Dylan Baker
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{{Short description|American actor (born 1959)}} |
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Baker was born in [[Syracuse, New York]] and raised in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]. He began his acting career as a teenager in regional theater productions. He attended [[Holy Cross Regional Catholic School (Lynchburg, Virginia)|Holy Cross Regional Catholic School]], went on to attend [[Darlington School]], and graduated from the [[Georgetown Preparatory School]] in 1976. |
Baker was born in [[Syracuse, New York]] and raised in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]. He began his acting career as a teenager in regional theater productions. He attended [[Holy Cross Regional Catholic School (Lynchburg, Virginia)|Holy Cross Regional Catholic School]], went on to attend [[Darlington School]], and graduated from the [[Georgetown Preparatory School]] in 1976. |
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Baker attended the [[College of William and Mary]] in Virginia and later graduated from [[Southern Methodist University]] in 1980. He then received a Master's in Fine Arts from the [[Yale School of Drama]], where he studied alongside [[Chris Noth]] and [[Patricia Clarkson]].{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dylan-baker/bio/148246 |title=Dylan Baker Biography |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date= |
Baker attended the [[College of William and Mary]] in Virginia and later graduated from [[Southern Methodist University]] in 1980. He then received a Master's in Fine Arts from the [[Yale School of Drama]], where he studied alongside [[Chris Noth]] and [[Patricia Clarkson]].{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/dylan-baker/bio/148246 |title=Dylan Baker Biography |website=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=January 12, 2015}} |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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During the short-lived 2007 series ''[[Drive (2007 TV series)|Drive]]'', Baker played the role of John Trimble, a father with a [[terminal illness]]. In 2009, Baker played William Cross in [[NBC]]'s ''[[Kings (American TV series)|Kings]]'', in which his wife [[Becky Ann Baker]] played Jessie Shepherd, the mother of [[protagonist]] David Shepherd. Baker also guest starred in an episode of ''[[Monk (TV Series)|Monk]]'', playing a theater critic in "[[Mr. Monk and the Critic]]". Baker guest starred in the November 2010 ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "[[A Pox on Our House]]". Baker guest starred in the [[Burn Notice season 4|season four]] finale of ''[[Burn Notice]]'' as Raines, an old spy friend of Michael's. He reprised the role in the season five premiere, and also permitted his likeness to be used in the ''Burn Notice'' graphic novel "A New Day". In 2010, Baker played Hollis B. Chenery in ''[[Secretariat (film)|Secretariat]]''. |
During the short-lived 2007 series ''[[Drive (2007 TV series)|Drive]]'', Baker played the role of John Trimble, a father with a [[terminal illness]]. In 2009, Baker played William Cross in [[NBC]]'s ''[[Kings (American TV series)|Kings]]'', in which his wife [[Becky Ann Baker]] played Jessie Shepherd, the mother of [[protagonist]] David Shepherd. Baker also guest starred in an episode of ''[[Monk (TV Series)|Monk]]'', playing a theater critic in "[[Mr. Monk and the Critic]]". Baker guest starred in the November 2010 ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' episode "[[A Pox on Our House]]". Baker guest starred in the [[Burn Notice season 4|season four]] finale of ''[[Burn Notice]]'' as Raines, an old spy friend of Michael's. He reprised the role in the season five premiere, and also permitted his likeness to be used in the ''Burn Notice'' graphic novel "A New Day". In 2010, Baker played Hollis B. Chenery in ''[[Secretariat (film)|Secretariat]]''. |
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Baker played [[Pashto]]-speaking CIA agent Jerry Boorman in season 4 of the TV series [[Damages (TV series)#Season four|''Damages'']]. He guest-starred in "[[Upper West Side Story]]" (2012), an episode of the TV series ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]''. He had a recurring role as the father of [[Katharine McPhee]]'s character Karen Cartwright on the NBC TV series ''[[Smash (U.S. TV series)|Smash]]''. He appeared in the USA Network miniseries ''[[Political Animals (miniseries)|Political Animals]]'' (2012). For his performance as Colin Sweeney on ''[[The Good Wife]]'', he was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] in 2010, 2012, and 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2012/Outstanding%20Guest%20Actor%20In%20A%20Drama%20Series |title=2012 Emmy Nominations |website=Emmys.com |publisher= [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date= |
Baker played [[Pashto]]-speaking CIA agent Jerry Boorman in season 4 of the TV series [[Damages (TV series)#Season four|''Damages'']]. He guest-starred in "[[Upper West Side Story]]" (2012), an episode of the TV series ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]''. He had a recurring role as the father of [[Katharine McPhee]]'s character Karen Cartwright on the NBC TV series ''[[Smash (U.S. TV series)|Smash]]''. He appeared in the USA Network miniseries ''[[Political Animals (miniseries)|Political Animals]]'' (2012). For his performance as Colin Sweeney on ''[[The Good Wife]]'', he was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]] in 2010, 2012, and 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2012/Outstanding%20Guest%20Actor%20In%20A%20Drama%20Series |title=2012 Emmy Nominations |website=Emmys.com |publisher= [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=January 12, 2015}} |
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Baker performed with [[Helen Mirren]] on Broadway in ''[[The Audience (2013 play)|The Audience]]'', a play that depicted meetings between [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and important historical figures. Baker played former Prime Minister [[John Major]]. The play opened on March 8, 2015.{{cite web| url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/dylan-baker-and-judith-ivey-will-join-helen-mirren-on-broadway-in-the-audience-336038 |title= Dylan Baker and Judith Levy Will Join Helen Mirren on Broadway in The Audience |website= [[Playbill.com]] |access-date= |
