![]() In 2010 he was earning US$350,000 per episode of The Mentalist. He is best known for his portrayal of Patrick Jane in the television series The Mentalist, and Nick Fallin in The Guardian. In 1997 Baker appeared as Matt Reynolds in L.A. Hollywood File:SimonBakerHWOFFeb2013.jpgīaker at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 2013. Currently wrapping his third three season of the show.Baker was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and grew up in the Northern Rivers coastal town of Ballina, New South Wales.īefore working in Hollywood, he acted in various TV shows such as E Street (as Sam Farrel: 1992–1993), Home and Away (as James Hudson: 1993–1994), and Heartbreak High (as Tom Summers: 1996). Simon is touring the world as the Host of the show "Native Planet", a series that travels to Indigenous cultures around the world and highlights their land, culture and the universal story of all indigenous people on the planet. He is also accomplished in martial arts and has a background in Pow Wow and Haida dancing. Simon lives in Vancouver, his father is of the Squamish and Haida nations and his Mother is Cree. Simon was the host of CTV's "First Story" a show that featured Arts, Culture and happenings in the Native community across Canada. Only 8 were chosen to participate from across the country and instructors included Norman Jewison, Keifer Sutherland, Sarah Polley, Colm Feore, Martha Henry, Clement Virgo, Patricia Rozema, Lynne Stopkewich, Donald Petrie, to name just a few. Simon graduated from the prestigious Canadian Film Centre's new Actors Conservatory. ![]() His series work includes "Strange Empire", "The Crow", "Nothing to Good for a Cowboy", "Two" and "Hawkeye". Other features include, "Now and Forever", "Shanghai Noon", "I Robot", "Spooky House", "Tribe of Joseph" and "Back to Turtle Island". He also appeared in the Academy award nominated "The Sweet Hereafter" with Director Atom Egoyan ![]() His work in feature films includes Chris Eyre's "Smoke Signals" which earned Simon a First Americans in the Arts nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other projects include the MOW's "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Dreamkeeper", the two North of Sixty MOW's "Dream Storm" and "Distant Drumming" plus the mini series "Big Bear". Some career highlights include a leading role in the Stephen Spielberg produced mini series, "Into the West", the lead in the Disney Channel feature "Buffalo Dreams", working 4 months opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett in Ron Howard's "The Missing", the lead in the Independent Film "Buckaroo" and his compelling role of Randy in the award winning festival hit "On the Corner" which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Simon R Baker virtually grew up in front of the camera with his first starring role at the age of 9 in the feature "Once in a Blue Moon" he followed that with 3 seasons of the hit TV series, "North of Sixty". To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. ![]() Click "Continue without accepting" to reject, or "Customize Cookies" to make more detailed advertising choices, or learn more. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Cookies store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. ![]() Your choice applies to using first-party and third-party advertising cookies on this service. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences, and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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