Dylan Baker
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Dylan Baker (born October 7, 1959) is an American actor known for playing supporting roles in both major studio movies and independent films.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Baker was born in Syracuse, New York and was raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he began his acting career as a teenager in regional theater productions. He attended Holy Cross High School and graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1976. He attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia and later graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1980. Baker then received a Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama.
[edit] Career
In 1986, Baker performed in an off-Broadway production of Not About Heroes, co-starring Edward Herrmann and directed by Diane Wiest, winning an Obie Award for his performance. After graduation, he scored on Broadway in such diverse roles as a yuppie (opposite fellow "Murder One" cast mate Patricia Clarkson) in Richard Greenberg's Eastern Standard (1989) — for which he won a Theater World Award — and as the Prince in the modern verse play La Bête (1991). He made his film debut in the 1987 John Candy-Steve Martin comedy, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles and appeared in the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan with Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey the following year. By 1995, he was a regular on the television dramas Feds and Murder One.
Baker first became well-known beyond New York City in 1998 when he appeared in Todd Solondz's ensemble black comedy Happiness, taking on the extremely controversial role of a closeted pedophile who rapes two of his young son's friends. Baker was critically lauded for playing such an unsympathetic role as a three-dimensional human being rather than as a one-sided monster. In addition to roles in films such as Thirteen Days, Radioland Murders, The Cell, and Kinsey, Baker has also appeared extensively on the Broadway stage and on television, in shows such as Law & Order and the short-lived sitcom The Pitts. He has also appeared in major studio movies such as Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, in which he played Dr. Curt Connors (also known as The Lizard.) Baker is signed for another Spider-Man movie. Baker is expected to play the Lizard in that installment.
Baker played the role of Satan in Seeing Ear Theatre's production of The History of the Devil. He is not only an accomplished actor, but also stage director as well. In the summer of 2006 he directed the Chautauqua Theater Company's production of The Art of Coarse Acting.
Baker played a priest in "Alter Boys", an episode of CSI. In the short-lived NBC series "The Book of Daniel," Baker played the role of senior warden Roger Paxton. As a voice actor, Baker narrated the audiobook for Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons, among many others including Dean Koontz's novel "The Face". Most recently, he played John Trimble on the 2007 FOX television series Drive. He also played "The Warden" in the movie Let's Go To Prison in 2007 which starred Dax Shepard, Will Arnett and Chi McBride.
During the fall and winter of 2007, Baker played the role of Philip in the critically acclaimed play Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck on Broadway.
[edit] Personal life
In 1990, he married actress Becky Gelke, now known professionally as Becky Ann Baker. They have one child and reside in New York City.
[edit] External links
- Dylan Baker at the Internet Movie Database
- Dylan Baker Biography and Filmographyde:Dylan Baker
ja:ディラン・ベイカー
