Simon Baker Denny

Simon Baker
Baker in Paris at the French premiere of I Give It a Year, 2013
Born	(1969-07-30) 30 July 1969 (age 48) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Other names	Simon Denny Simon Baker Denny Smiley
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1988–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 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.

Before joining Hollywood, Simon Baker has acted in various Tv Shows such as E Street (as Sam Farrel: 1992-1993), Home and Away (as James Hudson: 1993-1994), Heartbreak High (as Tom Summers: 1996). In 1997, Baker starred as Matt Reynolds in L.A. Confidential. He is best known for his portrayal of Patrick Jane in the television series The Mentalist.

He grew up in New South Wales, Australia.

Baker is close friends with actresses Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman. The former is the godmother of his daughter while the latter is the godmother of his youngest son.

On 2 October 1998 Baker married Australian actress Rebecca Rigg after five years of living together. They have three children, two sons and a daughter.

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

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.

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.