# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-baker
# Generated: 2026-09-06T20:04:47.861Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-baker"
name: "Simon Baker"
slug: "simon-baker"
description: "Simon Lucas Baker is an Australian actor and director. He first gained prominence on the Australian soap opera E Street (1992–1993). Baker achieved his Hollywood breakthrough in 1997 with a supporting role as Matt Reynolds in L.A. Confidential (1997). This role marked his American film debut and a pivotal turning point in his career, successfully establishing his presence in the international film industry. He later starred in the CBS legal drama The Guardian (2001–2004), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama in 2002. His breakthrough role came as Patrick Jane in the 2008-2015 Drama-thriller series The Mentalist, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2009. Baker has also appeared in several films, including, Restaurant (1998), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), and Margin Call (2011)."
tagline: "Australian actor and director (born 1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Baker_2013_4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.479495550887405
  historical:           40.373156
  currentAttention:     11.44547528356857
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  65
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/snappytoes/"
    handle:    "snappytoes"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048932/"
    handle:    "nm0048932"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump