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