Simon Baker

Simon Baker
Baker in Paris at the French premiere of I Give It a Year, 2013
Born	(1969-07-30) 30 July 1969 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Other names	Simon Denny Simon Baker Denny Smiley
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1987–present
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Spouse(s)	Rebecca Rigg (m. 1998)
Children	3

Simon Baker (born 30 July 1969) is an Australian actor and director. In his television acting career, he is known for his lead roles in the CBS television series The Mentalist (as Patrick Jane) and The Guardian (as Nicholas Fallin).

In his film acting career, he is best known for his roles as Max Rourke in the remake of the Japanese horror film The Ring Two, Riley Denbo in Land of the Dead and Christian Thompson in the film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada.

Career

Baker is best known for his portrayal of Patrick Jane in the television series The Mentalist.^[1]

Personal life

Baker at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 2013.

In his younger years he grew up in New South Wales Australia.

In 1998, Baker married Australian actress Rebecca Rigg after five years of living together. They have three children.^[1]

In July 2009, Baker told PopMatters that he was raised Catholic, but is now agnostic.^[2]

In 2010, he was earning US$350,000 per episode of The Mentalist. At that time his net worth was US$25 million.^[3] Shortly after, he signed a contract that delivered a payment of US$30 million for his role as Patrick Jane.^[4]

Honours

On 14 February 2013, Baker was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the entertainment industry. Baker's star can be found at 6352 Hollywood Blvd.^[5]

In June 2012, Baker was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences along with 175 other individuals.^[6]

Adverts

Baker was selected by the French perfume house Givenchy to be the face of the Fragrance "Gentlemen Only".^[7] In it Baker walks down a pavement in pouring rain, whilst carrying an umbrella. The spot released 11 March 2013 also exists in a 33-second version and reached a strong YouTube audience.

Baker also featured in an 18-month ad campaign for ANZ Bank in Australia and New Zealand starting in 2012.^[8]

Since 2012, he has been a Longines Ambassador of Elegance^[9] and featured in "Elegance is an attitude" advertising campaign which was shot in Chantilly Racecourse^[10] as well as their magazine print campaign for the same slogan^[11] shot by Le Studio Production SA.

Baker fronted Samsung Electronics Australia's "Turn on Tomorrow" campaign featuring as announced in July 2010.^[12][13]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simon Baker.

• Simon Baker at AllMovie
• Simon Baker at the Internet Movie Database
• Simon Baker interview The Guardian Femail Magazine
• Simon Baker The Guardian The Age
• Simon Baker interview Land of the Dead Femail Magazine