Simon Baker

• Birthplace: Launceston, Tasmania
• Birthday: July 30, 1969

A handsome, blondish Australian actor, Simon Baker (also known as Simon Baker-Denny) became a star in his native land on soap operas before breaking into US films as the doomed gay actor Matt Reynolds in the acclaimed modern noir "L.A. Confidential" (1997). As a teen, Baker had been a competitive surfer and water polo player, but he eventually drifted before the cameras with appearances in music videos. His first notable role was opposite his real-life wife, actress Rebecca Riggs, in the Australian serial "E Street" and he s…more