Dylan Baker is an American actor, as well as a man who voiced several audio books, starring in such projects as Happiness, Spider-Man, Trick or Treat, Road to Change, etc. His talent is explained by an impressive filmography (more 120 films and series), as well as several awards. The article will focus on the roles that brought the actor the greatest popularity.
Biography
Dylan Baker (photo below) was born in 1959 in Syracuse (New York), and grew up in the city of Lynchburg, which is located in Virginia. He studied at the local Catholic school Holy Cross School, and in 1972 he graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland. He continued his studies at William & Mary College, and after he entered the Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Now lives in New York with his daughter and wife - American actress Becky Ann Baker.
First work
Dylan had all the prerequisites to begin an acting career. For example, he graduated with honors from the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, and as a child he participated in theatrical productions many times. Therefore, in 1986, he easily coped with the role of Kevin O`Donnell in Michael Miller’s television drama “Extreme Measure”. And a year later, without any problems, he earned his place in the main cast of the John Hughes comedy film “By Air, Train, Machine.” The picture was warmly received by critics, not to mention the box office, which significantly exceeded the production budget. And such projects in the filmography of the actor are more than enough.
In 1994, Dylan Baker played the lawyer Philip Blackburn in the financially successful erotic thriller Barry Levinson's “Exposure”. Then he played the role of the psychiatrist Bill Maplewood in Todd Solondz's comedy drama “Happiness” (1998), after which he became the winner in the nominations of two popular awards (Gotham Awards and Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival). Two years later, in the role of Dr. Henry West, the head of an experimental program to eliminate coma through virtual reality, appeared in Tarsem Singh's sci-fi horror film Cell. And as Robert McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, starred in the political thriller Roger Donaldson's Thirteen Days (2000), the events of which unfold during the Caribbean Crisis of 1962.
Confession
In 2004 and 2007, Dylan Baker played the role of Kurt Conors, a genetic biologist who can turn into a lizard, in the second and third parts of the superhero action movie Sam Reilly Spider-Man.
He played in a comedy film by Andrew Curry "Zombies named Fido" by Bill Robinson, the husband of the protagonist suffering from zombie phobia. The film's events take place in an alternate universe in the 1950s during a zombie apocalypse triggered by radiation from space.
He played the role of Martin Shipley, the adult son of the main character, in the drama Kari Skogland "Stone Angel" (2007). The picture tells about the elderly, grumpy and losing memory of Heigar Shipley, who goes to the places where she grew up to establish relationships with members of her large family.
In 2009 and 2010, Dylan Baker received two Best Actor awards at the Fright Meter Awards and the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards. These awards went to him for the role of Stephen Wilkins, the headmaster and part-time killer, in Michael Doherty’s comedy horror film “Trick or Treat” (2007), which describes several intertwined events that happened on Halloween. And in 2009, he became part of the cast that won the Palm Springs International Film Festival for his work in Sam Mendes’s romantic drama, The Road to Change, based on the novel of the same name by Richard Yates.
Present
The role of Hollis Chanery, an American businessman and jockey, the actor played in the sports biographical drama "Champion", shot by Randall Wallace in 2010. And in 2014, he acted as a director and also a performer of one of the main roles of the sports drama “Everything Changed at 23”, based on the real story of a Kentucky teenager named Travis Freeman, who, despite the rapid loss of vision, was able to engage in his favorite sport - football. His role in making the film was highly praised, which ensured Dylan Baker won the Heartland Film Festival.
In 2018, the actor starred in the thriller Sebastian Gutierrez "Elizabeth Harvest" about a woman who, having successfully married, got at the disposal of a whole mansion, with the exception of one locked room inside. In addition, two more films with Dylan Baker are nearing completion. It's about the thriller Tom Collie and John Dabach Immortal and the biographical thriller Joe Burlinger "Incredibly ferocious, shockingly evil and terrible."