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Biography

Dylan BakerBorn in Syracuse, New York, Baker earned his M.F.A. at the Yale School of Drama, appearing onstage in such Yale Repertory productions as Rum and Coke, Tartuffe, About Face, and Richard III. Baker went on to win a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for his role as ‘Prince’ in the Broadway production of La Bete.

Additionally, he received a Theatre World Award for his work in the Broadway production of Eastern Standard and an Obie Award for his performance in the Off-Broadway production of Not About Heroes. Most recently, Baker received rave reviews for his role in the Off-Broadway production of That Championship Season at the Second Stage Theatre.

On television, Baker has been seen in Tom Hanks’ HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, Stephen Bochco’s courtroom drama Murder One, Feds, Law and Order, Miami Vice, the telefilm Deadly Force, and the mini-series The Murder of Mary Phagan, Mafia Marriage and Return to Lonesome Dove.

In addition to being a charter member of the Drama Department Theatre Co., Baker has enjoyed directing such plays as The Taming of the Shrew, The Importance of Being Ernest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival.