Inside Land of the Dead-The Cast-Simon Baker

From:Movies Online
Date:June,16,2005

Our inside look at Land of the Dead continues with a look at the cast of George Romeros new movie. And it begins with a Golden Globe-nominated actor, Australian-born SIMON BAKER (Riley) who has an impressive background that spans both the stage and screen and has captured the attention of audiences worldwide. Baker has just wrapped production on the romantic comedy Something New from Focus Features starring opposite Sanaa Lathan. Lathan plays a professional African- American woman who is determined to get married and finds romance with a white working-class man, played by Baker. The film has no release date set. Baker was most recently seen in DreamWorks’ horror sequel The Ring Two, opposite Naomi Watts and Sissy Spacek. He plays David Rourke, a reporter who works at the local Asheville Gazette, alongside Watts’ character, Rachel Keller. He also recently starred in the independent film Book of Love, which screened in competition at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The film, written and directed by Alan Brown, also stars Gregory Smith and Frances O’Connor.

Other projects include Curtis Hanson’s Academy Award®-winning film L.A. Confidential, The Affair of the Necklace, Red Planet, Sunset Strip, Judas Kiss, Restaurant, Love from Ground Zero and Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed Ride With the Devil, which screened at the 1999 Deauville Film Festival and was also a gala presentation at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival. Baker starred in the highly rated, CBS drama The Guardian from 2001 to 2004. He portrayed a hardened corporate lawyer who was sentenced to work as a legal child advocate after being found guilty of drug possession. In the first season, Baker was recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Other television credits include the lead roles in Disney’s CBS pilot The Last Best Place, Naked: The Blind Side Breakaway and a guest lead role in Sweat.