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Dylan Baker
Birth Name:
Birth Place:
Syracuse, New York, United States
Profession
Actor, director
Fast Facts
- Was a classmate of actors Patricia Clarkson and Chris Noth at the Yale University School of Drama
- Won an Obie Award for his performance in the 1986 play Not About Heroes
- Made his big-screen debut in the 1987 comedy smash Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Received an Independent Spirit Award for his role as a pedophile in Todd Solondz's controversial Happiness (1998)
- An award-winning narrator of audio books, his work includes John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons, Michael Crichton's Next and Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
- In 2012, joined the cast of Political Animals, a cable drama focusing on the lives of a former first family; he took on the role of a U
- S
- vice president
- Calls his ongoing gig as a book narrator an "actor's dream" that mixes his interests in writing and storytelling
Awards
- 2014Emmy-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
- 1999Independent Spirit Awards-Best Male Lead: nominated
Relationships
- Willa Baker--Daughter
- Raymond Baker--Father
- Marion T. Baker--Mother