Brandon Baker

Brandon Baker (born April 18, 1985) is an American former actor. He is known for the made-for-television movies, such as Disney movie Johnny Tsunami alongside Kirsten Storms and the late Lee Thompson Young and its sequel Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as well as for his role on the NBC sitcom One World. He also appeared in four episodes of the Disney Channel Original Series, Even Stevens and he voiced Duke Anoi in eight episodes of Disney Channel animated series, The Proud Family.

For the American lighting designer, see Brandon Stirling Baker.

Brandon Baker
Born (1985-04-18) April 18, 1985
Anaheim, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
OccupationActor
Years active1998–2015

Biography

Baker was born on April 18, 1985, in Anaheim, California. He is of English, German, and Filipino descent.[1] Baker lives with his family including his sister, Cassie and his brother, Kullen. He started acting when he was 11 years old after seeing some of his friends going to auditions. At 12 years old, Baker landed his first big break with the starring role of "Mowgli" in Walt Disney's Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story. Baker was invited to the 2007 Disney Channel games after Zac Efron dropped out. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He also starred alongside Jessica Alba in the 1999 movie P.U.N.K.S.

After a six-year hiatus, Baker starred in the 2014 comedy The Formula alongside Reginald VelJohnson and Sasha Jackson.[2]

In 2015, Baker retired from acting and became a wedding officiant at a wedding planning company, Simply Eloped.[3] Brandon made a brief return to the spotlight in 2019 when he guest starred on Christy's Kitchen Throwbacks, a web channel hosted by fellow former Disney Channel actor Christy Carlson Romano.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story Mowgli Direct-to-video
1999 P.U.N.K.S. Jonny Pasiotopolis
2000 Wind River Pantsuk
2014 The Formula Quinn
2015 Up on the Wooftop Accountant

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Cousin Skeeter Noodles Episode: "Tyrannosaurus Wrecked"
1998 City Guys Ernesto Episode: "Big Brothers"
1998–2001 One World Cray Blake 39 episodes
1999 Johnny Tsunami Johnny Kapahala TV movie
2000–2003 Even Stevens Zack Estrada 4 episodes
2001 Boston Public Danny Miller Episode: "Chapter Nine"
2001 Go Fish Sumir Episode: "Go Wrestling"
2003–2005 The Proud Family Duke Anoi (voice) 8 episodes
2005 Campus Confidential Mohktar TV movie
2007 The Unit Teenage Boy Episode: "In Loco Parentis"
2007 Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board Johnny Kapahala TV movie
2013 Instacurity Various 2 episodes

Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Christy's Kitchen Throwback Self Episode: "Johnny Tsunami & Kim Possible Mele Kalikimaka Fried Rice!"

References
  1. Abby West (June 10, 2007). "Catch up with Johnny Tsunami Brandon Baker". Ew.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. Brown, Aly. "IC filmmakers bring Hollywood to town to make The Formula". The Daily Iowan. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  3. "Get Johnny From 'Johnny Tsunami' to Officiate Your Wedding!". Distractify. November 21, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2020.


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