Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Actor

Groesbeck, Texas, USA
February 12, 1936

Biography

Joe Don Baker (February 12, 1936 - May 7, 2025) was an American film actor, perhaps best known for his roles as a Mafia hitman in Charley Varrick, real-life Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser in Walking Tall, James Bond villain Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights, and CIA agent Jack Wade in the James Bond films GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

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Representative Works

GoldenEye
GoldenEye
6.9
/ English
Cape Fear
Cape Fear
7.3
/ English
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
6.4
/ English
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
6.4
/ English
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
7.7
/ English
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
6.6
/ English
Mud
Mud
7.1
/ English
The Natural
The Natural
6.9
/ English
Congo
Congo
5.6
/ English
Reality Bites
Reality Bites
6.5
/ English
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard
5.6
/ English
Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt
5.7
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

GoldenEye
1995Nominee

Best Performance

GoldenEye

Cape Fear
1991Nominee

Best Performance

Cape Fear

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997Nominee

Best Performance

Tomorrow Never Dies

Career Highlights

Mars Attacks!
1996Highlight

Best Performance

Mars Attacks!

Cool Hand Luke
1967Highlight

Best Performance

Cool Hand Luke

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