Simon Baker
Biography
Simon Richard Baker, also known as Simon R. Baker and Simon Barker, is an Aboriginal Canadian actor of Cree, Haida, and Squamish descent. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on March 30, 1986, he began acting at the age of nine with a starring role in Once in a Blue Moon. He gained early recognition as a lead in the television series North of Sixty. His credits span film and television 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. A graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory, he has also hosted the CTV series First Story and the documentary series Native P.
Career overview
Simon Richard Baker was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on March 30, 1986. He is an Aboriginal Canadian actor of Cree, Haida, and Squamish descent and a member of the Cree indigenous nation. Baker began his acting career at the age of nine with a starring role in Once in a Blue Moon. He subsequently gained early recognition as one of the leads in the television series North of Sixty.
Throughout his career, Baker has worked extensively across film and television. His screen credits include appearances in Into the West, Buffalo Dreams, The Missing, Smoke Signals, The Sweet Hereafter, Shanghai Noon, I, Robot, and Journey to the Center of the Earth. In addition to his acting work, he is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory and has hosted the CTV television series First Story as well as the documentary series Native P.
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- The Birds Who Fear Death (2024) as Ryan
- The Birds Who Fear Death (2024) Co-Producer
- Hey, Viktor! (2024)
- The Faraway Place (2022) as Urus
- The Gentlemen (2020) as Frazier
- Home for the Holidays (2017) as Ak'aanáa
- Outlander (2014) as Still Water
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) as Wakinta Rescuer
- Buffalo Dreams (2005) as Thomas Blackhorse
- Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery (2005) as Charlie Muskrat
- Buckaroo (2005) as Jerome Taylor
- I, Robot (2004) as Farber Posse
- The Missing (2003) as Honesco, Kayitah's son
- Spooky House (2002) as Prescott
- Now & Forever (2002) as Young John Myron
- Shanghai Noon (2000) as Little Feather
- The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998)
- Smoke Signals (1998) as Young Thomas Builds-the-Fire
- Big Bear (1998) as Horsechild
- The Sweet Hereafter (1997) as Bear
- Once in a Blue Moon (1995) as Sam Cardinal