Baker performed with [[Helen Mirren]] on Broadway in ''[[The Audience (2013 play)|The Audience]]'', a play that depicted meetings between [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and important historical figures. Baker played former Prime Minister [[John Major]]. The play opened on March 8, 2015.{{cite web| url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/dylan-baker-and-judith-ivey-will-join-helen-mirren-on-broadway-in-the-audience-336038 |title= Dylan Baker and Judith Levy Will Join Helen Mirren on Broadway in The Audience |website= [[Playbill.com]] |access-date=June 15, 2017}} |
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Baker portrays corrupt DEA Agent Bill Peterson in the seventh season on ''[[The Mentalist]]''. |
Baker portrays corrupt DEA Agent Bill Peterson in the seventh season on ''[[The Mentalist]]''. |
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===Audiobooks=== |
===Audiobooks=== |
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Baker is a prolific narrator of [[audiobook]]s, from fiction (''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', ''[[The Corrections]]'') to biographies (''[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]''){{cite web|title=Narrator Profile – Dylan Baker|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/a1268.shtml|work=AudioFile Magazine |access-date= |
Baker is a prolific narrator of [[audiobook]]s, from fiction (''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'', ''[[The Corrections]]'') to biographies (''[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]''){{cite web|title=Narrator Profile – Dylan Baker|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/a1268.shtml|work=AudioFile Magazine |access-date= June 15, 2017}} to ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''. |
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He received the 2002 Audie Award for Abridged Fiction for his reading of ''[[The Corrections]]'' by [[Jonathan Franzen]]. He has also recorded Franzen's 2015 novel ''[[Purity (novel)|Purity]]''.{{cite web|url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/dylan-baker/|title= Spotlight on Narrator Dylan Baker|website=AudioFile Magazine |access-date= |
He received the 2002 Audie Award for Abridged Fiction for his reading of ''[[The Corrections]]'' by [[Jonathan Franzen]]. He has also recorded Franzen's 2015 novel ''[[Purity (novel)|Purity]]''.{{cite web|url=https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/narrators/dylan-baker/|title= Spotlight on Narrator Dylan Baker|website=AudioFile Magazine |access-date=June 15, 2017}} |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Baker married actress Becky Gelke, now known professionally as [[Becky Ann Baker]], in 1990. They have a daughter and reside in New York City. |
Baker married actress Becky Gelke, now known professionally as [[Becky Ann Baker]], in 1990. They have a daughter and reside in New York City. |
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On September 1, 2015, Baker tried to save the life of his neighbor, Broadway and movie actress and dancer Vivien Eng, after her apartment caught fire in the New York City high-rise where they both lived at the time. He was driven back by smoke and flames. Firefighters eventually got the seriously injured woman out of the apartment and rushed her to the hospital, where she died two days later.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/news/broadway-actress-vivien-eng-dead-apartment-fire-dylan-baker-1201586038/|title=Broadway Actress Dies in Apartment Fire After 'Good Wife' Star's Attempted Rescue|last=Khatchatourian|first=Maane|date=2015 |
On September 1, 2015, Baker tried to save the life of his neighbor, Broadway and movie actress and dancer Vivien Eng, after her apartment caught fire in the New York City high-rise where they both lived at the time. He was driven back by smoke and flames. Firefighters eventually got the seriously injured woman out of the apartment and rushed her to the hospital, where she died two days later.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/news/broadway-actress-vivien-eng-dead-apartment-fire-dylan-baker-1201586038/|title=Broadway Actress Dies in Apartment Fire After 'Good Wife' Star's Attempted Rescue|last=Khatchatourian|first=Maane|date=September 4, 2015|work=Variety|access-date=May 4, 2018|language=en-US}} |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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|[[45th Tony Awards|1991]] || [[Tony Award]] || [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]] || ''[[La Bête (play)|La Bête]]'' || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/person/dylan-baker-vault-0000076530|title= Dylan Baker (Performer)|website= Playbill|accessdate= |
|[[45th Tony Awards|1991]] || [[Tony Award]] || [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play|Best Featured Actor in a Play]] || ''[[La Bête (play)|La Bête]]'' || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/person/dylan-baker-vault-0000076530|title= Dylan Baker (Performer)|website= Playbill|accessdate=April 19, 2024}} |
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|rowspan=4| 1998 || [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 1999|Gotham Awards]] || [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor|Breakthrough Actor]] || rowspan=4|''[[Happiness (1998 film)|Happiness]]'' || {{won}} || {{cite web|title=1999 Winners and nominees|url=http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1999.html|publisher=Gotham Independent Film Awards|accessdate= |
|rowspan=4| 1998 || [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 1999|Gotham Awards]] || [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor|Breakthrough Actor]] || rowspan=4|''[[Happiness (1998 film)|Happiness]]'' || {{won}} || {{cite web|title=1999 Winners and nominees|url=http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1999.html|publisher=Gotham Independent Film Awards|accessdate=June 12, 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010611/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/1999.html|archivedate=February 21, 2017|url-status=dead}} |
