Actor
Simon Baker
Born January 1, 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
18 films
Simon Richard Baker III (born March 30, 1986) is an Aboriginal Canadian actor of Cree, Haida, and Squamish descent. He began acting at the age of nine with a starring role in Once in a Blue Moon. He gained early recognition as one of the leads in the television series North of Sixty before appearing in productions including Into the West, Buffalo Dreams, The Missing, Smoke Signals, The Sweet Hereafter, Shanghai Noon, I, Robot, and Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory, Baker has worked across film and television throughout his career. In addition to acting, he has hosted the CTV series First Story and the documentary series Native Planet, which explores Indigenous cultures around the world.
Baker is of Squamish, Haida, and Cree heritage and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
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First watchThe Gentlemen20207.7as FrazierAmerican expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes,…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
18 films as actor- 2024The Birds Who Fear DeathRyan
- 2024Hey, Viktor!
- 2022The Faraway PlaceUrus
- 2020The GentlemenFrazier
- 2017Home for the HolidaysAk'aanáa
- 2008Journey to the Center of the EarthWakinta Rescuer
- 2005BuckarooJerome Taylor
- 2005Buffalo DreamsThomas Blackhorse
- 2005Distant Drumming: A North of 60 MysteryCharlie Muskrat
- 2004I, RobotFarber Posse
- 2003The MissingHonesco, Kayitah's son
- 2002Now & ForeverYoung John Myron
- 2002Spooky HousePrescott
- 2000Shanghai NoonLittle Feather
- 1998Smoke SignalsYoung Thomas Builds-the-Fire
- 1998Big BearHorsechild
- 1997The Sweet HereafterBear
- 1995Once in a Blue MoonSam Cardinal