The Mentalist
Thursday 10:00 PM on CBS
Cast & Crew
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Simon Baker
Patrick Jane
Simon Baker was born to Catholic parents, high school English teacher Elizabeth Labberton and groundskeeper/mechanic Barry Baker, on July 30, 1969, in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. His parents divorced while he was still young and his mother later remarried butcher Tom Denny. Simon also has a sister, currently a doctor in Australia, and three younger half siblings. By 1972, they had moved from Launceston, Tasmania to New Guinea, hoping to secure better paying jobs. In 1986, he graduated from Ballina High School.
Growing up, Simon took to surfing and water polo. He began surfing at age 8 and later became a state champion. He also dabbled with nursing when he was 17. He has also worked in a pub and as a bricklayer.
He entered the entertainment world, in 1991, with his appearance in a couple of music videos, including Melissa Tkautz's "Read My Lips" and Euphoria's "Love You Right." He then moved onto television series, working in E Street, Home and Away, and Heartbreak High. He has continued to work in various television series as of late, playing leads in The Guardian, Smith, and, in the upcoming Fall 2008 series, The Mentalist. He has held supporting and lead roles in the big screen as well, nabbing roles in L.A. Confidential (1997), Red Planet, The Affair of the Necklace (2001), Land of the Dead, Book of Love (2004), The Devil Wears Prada, Sex and Death 101, and Something New. Baker has also earned various accolades from various magazines for his looks and acting.
On a personal note, he has been married to Rebecca Rigg since 1998, a woman he met and began dating in 1991. They have three children, named Stella, Claude, and Harry. Since their move to the United States, they have spent time in Malibu, California, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and back again to Los Angeles.moreless -
Robin Tunney
Teresa Lisbon
Looking as though she hails from an Irish Spring commercial, green-eyed, dewy-skinned actress Robin Tunney became known in the 1990s for her work in a number of teen and independent films. A native of Chicago's South Side, where she attended Catholic high school, Tunney studied acting at the Chicago Academy for the Performing Arts. She spent her summers performing in such stage productions as Bus Stop and Agnes of God. At the age of 18, Tunney moved to Los Angeles, where she began finding work on various television shows.
The actress made her screen debut in the 1992 Brendan Fraser/Pauly Shore comedy Encino Man. She had her first lead role in the teen ensemble film Empire Records (1995), playing a suicidal record store employee who announces her presence in the film by walking into the store and shaving her head. A year later, Tunney starred as a member of a group of high school misfits who use witchcraft to take revenge on their tormenters in The Craft. Sort of a Sixteen Candles meets Carrie, the film proved to be a cult hit, particularly with teenage girls.
Tunney subsequently made her name in independent dramas and mainstream films alike, doing particularly strong work in Niagara Niagara, earning the Venice Film Festival's Volpi Cup for Best Actress, for her portrayal of a young woman with Tourette's Syndrome. In 1999, she entered into the realm of bloated budgets and equally bloated plot premises, starring as Satan's intended bride alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in End of Days. That same year, she played a 22nd century paramedic in Supernova, a sci-fi thriller that had her racing against time to escape from an exploding star. In 2000, she stared with Chris O'Donnell as a stranded mountain climber in the thriller Vertical Limit.moreless -
Tim Kang
Kimball Cho
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Owain Yeoman
Wayne Rigsby
Immediately after graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and starring in over a dozen plays in the London area, Owain Yeoman was cast into the Warner Bros. feature "Troy" as 'Lysander' for director Wolfgang Peterson. He then starred in the NBC pilot "The Friendlys" for Rob and Mark Cullen ("Lucky"). He has recently been cast as the lead in the WB series "Commando Nanny" for Mark Burnett.moreless -
Amanda Righetti
Grace Van Pelt
Amanda was raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, and moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. After securing a role in the pilot No Place Like Home, Righetti caught the eye of Fox executives, who cast her as Hailey Nichol in the Fox hit The O.C. when No Place Like Home was not picked up. This led to her starring role on the Fox drama Reunion.
Amanda doesn't only act. She also holds co-producer credits for 1997 movie Missing Emotions and the 2000 movie The Gentleman Bandit, and producer credit for the 2007 movie Pipeline. She also starred in Pipeline, and have other movie roles like in the 2008 movie Role Models and the 2009 movie Friday the 13th.
Amanda married director Jordan Alan on April 29, 2006. In 2008 she was cast for the role of Grace Van Pelt on The Mentalist.moreless -
Eric Winter
FBI Agent Craig O'Laughlin
Eric was born in La Mirada, California, and grew up in nearby La Puente. An only child, Eric attended Los Altos High School in Hacienda Heights, where he excelled in football and volleyball. An excellent footballer, Eric was selected to compete in the All Star Hall of Fame Game as a defensive lineman. Eric attended UCLA, graduating with a degree in psychology. While in college, and after shedding approximately thirty pounds of football weight, a girlfriend suggested to Eric that he pursue work as a model to help pay the bills. He soon landed an agent and found himself juggling schoolwork and acting workshops with prestigious modeling assignments, many of which took him all over the world. Eric has appeared in numerous commercials, including ads for 7-UP and Mitsubishi. His most high-profile print campaign was for Tommy Hilfiger. Eric has starred as Rex on Days Of Our Lives and guest-starred in several television shows, including Brothers & Sisters, Profiler, The Parkers and The Andy Dick Show.moreless -
Gregory Itzin
Virgil Minelli
Gregory Itzin is an accomplished American TV actor. He has featured in over a hundred different projects, in film and television.