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| [[14th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] || [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead|Best Male Lead]] || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/affliction-tops-spirit-award-nominations-monster-art-and-sex-also-nab-numerous-nods-82417/|title= "Affliction" Tops Spirit Award Nominations; "Monster," "Art," and "Sex" Also Nab Numerous Nods|website= [[IndieWire]]|date= |
| [[14th Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] || [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead|Best Male Lead]] || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/affliction-tops-spirit-award-nominations-monster-art-and-sex-also-nab-numerous-nods-82417/|title= "Affliction" Tops Spirit Award Nominations; "Monster," "Art," and "Sex" Also Nab Numerous Nods|website= [[IndieWire]]|date= January 8, 1999|accessdate= April 19, 2024}} |
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| [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]] || {{won}} || |
| [[National Board of Review]] || [[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]] || {{won}} || |
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| [[1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Award]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}} || {{cite news|last1=Maslin|first1=Janet|title=Critics Give 'Private Ryan' Their Top Award|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/17/movies/critics-give-private-ryan-their-top-award.html|accessdate= |
| [[1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Award]] || [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || {{nom}} || {{cite news|last1=Maslin|first1=Janet|title=Critics Give 'Private Ryan' Their Top Award|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/17/movies/critics-give-private-ryan-their-top-award.html|accessdate=June 12, 2025|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 17, 1998}} |
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| 2008 || [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]] || Best Cast || ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'' || {{won}} |
| 2008 || [[Palm Springs International Film Festival]] || Best Cast || ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'' || {{won}} |
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| [[66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|2014]] || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2014/outstanding-guest-actor-in-a-drama-series|title= 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= April 19, 2024}} |
| [[66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards|2014]] || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2014/outstanding-guest-actor-in-a-drama-series|title= 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards|website= [[Emmy Awards]]|accessdate= April 19, 2024}} |
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| [[2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards|2012]] || [[Critics' Choice Television Award]] || [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series|Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series]] || ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'' || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927055141/http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/|url-status= dead|archive-date= |
| [[2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards|2012]] || [[Critics' Choice Television Award]] || [[Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series|Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series]] || ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'' || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927055141/http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/|url-status= dead|archive-date= September 27, 2013|title= Critics' Choice TV Awards Noms: 'Community' At Top Of List|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|accessdate= April 19, 2024}} |
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| rowspan=2|2013|| [[San Diego Film Critics Society]] || [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]] ||rowspan=3|''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'' || {{nom}} || |
| rowspan=2|2013|| [[San Diego Film Critics Society]] || [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]] ||rowspan=3|''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'' || {{nom}} || |
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| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]] || [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]] || {{nom}} || |
| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]] || [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble|Best Ensemble]] || {{nom}} || |
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| [[20th Critics' Choice Awards|2014]] || [[Critics' Choice Movie Award]] || [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Best Acting Ensemble]] || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2015/film/news/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201405494/ |title= Critics Choice Awards Winners |author= Variety Staff |work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= |
| [[20th Critics' Choice Awards|2014]] || [[Critics' Choice Movie Award]] || [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble|Best Acting Ensemble]] || {{nom}} || {{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2015/film/news/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201405494/ |title= Critics Choice Awards Winners |author= Variety Staff |work= [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date= January 15, 2015 |access-date= June 12, 2025 |archive-date= October 6, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231006160648/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201405494/ |url-status=live}} |
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