Dylan Baker
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Dylan Baker is an American actor best known for playing supporting roles in both major studio movies and independent films.
Born on October 7, 1959 in Syracuse, New York, Baker was raised in Maryland, where he began his acting career as a teenager in regional theater productions. He graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1976 and Southern Methodist in 1980. He then received a Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama. In 1986, he performed in an off-Broadway production of Not About Heroes, co-starring Edward Herrmann and directed by Diane Wiestand -- winning an Obie Award for his performance. After graduating from the Yale School of Drama, he scored on Broadway in such diverse roles as a yuppie (opposite fellow "Murder One" cast mate Patricia Clarkson) in Richard Greenberg's Eastern Standard (1989) — for which he won a Theater World Award — and as the Prince in the modern verse play "La Bete" (1991).
He made his film debut in the 1987 John Candy-Steve Martin comedy, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. By 1995, he was a regular on the television dramas Feds and Murder One.
Baker first became well-known beyond New York City in 1998 when he appeared in Todd Solondz's ensemble black comedy Happiness, taking on the extremely controversial role of a closeted pedophile who rapes two of his young son's friends. Baker was critically lauded for playing such an unsympathetic role as a three-dimensional human being rather than as a one-sided monster. The film was criticized for the way in which the role was written.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
In addition to roles in films such as Thirteen Days, The Cell, and Kinsey, Baker has also appeared extensively on the Broadway stage and on television, in shows such as Law & Order and the short-lived sitcom The Pitts. He has also appeared in major studio movies such as Spider-Man 2, in which he played Dr. Curt Conners (also known as The Lizard.)
Baker played the role of Satan in Seeing Ear Theatre's production of The History of the Devil.
In 1990, he married actress Becky Gelke, now known professionally as Becky Ann Baker. They have one child (born 1993) and reside in New York City.
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