Career

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

Personal life

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

In July 2009, Baker told PopMatters that he was raised Catholic

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

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.

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

Adverts

Baker was selected by the French perfume house Givenchy to be the face of the Fragrance "Gentlemen Only". 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.

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

Baker fronted Samsung Electronics Australia's "Turn on Tomorrow" campaign featuring as announced in July 2010.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	L.A. Confidential	Matt Reynolds	Credited as Simon Baker Denny
1997	Most Wanted	Stephen Barnes	Credited as Simon Baker Denny
1998	Restaurant	Kenny
1998	Judas Kiss	Junior Armstrong	Credited as Simon Baker-Denny
1998	Love from Ground Zero	Eric
1999	Ride with the Devil	George Clyde
1999	Secret Men's Business	Andy Greville	Television film
2000	Sunset Strip	Michael Scott
2000	Red Planet	Chip Pettengill
2001	Affair of the Necklace, TheThe Affair of the Necklace	Rétaux de Villette
2004	Book of Love	David Walker
2005	Ring Two, TheThe Ring Two	Max Rourke
2005	Land of the Dead	Riley Denbo
2006	Something New	Brian Kelly
2006	Devil Wears Prada, TheThe Devil Wears Prada	Christian Thompson
2007	Sex and Death 101	Roderick Blank
2007	Key to Reserva, TheThe Key to Reserva	Roger Thornberry	Short film
2009	Lodger, TheThe Lodger	Malcolm Slaight
2009	Not Forgotten	Jack Bishop
2009	Women in Trouble	Travis McPherson
2010	The Killer Inside Me	Howard Hendricks
2011	Margin Call	Jared Cohen	Nominated—Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2013	I Give It a Year	Guy Harrap
2017	Breath	Bill "Sando" Sanderson	Adaptation of Breath (novel)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992-1993	E Street	Constable Sam Farrell	Unknown episodes
1993	A Country Practice	Stewart Waterman	2 episodes
1993	GP	Ben Miller	Episode: "A Family Affair"
1993-1994	Home and Away	James Hudson	19 episodes
1994	Which Way to the War	Pvt Stan Hawke	Episode: "Pilot"
1995	Naked	N/A	Unsold TV pilot
1995-1996	Heartbreak High	Mr. Thomas 'Tom' Summers	8 episodes
1996	Naked: Stories of Men	Gabriel	Episode: "Blind-Side Breakaway"
1996	Sweat	Paul Steadman	Episode: #1.3"
2001-2004	Guardian, TheThe Guardian	Nick Fallin	67 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama Nominated—Prism Award for Performance in a Drama Series Nominated—Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2006-2007	Smith	Jeff Breen	7 episodes
2008-2015	Mentalist, TheThe Mentalist	Patrick Jane	151 episodes Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Drama Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Crime Fighter Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—People's Choice Award for Favorite Crime TV Drama Actor

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2015	The Mentalist	People's Choice Award	Favorite TV Crime Drama	Nominated
2015	The Mentalist	People's Choice Award	Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor	Nominated
2014	The Mentalist	People's Choice Award	Favorite TV Crime Drama	Nominated
2011	Margin Call	Gotham Awards	Best Ensemble Performance	Nominated
2011	Margin Call	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Cast (or Best Ensemble Acting)	Nominated
2010	The Mentalist	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2009	The Mentalist	People's Choice Award	Best new series	Won
2009	The Mentalist	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2009	The Mentalist	Golden Globe Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Television Series	Nominated
2005	The Guardian	Prism Awards	Best Performance in a Drama Series Storyline	Nominated
2004	E Street	Logie Awards	Most Popular Overseas Star	Nominated
2002	The Guardian	Family Television Awards	Best Actor	Won
2002	The Guardian	Golden Globe Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Television Series	Nominated
2000	Secret Men's Business	Australian Film Institute Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini-Series	Nominated
1993	E Street	Logie Awards	Most Popular New Talent	Won

[ Source: Wikipedia ]