What is Simon Baker?
{{Infobox person | name = Simon Baker | image = Simon Baker 2013 4.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Simon Baker in April 2013. | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|07|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Simon Denny<br />Simon Baker Denny | alma_mater = | occupation = Actor, director | spouse = Rebecca Rigg (since 1998) | children = 3 | relatives = | website = http://simon-baker.net/ | years_active = 1988&ndash;present }} '''Simon Baker''' (born 30 July 1969) is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[actor]] and [[Television director|director]]. He is best known for his roles as Nicholas Fallin on ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]'' and Patrick Jane on ''[[The Mentalist]]''. Baker was born in [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]], [[Tasmania]]. He was first raised in [[New Guinea]] and then [[Ballina, New South Wales]]. He began a [[career]] in acting in 1988. Baker married actress Rebecca Rigg in 1998. They live together in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] and have three children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Baker,_Simon/Biography/|title=Simon Baker biography|work=starpulse.com|accessdate=7 February 2014|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151444/http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Baker,_Simon/Biography/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Baker was nominated for an Emmy Award for ''The Mentalist'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/simon-baker|title=Simon Baker|publisher=Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences|work=Emmys|accessdate=11 February 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0048932}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Simon}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from New South Wales]] [[Category:Australian movie actors]] [[Category:Australian stage actors]] [[Category:Australian tel