
Michael Scott
2000
Book of Love
David Walker
2004
Secret Men's Business
Andy Greville
1999Love from Ground Zero
Eric
1998Going Vertical: The Short Board Revolution
Narrator
2010
Restaurant
Kenny
1999
Which Way to the War
Private Stan Hawke
1994
there is no such thing as psychic
Patrick Jane
Burst
Director of Photography
2004