Jay Baker

Jay Baker is an American actor and television host who first performed professionally as a musical stage performer when he was seventeen, then moved to Los Angeles for roughly twenty years of acting work. Television viewers may recognize him from The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), Baywatch (1989), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), while his film credits include the cult favorites April Fool's Day (1986) and Shag (1989). After relocating from California to his home state of Tennessee in 2001, he put his carpentry skills to use on camera, joining the DIY Network program Warehouse Warriors, which earned an Emmy nomination. He went on to present further home improvement shows, among them Floors, Doors & Windows (2003) and The Ultimate Workshop II (2003), and in 2003 he and fellow Warehouse Warriors hosts built and repaired homes for families of service members in Iraq on Help on the Homefront. He later produced series for Knoxville's RIVR Media.