This is a very good series with an excellant performance by simon baker. Simon baker biography, movies and tv shows, wife and children. Starring simon baker, dabney coleman, erica leerhsen, alan rosenberg. The guardian becomes the mentalist for new cbs series. Watch the guardian streaming online hulu free trial. The dialogue and character development is superlative. Nick fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his fathers. Simon lucas baker born 30 july 1969 is an australian actor in television and film, and director. The best way to promote a series of this nature is through its star, but guardian lead simon baker was not someone who liked to do publicity costars alan rosenberg and raphael sbarge did. The series revolved around nick fallin, a corporate attorney sentenced to 1500 hours community service with legal services of pittsburgh as the result of a. Baker is super charming, with a twinkling smile and highly charismatic as con man psychic turned crime fighter on the mentalist, but for me the show ran out of steam very badly once. What i enjoy the most about the guardian is nick fallons character development, and the dirty jobs he is forced to take on due to his debt of community service to the pennsylvania bar association. He is known for his lead roles in the cbs television series the mentalist as patrick jane and the guardian as nicholas fallin and starred in several hollywood films. A legal drama starring simon baker the mentalist, the guardian lasted three seasons, offering a perfectly enjoyable legal drama that entertained thanks to a solid cast.
The guardian has a wellmeaning premise and a compulsively watchable star in simon baker, but the series is limp upon arrival with its bland characterization and rote procedural formula. The central protagonist, he is a driven individual whose work and relationships are the focus for the series. Bought at random because i enjoy watching simon baker in the mentalist, i cannot wait for the next 2 series to become available on dvd. This is a list of the 67 episodes for the guardian, an american drama series which aired on cbs from september 25, 2001 to may 4, 2004. The guardian has a wellmeaning premise and a compulsively watchable star in simon baker, but the series is limp upon arrival. Simon baker is an australian actor and director born on 30th july 1969 in launceston, tasmania, australia. The guardian tv series 20012004 simon baker as nick fallin. Simon baker full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The guardian serie tv con simon baker public group. Simon baker, star of the new onehour drama the mentalist, says his show will different. With simon baker, alan rosenberg, raphael sbarge, dabney coleman. Simon baker was first recognized in 1992, when he received australias prestigious logie award for most popular new talent. The mentalist star simon baker shows off new look daily.
The guardian 2001 aaron paul and simon baker the guardian clip full hd duration. The guardian serie tv con simon baker has 484 members. Dabney coleman and simon baker play off each other so well. Forget the mentalistrevisting the guardian tv talk. Nick fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his fathers ultrasuccessful pittsburgh law firm.
He is popularly known for his roles as in the cbs television series the mentalist as patrick jane and the guardian as nicholas fallin. Simon baker as nicholas nick fallin, a lawyer sentenced to community service for drugrelated crimes. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of nick. Its the little homeless kids that ultimately start breaking down your walls and lead to your readiness to be a. The guardian 2001 aaron paul and simon baker the guardian. Simon baker, alan rosenberg, erica leerhsen, charles malik whitfield, raphael. The guardian becomes the mentalist for new cbs series rick bentley.
Outstanding guest actress in a drama series farrah fawcett. This is probably one of the best television shows i have ever watched. In his television acting career, he is best known for his lead role in the cbs television series the mentalist as patrick jane and as nicholas fallin in the guardian. He then became the star of american drama tv series the mentalist, playing former psychic. The guardian has it all, and season 2 was not a let down, it was just a little bit less dramatic than season 1. From the guardian 2001 season 1 episode 5 the men from the boys. Its the little homeless kids that ultimately start breaking down your walls and lead to your readiness to be a loving dad yourself.
Simon baker on good morning britain 15may2015 duration. This week ive been rewatching an old cbs lawyer show called the guardian, notable for being simon baker s first tv series before he hit it huge with the mentalist. It follows a lawyer who is caught with drugs and is sentenced to 1500 hours of community service dealing with children. Love the unwrapping of your persona as you fight a cold and unyielding father, a lover who rejects you for the most part, and drugs that have enticed you. This set contains every episode from all three episodes of the guardian, starring simon baker as a troubled lawyer who, with his partner and.
The central protagonist, he is a driven individual whose. Simon baker on filming tim wintons breath debut director on his fear of adapting this australian paean to surfing and the challenge posed by its most taboo subject. In 2001, baker was cast as nick fallin, the lead role in cbs the guardian, a drama about a corporate lawyer who is sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service after a drug conviction. Best performance by an actor in a television series drama simon baker. The guardian tv series 20012004 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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