David Aaron Baker

David Aaron Baker (born August 14, 1963) is an American actor whose credits stretch across theater, film, television and audiobooks.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

David Aaron Baker
Born	(1963-08-14) August 14, 1963 (age 61) Durham, North Carolina
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

Biography

On Broadway, he is most prominently known for his starring role as "Prince Dauntless" opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in the 1996 Tony nominated revival of Once Upon a Mattress.^[6] He subsequently appeared in the 2004 revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, opposite Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, Sanaa Lathan, and Sean Combs.^[7]

Baker performed as Jimmy Curry in New York City Opera's^[8] 1992 production of 110 in the Shade^[9] at Lincoln Center's New York State Theater, and then in 2018 appeared on the same stage in New York City Ballet's Jerome Robbins 100 Festival^[10] playing the MajorDomo in Fanfare (ballet).^[11]

On film, he has appeared in Woody Allen’s Melinda and Melinda. He is the voice of Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas^[12] on audio book. He voices a role in QCode’s fiction series podcast Listening In starring Rachel Brosnahan.^[13]

Filmography

• Sex and the City (1998) as Ted in Season 1, Episode 6: "Secret Sex"
• The Tao of Steve (2000) as Rick
• The Music Man (2003) as Marcellus
• Criminal Minds (2005) as Will Sykes in Season 1, Episode 17: "A Real Rain"
• Once More with Feeling (2009) as Rich
• Blue Bloods (2010) as Father Leo in Season 1, Episodes 6: "Smack Attack"
• Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011) as Bill Fallon in 6 episodes
• And So It Goes (2014) as David Shaw
• The Purge: Election Year (2016), as NFFA Press Secretary Tommy Roseland
• Boarding School (2018) as Davis Rathbone
• The Society (2019) as Jim Pressman in Season 1, Episode 1: "What Happened"
• Asleep in My Palm (2023) as Sam Wallace