Early life
Baker grew up in Australia. Raised by parents Maggie Baker and John Baker. In his early life, he lived in the United Kingdom before returning to Australia. After finishing high school, Baker did some travelling before studying a three-year drama course in Sydney.Career
After graduating from his acting studies, Baker spent his early career working in theatre. He co-founded the stage company 'Urban Tales' together with other alumni from his acting course, and spent his early career performing more than 14 seasons of theatre works. He was also a member of Nick EnNick Enright's theatre company 'State of Play'. He also played small parts in Australian and locally filmed American films, including comedy ''Kangaroo Jack'' (alongside Jerry O’Connell) and ''Ned Kelly (2003 film), Ned Kelly'' (alongside Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom) (both 2003), ''Hell Has Harbour Views (film), Hell Has Harbour Views'' and war film ''The Great Raid'' (alongside Benjamin Bratt and James Franco) (both 2005). Further films made while in Australia war film ''Kokoda (film), Kokoda'' (2006), action film ''The Condemned'' (2007), adventure film ''Nim's Island'' (alongside Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler in 2008) and action-thriller film ''Sanctum (film), Sanctum'' (2011). After relocating to the States, he initially featured in numerous Off-Broadway theatre roles, before landing the role of Cyril in the Warner Bros. television pilot ''Deliverance Creek'' in 2014. Shortly following, he scored the regular role of Blake Churchman, a secondary character in the True Detective (season 2), second season of HBO, HBO's ''True Detective'', playing the assistant of Vince Vaughn's character. He also had a recurring role in 2016 crime series ''Shades of Blue (TV series), Shades of Blue'', alongside Jennifer Lopez. In 2019, Baker played Boyd Langmore in Netflix's hit series, ''Ozark (TV series), Ozark'' (alongside Jason Bateman and Laura Linney), and Chronicoms (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Chronicom Hunter Malachi (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Malachi in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. In 2020, he was cast as Brain Wave (character), Brainwave in DC Comics, DC series ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl''. Other television credits include ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham'', ''Bull (2016 TV series), Bull'', ''The Blacklist'', ''The Good Cop (American TV series), The Good Cop'', and ''The Rookie (TV series), The Rookie''. Baker's film credits while in America included ''Deliverance Creek'' (2014), Kieran Darcy-Smith, Kieran Darcy-Smith's ''The Duel (2016 film), The Duel'' (alongside Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson) and ''The Purge: Election Year'' (both 2016). Since moving back to Australia, Baker has featured in Stan (streaming service), Stan drama series ''Eden (Australian TV series), Eden'' as Lou Gracie, and as an Irish immigrant Patrick Thomas in murder mystery miniseries ''New Gold Mountain (TV series), New Gold Mountain'' (filmed back to back in 2021). He returned to the US to film the fourth season of ''Ozark (TV series), Ozark'', the second season of ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl'' and the thriller film ''Unit 234'' in the Cayman Islands. Back in Australia, Baker starred as Ivan Kroll in Netflix miniseries Boy Swallows Universe (TV series), ''Boy Swallows Universe'', based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Brisbane author Trent Dalton (alongside Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel and Bryan Brown), and as Mitch Leeway in drama series ''Prosper (TV series), Prosper'' (both 2024).Personal life
Baker moved to New York City in 2009 with his wife Hannah, to further his career. They have two children who were born in Manhattan. In 2020, after eleven years in the States, Baker returned to Australia to live, to escape "the COVID-19, COVID situation" and because he wanted his kids to grow up in Australia.Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
As actor
As director
https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/406025References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Christopher James Australian television actors Living people Year of birth missing (living people)