Gregory moved to Burlington, WI at the age of 6. He decided to get into acting from an early age and eventually went to The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, to train as an actor. He has since featured on mutiple stages around the country, and has won several awards for his performances.
Itzin has had many notable television appearances including recurring roles on Friends, Navy NCIS, Boston Legal and JAG, as well as guest-starring roles on The West Wing, Without a Trace, CSI:Las Vegas and The O.C..
He was nominated for an Emmy in his most recent role of President Charles Logan in the fifth season of the hit show 24.
Gregory has a wife and two children. He currently lives with his wife in Los Angeles.
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Aunjanue Ellis
Madeleine Hightower
Aunjanue Ellis is an American actress born in 1969 on February 21 in San Francisco, California. She is best know for her roles in Ray and in Undercover Brother. From Brown University, she received a BA in African American Studies. -
Michael Gaston
Gale Bertram
Michael Gaston has appeared in over twenty films, including "Ransom," "Cop Land," "13 Days," "The Crucible," "Double Jeopardy" and "High Crimes," as well as in the upcoming films "The Ballad of Betty Page" and "Runaway Boys." The versatile actor has also had roles in numerous TV dramas, including "The Sopranos," "The West Wing," "Homicide," "Law & Order" and ABC's "The Practice." He has appeared in comedies as well, including "Ally McBeal" and "Malcolm in the Middle." Gaston has had various on and off Broadway roles, including "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" on Broadway, and "Henry V" and "Landscape of the Body." Married with two children, Gaston loves animals and has a dog, two cats and five hens.moreless -
Terry Kinney
Samuel Bosco, Jr.
Terry Kinney, the stage, film and television actor, was born on January 29, 1954 in Lincoln, Illinois and attended Illinois State University. While at university, his friend, the aspiring actor Jeff Perry, took Kinney to Chicago to see a production of "Grease" in which his best friend, Gary Sinise, was appearing. The like-minded trio of Sinise, Perry and Kinney opened their own Chicago theatrical troupe, the Steppenwolf Theater, in 1974 in the basement of a church in Highland Park. The company's metamorphosis into one of the country's great regional theatrical companies began in 1976, after Kinney and Perry joined it full-time after graduating from college. The theater has, since 1976, put on a full season of ensemble works. The founders of Steppenwolf supported the theater and themselves with odd jobs until he company began financially self-supporting in the early 1980s. re-located in the old St. Nicholas Theater, Steppenwolf's productions began to attract a steady audience. Steppenwolf flourished artistically and financially in the '80s, and moved once again to its permanent home at 1650 N. Halsted Street in Chicago.moreless -
Pruitt Taylor Vince
J .J. LaRoche, Investigator with the Professional Standards Unit
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Rebecca Wisocky
Brenda Shettrick
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Michael Rady
Luther Wainwright
Michael Rady is a 25 year old actor. He was in the feature film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, playing Kostas. He has appeared in other feature films with small parts and was recently in THe Guardian starring Ashton Kutcher. He has also appeared in the TV show's Sleeper Cell and Swingtown. His hobbies include gardening and surfing.moreless -
Ken Woodruff
Producer
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Daniel Cerone
Executive Producer
Daniel is a writer and producer who has worked on a variety of projects including First Wave, Charmed, and Dexter. He is married to actress Lisa Howard and together they have 2 children, Jason and Sofia. -
Tom Szentgyorgyi
Executive Producer
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Ashley Gable
Executive Producer
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Chris Long
Executive Producer
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Bruno Heller
Executive Producer
Bruno Heller was born in London, England to Lukas Heller and Caroline Carter. He graduated from the University of Sussex in Brighton. Before becoming a writer, he spent a few years working on various film-related jobs. Heller made his screenwriting debut on the 1994 Portuguese film PAX, starring Amanda Plummer. After the European release of the film in 1997, he moved to Los Angeles and began working on two television projects for the USA Network: Touching Evil and The Huntress. Heller then went on to co-create the HBO series Rome. Currently, he is working on the CBS show The Mentalist, which he created and helps write.moreless -
Bruno Heller
Creator
Bruno Heller was born in London, England to Lukas Heller and Caroline Carter. He graduated from the University of Sussex in Brighton. Before becoming a writer, he spent a few years working on various film-related jobs. Heller made his screenwriting debut on the 1994 Portuguese film PAX, starring Amanda Plummer. After the European release of the film in 1997, he moved to Los Angeles and began working on two television projects for the USA Network: Touching Evil and The Huntress. Heller then went on to co-create the HBO series Rome. Currently, he is working on the CBS show The Mentalist, which he created and helps write.moreless -
Leonard Dick
Consulting Producer
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John Mankiewicz
Consulting Producer
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Geary McLeod
Director of Photography
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Frank Perl
Director of Photography
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Robert J. Ulrich
Casting
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Eric Dawson
Casting
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Carol Kritzer
Casting
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Glenn Farr
Editor
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David Ekstrom
Editor
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Jimmy Gadd
Editor
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Categories
Drama, Suspense
Themes
Breaking The Fourth Wall, Characters With Double Lives, Characters With Hidden Agendas, Extraordinary Situations, Facing Danger
