Morgan Baker (born 11 May 1997) is an Australian
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
best known for playing the role of
Callum Jones on the soap opera ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and ...
'' between 2008 and 2014. He briefly reprised the role of Callum in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2023.
Early life
Baker has appeared in TV adverts since he was in
kindergarten
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. During primary school, he took keyboard lessons.
Career
Baker has appeared in several TV movies including ''
The Society Murders'',
''Underbelly''
and ''
The King''.
He also starred in the 2006
Tropfest Film Festival top 16 finalist ''
Goggles
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''.
In 2014, Baker left ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and ...
'' to concentrate on his studies.
He has since made brief returns in 2015,
2017
and 2019. He again reprised the role for the ''Neighbours'' “finale” in 2022, and also returned in 2023 for the opening episodes of the series revival.
A keen chef, Baker has said that if he doesn't succeed in acting he would like to appear on ''
Ready Steady Cook
''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...
''.
In light of this, he temporarily produced a cooking series documented on Snapchat titled ''Shake and Bake with Morgan Baker'', that ran from 2014 to 2015, before experiencing a hiatus and returning in 2016. The theme song was composed by musician Oliver Ryan.
In July 2018, Baker appeared as the Generation Z guest competitor in season 5 of game show ''
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation'' is an Australian game show produced by Granada Productions. The first four seasons aired on Network 10 from 2009-12, before moving to the Nine Network in 2018 for two seasons. The show was originally hosted b ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
1997 births
Living people
Male actors from Melbourne
Australian male child actors
21st-century Australian male actors
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