Simon Baker

Great sportsman, gifted for surfing and water polo, Simon Baker, son of an English teacher and a mechanic, abandons a career all drawn up in sport, to embark on comedy when he is only 18 years old. We are in 1987. For nearly 5 years, he struggles, multiplying figurations, as in the series Les Contes de la Crypte or the TV movie Midnight Magic, and participations in the clips of fashionable Australian singers, in particular in one of the Euphoria group, where he plays a gogo-dancer. It was in 1992 that he obtained his first important role: in the soap E Street, very popular in his country. For over 100 episodes, he will be Sam Farrell. This character earned him his first award: a Logie Award for revelation of the year. Unfortunately the series ended in 1993.

With his wife, Rebecca Riggs, he leaves Australia and flies to Los Angeles. And Hollywood welcomes him with open arms. As soon as he arrived in 1997, he got a role, minor but crucial, in Curtis Hanson's two Oscar film: LA Confidential, where he met big names in cinema such as Kevin Spacey or David Strathairn, but above all two Australian compatriots, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce. It follows with David Hogan's feature film, Wanted wanted dead or alive. The end of the 90s was thus marked for Simon Baker by his various collaborations with key Hollywood actors. From Adrien Brody in Restaurant to Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson in Judas Kiss via Ang Lee who directs him on Ride with the Devil or even Benjamin Bratt and Val Kilmer in Red Planet of Anthony Hoffman, Simon Baker has a reputation for excellent supporting role. A reputation which allows him to obtain in 2000 the first role in the comedy of Adam Collis, Sunset Strip. In 2001, he found Adrien Brody, alongside Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce and Christopher Walken in Charles Shyer's historical drama: The Affair of the Necklace.

2001 also marks her first major role on American television. Simon Baker gets the role of Nick Fallin, hero of the CBS series, The Protector. His role as a business lawyer forced to provide child welfare assistance as community service earned him a Golden Globe nomination. The series is a real public success, will last 3 seasons and will bring the beginnings of notoriety to the actor, in particular internationally since it is exported in twenty countries. In 2004, Le Protecteur was canceled for lack of audiences and Simon Baker returned to the cinema.

After a significant role in Book of Love, Baker followed in 2005 with two horror films: The Circle - The Ring 2 and Land of the dead (the land of the dead) by George A. Romero. He then returned to romantic comedies and supporting roles with Something New and the big Hollywood hit Le Diable wears Prada. In 2007, he was Roderick Blank in Sex and Death 101 by Daniel Waters, alongside Winona Ryder. That same year, it was the credits of the CBS series Dossier Smith, which would be canceled after only 7 episodes.

Luck turns in 2008. The CBS network and Bruno Heller offer him the role of Patrick Jane, the tormented hero of the new detective series Mentalist. Simon Baker accepts and it is the consecration. From the first episodes, the series totaled more than 15 million viewers, with an average of 17.5 million in its first season. At the same time, with a less floating audience, season 1 of Experts obtained a score of 17.8 million spectators. For its first season, Mentalist rose to the rank of 6th most watched series behind NCIS: Special Investigations. In France, broadcast on TF1, the program is breaking records. A great success that turns the show into a phenomenon, and its hero into an international star. The series is broadcast in nearly 50 countries and the media are snapping up interviews with Simon Baker. But for the latter, besides this late success, Mentalist also rhymes with professional recognition. He was quickly nominated in the best actor category at the Emmy, Golden Globes and Screen Actor Guild Awards.

Baker did not abandon the cinema, however. On the contrary, taking advantage of Mentalist's summer breaks, he shoots in the remake of The Lodger, then plays the father of a certain Chloe Moretz in Dror Soref's thriller, Not forgotten. That same year, he played Travis McPherson in Sebastian Gutierrez's comedy: Women in trouble. In 2010, Simon Baker starred in Michael Winterbottom's controversial film noir: The Killer Inside Me. And he took part in JC Chandor's thriller: Margin Call, where he reunited with Kevin Spacey alongside Jeremy Irons and Zachary Quinto.

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Simon Baker Net Worth 2021

Simon Baker 's revenue is $1.7M in 2021. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Simon Baker and could vary in the range between $666.3K - $1.3M.

Simon Baker Net Worth 2020

Simon Baker 's revenue is $1.6M in 2020. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Simon Baker and could vary in the range between $761.2K - $1.6M.

Simon Baker Net Worth 2019

Simon Baker 's revenue is $1.9M in 2019. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Simon Baker and could vary in the range between $891.3K - $2M.

Simon Baker Net Worth 2018

Simon Baker 's revenue is $1.6M in 2018. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Simon Baker and could vary in the range between $980.6K - $1.7M.

Simon Baker Net Worth 2017

Simon Baker 's revenue is $1.3M in 2017. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Simon Baker and could vary in the range between $505.7K - $1.6M.

Simon Baker Net Worth 2016

Simon Baker 's revenue is $1.1M in 2016. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Simon Baker and could vary in the range between $859.1K - $1.7M.

Simon Baker Net Worth 2015

Simon Baker 's revenue is $1.2M in 2015. It is an approximate forecast of how rich is Simon Baker and could vary in the range between $692.2K - $1.3M.

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