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'It needed a very magnetic personality playing the part. 'What Jane does is get in people's physical space and inside their heads, and in order to do that, you have to be someone that people want to be close to, whether they know it or not,' Heller says. But he quickly learned there was much more beneath the surface. When Bruno Heller was looking to cast a leading man to play the role of Patrick Jane in The Mentalist, he was won over by Baker's looks as well. Eventually I know what I'm going to become - I've seen my father.' 'I've been doing this for almost 20 years, and I'm able to see myself age on film. 'It doesn't bother me because I know time is ticking,' the 41-year-old Baker tells. Gawk at his curly golden locks and his winning smile.

Very few actors can do the hard physical work that must be done on a show like this.'But back in the late 1980s, when Baker first began acting in commercials in his native Australia, he laughed at the idea of considering acting a form of labor. He's always looking for the extra grace notes. 'If you watch him working on a stage, he's never just going through the lines. He's always switched on - he's always alert, always alive,' Heller continues.

'It needed a very magnetic personality playing the part.Look back at Simon Baker's most memorable roles'Simon has a physical and mental grace. Eventually I know what I'm going to become - I've seen my father.'When Bruno Heller was looking to cast a leading man to play the role of Patrick Jane in The Mentalist, he was won over by Baker's looks as well. He doesn't mind, really.'It doesn't bother me because I know time is ticking,' the 41-year-old Baker tells.

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1980: Aged 13, Rebecca Rigg was nominated for an AFI award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Fatty Finn.In Focus: For The Mentalist's Simon Baker, Good Looks Plus Hard Work Equals Success.

Later replaced by Claudia Karvan in reshoots Įpisodes: 'A Dozen Red Roses', 'Red Sauce' (uncredited ) They lived in Los Angeles from 1995 until 2015, when they moved back to Sydney, Australia. Rigg married Simon Baker in 1998 after five years together, and they have three children, including actress Stella Baker. She also guest starred alongside her husband in the The Mentalist episode, 'A Dozen Red Roses'. She then returned to acting to appear in the films Ellie Parker and Fair Game with Naomi Watts. Rigg had a role as Nurse Amy as part of the Mr Bad storyline on hugely popular Australian soap E Street, playing the girlfriend of her real-life boyfriend at the time, and future husband, Simon Baker.Īfter the birth of her youngest son, Rigg retired from acting to be at home with her children. She has made guest appearances in other Australian television series, including her brief recurring role of troubled teen Gabe in A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, G.P. She appeared in the television miniseries Emma: Queen of the South Seas. As a young girl she was also in the Australian film Fortress, which was about the kidnapping of a teacher (played by Rachel Ward) and a small class of students.

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She had a starring role in the Australian comedy television series Willing and Abel (in which she appeared as 'Angela Reddy'). Her Australian television appearances include the television series Rafferty's Rules (in which she appeared as the daughter of the Magistrate, Michael Rafferty) and the ABC television movies Joh's Jury, Come In Spinner, and Naked. Rebecca Rigg was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She started out as a child actor in Fatty Finn (1980), before also being featured in the films Hunting (1991), Spotswood (1992) and Ellie Parker (2005). She is known for her roles in television and film.

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