Christopher James Baker

Christopher James Baker is an Australian actor known for his work as Henry King Sr. / Brainwave in the DC Universe series Stargirl.

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 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 (alongside Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom) (both 2003), 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 (2006), action film The Condemned (2007), adventure film Nim's Island (alongside Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler in 2008) and action-thriller film Sanctum (2011).

After relocating to the United 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. In 2020, he was cast as Brainwave in DC series Stargirl. Other television credits include Gotham, Bull, The Blacklist, The Good Cop, and The Rookie.

Baker's film credits while in America included Deliverance Creek (2014), Kieran Darcy-Smith's 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 drama series Eden as Lou Gracie, and as an Irish immigrant Patrick Thomas in murder mystery miniseries New Gold Mountain (filmed back to back in 2021).

He returned to the US to film the fourth season of Ozark, the second season of 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, 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 (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.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 Army Intelligence (aka Renaissance Man) Laundry Private #1 Feature film 2000 The Three Stooges Clapper Boy (uncredited) Feature film 2001 Serendipity Lars Band #1 Feature film 2002 The Road from Coorain Danny TV movie 2003 Kangaroo Jack Crumble Feature film 2003 Ned Kelly Kurnow Feature film 2004 Magpie and the Pigeon: A Day in the Life of Superheroes Magpie Short film 2004 Ike: Countdown to D-Day Group Captain Major James Stagg TV movie 2005 Hell Has Harbour Views Martin Cordell TV movie 2005 The Great Raid Monty Feature film 2006 Kokoda Blue Feature film 2006 Vend Vend Short film 2006 Saturday Night Newtown, Sunday Morning Enmore Short film 2006 The Game John Short film 2006 Sands of Time Nicholai Torrez Short film 2007 Bommie Glenn Short film 2007 The Condemned Eddie C Feature film 2008 Nim's Island Ensign Feature film 2008 Amours Filmez Equipage Soundy Short film 2008 1 and 0 nly Frank James Morley Feature film 2009 When a Muffin Knocks Man Short film 2011 Sanctum J.D. Feature film 2012 Focus Jake Short film 2014 Appropriate Behavior Ted Feature film 2015 Deliverance Creek Cyril TV movie 2015 Peter and John Jake Rivers Feature film 2016 The Duel Monty Feature film 2016 The Purge: Election Year Harmon James Feature film 2017 Keep Watching The Creator Feature film 2021 Blood Brothers Jake Feature film 2024 In Absence Irwin Short film 2024 Unit 234 Doc Feature film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Number Two TV series, episode: "Closure" 2001 Changi Lofty Morgan TV miniseries, 4 episodes 2005 All Saints Leo Boravoskas TV series, season 8, episode 20: "In the Name of Love" 2008 The Abominable Flatmate Bommie TV micro-series 2009 The Road to Tropfest Bruce Denahey TV series Scariacs Scientist #2 TV series My Place Tippy TV series, episode 4: "1978 Mike" 2014 Gotham Raymond Earl / The Goat TV series, episode 6: "Spirit of the Goat" 2015 True Detective Blake Churchman TV series, 7 episodes 2016 The Blacklist Clayton TV series, season 3, episode 2: "Marvin Gerard (No. 80)" Quarry Eugene Linwood TV series, 2 episodes 2017 Bull Hayden Watkins TV series, episode 21: "How to Dodge a Bullet" 2017; 2022 Ozark Boyd Langmore TV series, 8 episodes 2018 Shades of Blue Theo Bennett TV series, 7 episodes The Good Cop Corey Speck TV series, episode 2: "What is the Supermodel's Secret?" 2018–2019 The Rookie Marcus Vance TV series, 2 episodes 2019 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Malachi TV series, season 6, 6 episodes 2020–2021 Stargirl Henry King Sr. / Brainwave TV series, season 1–2, 12 episodes 2021 Eden Lou Gracie TV miniseries, 7 episodes New Gold Mountain Patrick Thomas TV miniseries, 4 episodes 2022 Darby and Joan Curtis TV series, 2 episodes 2024 Boy Swallows Universe Ivan Kroll TV miniseries, 6 episodes Prosper Mitch Leeway TV series, 8 episodes

Theatre

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