is a well-known actor of Australian origin, famous for his participation in both film and television productions.
His life began in a quiet way, with a loving family that always respected him and taught him good values such as healthy competition and a love for sports.
Living in a coastal city, it was not surprising that a few years after birth he already knew how to swim and that he especially enjoyed this exercise.
A short time later, before reaching adolescence, he asked his father to buy him a surfboard, since he had seen other people use them.
It wasn’t long before little Baker became a great surfer, daring to ride just about any wave that came his way in almost any season of the year.
In this way he came to compete nationally for the Australian Surf Championship, obtaining very good results and positioning whenever he could score.
Another of the water sports that he practiced during his early adulthood, in his late teens, was water polo.
The combination of both disciplines made Baker an athletic, seductive boy, full of life and charisma, willing to launch himself into the world to be recognized.
His first appearances on the screens of Australia were joined by a series of video clips that were subsequently followed by some television programs in the late 1990s. ’80.
He acted in “E Street“,”Home and Away” Y “Heartbreak high”, All of them with a similar plot, developing the life stories of a group of friends or family in a coastal city in Australia.
From this moment on, Baker began to be recognized in his country as a sympathetic heartthrob for whom more than one woman kept awake daydreaming.
Shortly after finishing with “Heartbreak high“, on 1994, moved to the USA in search of a more solid and rewarded acting career, in addition to being recognized of course.
The opportunities were slow to come, but this allowed Baker to explore new facets within his personality, discovering a certain talent as an advertising model.
He had some appearances in low budget movies like “Most Wanted” on 1997 those that followed “Judas Kiss” Y “Restaurant” on 1998.
Work on another series of films as a supporting actor gave Baker a certain importance within the Hollywood scene, which eventually led to bigger roles.
In the year 2000 He was given the opportunity to work alongside Val kilmer and Carrie Anne Moss in the film “Red Planet”. There he played Chip Pettengill, one of the astronauts who was supposed to seek the solution to the death of Earth on Mars.
It was from this film that he was given the chance to demonstrate all his value as an actor in the series “The Guardian” in the year 2001.
His leading role was Nick fallin, whom he played for three consecutive seasons in what was one of the most watched series of those years in the USA.
Fallin is a comfortable lawyer in his position, as his father has guaranteed him everything in life. The problem begins when he abuses drugs and is forced to serve a community aid sentence.
Thus Fallin begins to follow the most diverse cases defending abused, beaten, delinquent minors and other life stories that become too moving.
In the year 2005, after that in the 2004 t will end “The Guardian“, He filmed with Rachel Keller the famous sequel to”The Ring”.
For him 2006 had a good participation in the comedy “The Devil Weares PradaAlong with the famous Meryl Streep and the popular Anne Hathaway.
At the end of that same year and at the beginning of 2007 worked on a 7-episode mini-series that dealt with the life of a series of criminal masters. They called it “Smith”.
For him 2008 plans to shoot two films: “Last man” Y “Gospel Hill”.
Filmography:
E Street (1989)
Home and Away (1989)
Heartbreak High (1994)
Most Wanted (1997)
Restaurant (1998)
Judas Kiss (1998)
Secret Men’s Business (1999)
Ride with the Devil (1999)
Subset Strip (2000)
Red Planet (2000)
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
The Guardian (2001-2004)
Book of Love (2004)
The Ring Two (2005)
Land of the Dead (2006)
Smith (2006)
Gospel Hill (2008)