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Christopher James Baker

Christopher James Baker

Actor

Christopher James Baker is an Australian actor, writer, and director born and raised in Australia, where he studied drama for three years in Sydney before beginning his career in theatre. He lived in the UK before returning home, then moved to the United States in 2009, where he initially featured in numerous Off-Broadway theatre roles before landing film and television work. He returned to Australia in 2020 and now splits his time between both countries. His most notable television roles include Blake Churchman in True Detective (2015, 7 episodes, HBO), Boyd Langmore in Ozark (2017–2022, 8 episodes, Netflix), Henry King Sr. / Brainwave in Stargirl (2020–2021, 12 episodes, The CW), Chronicom Hunter Malachi in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2019, 6 episodes, ABC), Theo Bennett in Shades of Blue (2018, 7 episodes, NBC), Raymond Earl in Gotham (2014), and Ivan Kroll in Boy Swallows Universe (2024, 6 episodes, Netflix, with Simon Baker and Travis Fimmel). His film credits include Harmon James in The Purge: Election Year (2016), Monte in The Duel (2016, with Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson), J.D. in Sanctum (2011, with Richard Armitage), Ensign in Nim's Island (2008, with Joanna Newsom and Christopher Plummer), Monty in The Great Raid (2005, with Ben Foster), Crumble in Kangaroo Jack (2003, with Joel Edgerton), and Doc in Unit 234 (2024).

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Actor
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 36 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 18% in 30 days

What are Christopher James Baker's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
28%
Bonds
28%
Morality
21%
Self
9%
Society
9%
Power
6%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 9

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Dread
6
Melancholic
5
Thrilling
3
Contemplative
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Unsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet5
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Christopher James Baker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Christopher James Baker's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

36 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • Posthumous(2026)

    as Rohan

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Pout-Pout Fish(2026)

    as Fish #1 / Mail Fish / Poppa Fish / Fish #4 / Cuttlefish #1 / Chuck / Cuttlefish Worker #1 / Fish Critic (voice)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • They Kill By Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • In Absence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Irwin

  • Unit 234(2024)

    as Doc

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Boy Swallows Universe(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ivan Kroll

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Darby and Joan(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Curtis

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • New Gold Mountain(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · as Patrick

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • Eden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Patrick Gracie

  • Blood Brothers: Civil War(2021)

    as Jake

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Stargirl(2020)

    Show 14 episodes · as Henry King Sr. / Brainwave

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • The Rookie(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marcus Vance

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Good Cop(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Corey Speck

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Ozark(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Boyd Langmore

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Keep Watching(2017)

    as The Creator

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Quarry(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Eugene Linwood

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Purge: Election Year(2016)

    as Harmon James

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Duel(2016)

    as Monte

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Appropriate Behavior(2014)

    as Ted

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Gotham(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Raymond Earl / The Goat

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Deliverance Creek(2014)

    as Cyril

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • True Detective(2014)

    Show 7 episodes · as Blake Churchman

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)

    Show 6 episodes · as Malachi

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Sanctum(2011)

    as J.D.

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • 1 and 0 nly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Co-Producer · as Lieutenant Professor Frank James Morley

  • Nim's Island(2008)

    as Ensign

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Condemned(2007)

    as Eddie C

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Kokoda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Blue

  • The Great Raid(2005)

    as Monty

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Hell Has Harbour Views (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Martin Cordell

  • Ike: Countdown to D-Day(2004)

    as Group Capt. Maj. James Stagg

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Kangaroo Jack(2003)

    as Crumble

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Serendipity(2001)

    as Lars Band #1

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Number Two

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Renaissance Man(1994)

    as Laundry Private #1

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Beyond Kokoda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Narrator

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 36 titles, 35 of them dated from 1994 to 2026; peak year 2007.

Biggest box office

Sanctum (2011)

$109M worldwide

Highest rated

Boy Swallows Universe (2024)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Nim's Island (2008)

Film career

19942026

Peak 2007 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting36 of 36: 35 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thProducing1 of 36: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s2 · acting2000s9 · 9 acting · 1 crew2010s13 · acting2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Christopher James Baker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 29 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Blood Brothers: Civil War (2021)

78th percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

True Detective (2014)

Midcredits 98th · 95% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Christopher James Baker's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles63–87 · median 83 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles14–33 · median 25 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles43–80 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 75 · intenseMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Christopher James Baker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Christopher James Baker's MovieCove titles; Ioan Gruffudd shares the most, 2.