Hailing from South East London, Elijah 1st starting acting as a hobby at the age of 14 and began going to Lewisham youth theater located at Catford Broadway. Acting remained a hobby for Elijah until a few years later, when members of The Old Vic theater came to Elijah's Secondary school to hold open auditions for a play they were setting up in partnership with The Imperial War Museum. Backed by Kevin Spacey, It was a play about young men joining the British army in World War 1 and fighting in the Battle Of The Somme. "On The Middle Day", written by Gavin Birch and Directed by Matt Wild.
Elijah won the role of "Archibald Cotton", 1 of the lead characters. The play went on to be a huge success, winning Best Heritage award, which Elijah was chosen on behalf of the cast & crew to except at the National Lottery Awards 2007.
Baker then went on to attend Sylvia young evening classes and it was at this school where he met the founder, "Sylvia Young" , who recommended Baker to her daughters agency. Baker soon landed his 1st role as a guest lead in an episode of "The Bill". Following The Bill, Baker then landed roles in other well known shows such as "Silent witness", "The Sarah Jane adventures" , "New Tricks", "Injustice" and "Phoneshop".
Recent credits include "Vendetta" & "We Still Kill The Old way".
Elijah is hard at work on his Pilot aka Short Film "Dim Squad", which is now in Post Production, as well as Playing the role of 'PM' in Sacha Bennett's New Feature 'Tango One', based on the Novel by Stephen Leather.
