Faces to watch: Simon Baker, Craig Horner, Philip Winchester
Who are these three guys you see?
These are the stars who will hopefully penetrate and do well this Fall TV Season with the launching of their new TV shows.
Simon Baker is not a new face. He’s been in the industry since the late 80’s. He’s quite a familiar face in Australia though starting off on television, too. When he moved to the US in the 90’s, he landed a role in the movie LA Confidential and has been in films like Land of the Dead, Red Planet and The Devil Wears Prada. His career in the states is pretty much accomplished. In fall, Simon Baker will star on prime time in yet another CBS crime drama, The Mentalist. It’s a TV series that’s dubbed as the serious version of Monk.
Craig Horner is another Australian actor trying to make it to the US. He’s relatively young and has in fact started out in a kids sci-fi program in the land down under. He will be playing the role of Richard Cypher, the leading character in the TV adaptation of Terry Goodkind’s novel, the Sword of Truth series. Legend of the Seeker will be syndicated and won’t be carrying a prime time slot.
Philip Winchester is a theater trained American actor who will be starring in the epic series Crusoe. It will be airing on NBC this October. Although with a little credit of films and TV appearances to his name, this young actor is pretty much seasoned, thanks to his theater experience. Philip’s first movie was with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger in The Patriot.
And here are the teasers to their TV series:
THE MENTALIST
LEGEND OF THE SEEKER
CRUSOE
