Christopher James Baker

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Christopher James Baker
Other namesChris Baker
Christopher Baker
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Christopher James Baker is an Australian actor known for his work as Henry King Sr. / Brainwave in the DC Universe series Stargirl . [1]

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Early life

Baker grew up in Australia. Raised by parents Maggie Baker and John Baker. In his early life, he lived in the United Kingdom before returning to Australia. [2]

Career

In 2014, Baker played a secondary character in the second season of True Detective . He played the assistant of Vince Vaughn's character.

In 2017, the actor played Boyd Langmore in Netflix's hit series, Ozark .

Baker appeared on the 2019 season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as the Chronicom Hunter Malachi. [3]

In 2020, Baker was cast as Brainwave in Stargirl .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 The Three Stooges Clapper BoyUncredited
2003 Kangaroo Jack Crumble
2006 Kokoda
2007 The Condemned Eddie C
2008 Nim's Island Ensign
2011 Sanctum J.D.
2016 The Purge: Election Year Harmon James
2017 Keep Watching The Creator
TBA Unit 234 TBA

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Number TwoEpisode: "Closure"
2001 Changi Lofty Morgan4 episodes
2004 Ike: Countdown to D-Day Group Captain James Stagg Made for TV movie
2014 Gotham Raymond EarlEpisode: "Spirit of the Goat"
2015 True Detective Blake ChurchmanRecurring role
2017, 2022 Ozark Boyd LangmoreRecurring role
2017 Bull Hayden WatkinsEpisode: "How to Dodge a Bullet"
2018 Shades of Blue Theo BennettRecurring role
2018–2019 The Rookie Marcus Vance2 episodes
2019 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Malachi Recurring role (Season 6); 6 episodes
2020–2021 Stargirl Henry King Sr. / Brainwave Main role (Season 1); Guest (Season 2)
2021 New Gold Mountain Patrick Thomas4 episodes
2022 Darby and Joan CurtisGuest, 2 episodes
2024 Boy Swallows Universe Ivan KrollMain role (Season 1)

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References

  1. Damore, Meagan (17 May 2020). "Stargirl: Christopher James Baker Introduces Injustice Society's Brainwave". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. "On Set With HardFork-Series Star Christopher James Baker". steemit. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. Sarnecky, Aaron. "Christopher James Baker on Working on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Stargirl & Accents". The Pop Break. Retrieved 22 June 2020.