Simon Baker
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. 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · The Birds Who Fear Death as Ryan
- 2024 · Hey, Viktor! as
- 2022 · The Faraway Place as Urus
- 2020 · The Gentlemen as Frazier
- 2017 · Home for the Holidays as Ak'aanáa
- 2014 · Outlander as Still Water
- 2008 · Journey to the Center of the Earth as Wakinta Rescuer
- 2005 · Buckaroo as Jerome Taylor
- 2005 · Buffalo Dreams as Thomas Blackhorse
- 2005 · Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery as Charlie Muskrat
- 2004 · I, Robot as Farber Posse
- 2003 · The Missing as Honesco, Kayitah's son
- 2002 · Now & Forever as Young John Myron
- 2002 · Spooky House as Prescott
- 2000 · Shanghai Noon as Little Feather
- 1998 · The Crow: Stairway to Heaven as
- 1998 · Smoke Signals as Young Thomas Builds-the-Fire
- 1998 · Big Bear as Horsechild
- 1997 · The Sweet Hereafter as Bear
- 1995 · Once in a Blue Moon as Sam Cardinal