Tom Baker
Biography
Tom Baker is an English actor and writer who is best known as the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who. Born in Liverpool, he trained for three years at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup before joining the National Theatre company in 1968. His breakthrough on screen came as Grigori Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), a performance that brought him two Golden Globe nominations. After supporting turns in The Vault of Horror (1973) and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973), he took the lead in Doctor Who, playing the part for seven seasons until 1981, longer than anyone else. He later appeared in the drama Medics, in Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) and in Monarch of the Glen, and narrated the comedy series Little Britain. His voice work also includes The Magic Roundabout (2005), and he has returned to the character in audio dramas, with a cameo in The Day of the Doctor (2013).
92years old
Turns 93 on January 20in 70 days
- Born Liverpool
- Star sign: AquariusFirst day of the sign, on the Capricorn cusp
- Thomas Stewart Baker (birth name)Also credited as Thomas Baker
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 48 years1971 to 2019
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Big break
Tom Baker took supporting parts in genre movies, among them The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, and while he had a part-time job at a building site he landed the lead role in Doctor Who.
First role
Baker took his first acting job in a 1966 staging of The Winter's Tale, appearing as Rogero, Autolycus and the bear. He played those same parts in a 1967 TV movie of the play, which was his film debut.
Early training
Baker left the army in 1956 and then studied acting for three years at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Sidcup.
A first
Tom Baker took the role of the Doctor for seven seasons in a row, which made him the actor who served longest in that part.
A change of course
In January 2006, BT Group used Baker's voice for a text-to-speech service for landline phones. To build it, he recorded 11,593 phrases that covered every sound in the English language.
Behind the camera
Tom Baker wrote the 2019 novel Doctor Who: Scratchman with James Goss. The book grew out of a script Baker and Ian Marter had written for a Doctor Who film planned in the 1970s.
Tom Baker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor2013 Adventure, Sci-Fias The Doctor (4)/ The Curator
IMDb rating 9.321K votes
Most often with
Three actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
William Hartnell's page
Patrick Troughton's page
Jon Pertwee's page
Peter Davison's page
David Tennant's page
Mila Kunis's page
Also two films together3 more actors
- Peter CapaldiDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015) and Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
- Janet SuzmanThe Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) and Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
- Robin NedwellThe Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) and The Vault of Horror (1973)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.