Dylan Baker

Dylan Baker is an American actor best known for playing supporting roles in both major studio movies (Spiderman 2) and independent films.

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America - Spiderman 2 - Independent film

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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. In 1986 he performed in an off-Broadway production of Not About Heroes, co-starring Edward Herrmann and directed by Diane Wiest. 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.

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1959 - Syracuse, New York - Maryland - Theater - 1986 - Off-Broadway - Edward Herrmann - Diane Wiest - 1987 - John Candy - Steve Martin - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - 1995 - Murder One

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Baker first became well-known 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. While the film was criticized for the way in which the role was written, it launched Baker's career.

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1998 - Todd Solondz - Black comedy - Happiness - Closet - Pedophile - Rape

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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.

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Thirteen Days - The Cell - Kinsey - Law & Order - Sitcom - The Pitts

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