
Simon Baker
Biography
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.
Filmography

The Birds Who Fear Death
2024
as Ryan

Hey, Viktor!
2024

The Faraway Place
2022
as Urus

The Gentlemen
2020
as Frazier

Home for the Holidays
2017
as Ak'aanáa

Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008
as Wakinta Rescuer

Buckaroo
2005
as Jerome Taylor

Buffalo Dreams
2005
as Thomas Blackhorse

Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery
2005
as Charlie Muskrat

I, Robot
2004
as Farber Posse

The Missing
2003
as Honesco, Kayitah's son

Now & Forever
2002
as Young John Myron

Spooky House
2002
as Prescott

Shanghai Noon
2000
as Little Feather

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