Dylan Baker

Dylan Baker was born in Syracuse, New York, but spent his childhood in Lynchburg, Virginia. Upon graduation from Georgetown Prep School in Rockville, Maryland, he attended William and Mary College, where his interest in the theater was born. He earned a B.F.A. at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and his M.F.A. at the Yale School of Drama. Baker was honored with an IFP Gotham Award and an IFP West Independent Spirit Award nomination for his starring role as Bill Maplewood in the critically acclaimed film Happiness, directed by Todd Solondoz.

His additional feature film credits include Dream Scenario, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; Miss Sloane, Misogynists, Selma, Anchorman 2, Franny, The Humbling, 23 Blast, Secretariat, Revolutionary Road, Hide and Seek, Spiderman II & III, Head Of State, How To Deal, Road To Perdition, Changing Lanes, The Cell, Along Came a Spider, Random Hearts, Requiem for a Dream, Celebrity, Trick ‘R Treat, Simply Irresistible, Disclosure, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Long Walk Home, Delirious, The Hunting Party, Across the Universe, and Diminished Capacity.

Baker’s television credits include Hunters, Inside Man, Homeland, BBC’s Little Women, season four of Damages, HBO’s Confirmation directed by Rick Famuyiwa, The Americans, The Good Fight, I’m Dying Up Here, Tom Hanks’ HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, Stephen Bochco’s courtroom drama Murder One, Drive, Book of Daniel, The Pitts, Feds, HBO’s The Laramie Project, the CBS show The Elizabeth Smart Story, the NBC series Kings, USA’s Political Animals and recurring roles on ABC’s Ugly Betty and USA’s Burn Notice. He appeared as Colin Sweeney on the hit CBS show The Good Wife for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards.

Baker earned Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for his role as The Prince in the Broadway production of La Bête and an Obie Award for his performance in the Off-Broadway production Not About Heroes. He starred in Sea Of Tranquility at the Atlantic Theatre Company and received rave reviews for his role in the Off-Broadway production of Homebody/Kabul at the New York Theatre Workshop. Baker received a Theater World Award for his Broadway debut, Richard Greenberg’s Eastern Standard, and also was seen on Broadway in Theresa Rebeck’s Mauritius, David Mamet’s November, Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, The Audience starring Helen Mirren, The Front Page directed by Jack O’Brien, and BAM’s production of Medea.

Baker made his directorial debut on the feature film, 23 Blast. It was an Audience Award winner at the Heartland Film Festival.

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