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Scott Bakula

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Centers on two mysterious brothers, who abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery.
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Scott Stewart Bakula was born on October 9, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Sally (Zumwinkel) and J. Stewart Bakula, a lawyer. He is of German, as well as Czech, Austrian, Scottish and English ancestry. He comes from a musical family. In the fourth grade, he started a rock band and wrote songs for them, he later sang with the St. Louis Symphony. He studied Law at the University of Kansas until his sophomore year when he left to pursue acting. In 1976, he was first hired professionally in the role of Sam in "Shenandoah" and went to New York. After several small roles on television, he starred opposite Dean Stockwell in the science fiction series Quantum Leap (1989). Bakula played Dr. Sam Beckett, a physicist who was trapped by a malfunction of his time machine to correct things gone wrong in the past. He won a Golden Globe in 1992 for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series - Drama for Quantum Leap (1989) and was nominated for a Tony Award in 1988. He also starred in the prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) as Jonathan Archer, the captain of Earth's first long-range starship. Today, he lives in Los Angeles, California and has a farm in upstate New York.
BornOctober 9, 1954
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  • Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys

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Scott Bakula in NetForce (1999)
Scott Bakula and J.G. Hertzler in Quantum Leap (1989)
Scott Bakula in Necessary Roughness (1991)
Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
Jennifer Aniston and Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap (1989)
Jennifer Aniston and Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap (1989)
Jennifer Aniston and Scott Bakula in Quantum Leap (1989)
Scott Bakula and Rob Kerkovich in Pride and Prejudice (2020)
Scott Bakula and Charles Michael Davis in Biased (2020)
Scott Bakula and Rob Kerkovich in Pride and Prejudice (2020)
Scott Bakula in Scott Bakula (2020)
Scott Bakula and CCH Pounder in The Man in the Red Suit (2020)

Known for

Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
Quantum Leap
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TV Series
  • Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Beckett
  • Captain Thomas 'Tom' Stratton
  • James 'Jimmy' LaMotta
  • John Beckett
  • Lee Harvey Oswald
  • Andrew Ross
  • Arnold Watkins
  • Billie Jean Crockett
  • Bobo
  • Buster
  • Butchie Rickett
  • Cameron Wilson
  • Captain John Beckett
  • Chad Stone
  • Chance Cole
  • Charles Lee MacKenzie
  • Charlie 'Black Magic' Walters
  • Cheree
  • Chick Howell
  • Chuck Danner
  • Clarence 'Kid' Cody
  • Clyde
  • Darlene Monty
  • Davey Parker
  • Dennis Boardman
  • Deputy Sheriff William 'Will' Kinman
  • Detective Jack Stone
  • Detective Jacob 'Jake' Rawlins
  • Dr. Dale Conway
  • Dr. Daniel Young
  • Dr. Gerald Bryant
  • Dr. Ruth Westheimer
  • Dr. Sam Beckett
  • Dr. Timothy Mintz
  • Dylan Powell
  • Eddie Brackett
  • Eddie Elroy
  • Eddie Vega
  • Elizabeth 'Liz' Tate
  • Elvis Presley
  • Ensign Al 'Bingo' Calavicci
  • Father Frank Pistano
  • Frank Bianca
  • Frankie La Palma
  • Geno Frascotti
  • Geoffrey 'Tonic' Mole
  • George Washakie
  • Gilbert LaBonte
  • Gordon O'Reilly
  • Harry Spontini
  • Henry Adams
  • Herbert 'Magic' Williams
  • Jesse Tyler
  • Jesus Ortega
  • Joey DeNardo
  • Joseph 'Joe' Thurlow
  • Joshua Rey
  • Karl Granson
  • Katie McBain
  • Kenny 'Future Boy' Sharp
  • Knut 'Wild Thing' Wileton
  • Kyle Hart
  • Lawrence 'Larry' Stanton III
  • Leon Stiles
  • Leonard Dancey
  • Lester Fuller
  • Lieutenant Thomas 'Tom' McBride
  • Linda Bruckner
  • Lord Nigel Corrington
  • Margaret Sanders
  • Martin 'Marty' Elroy
  • Max Greenman
  • Maxwell 'Max' Stoddard
  • Melvin Spooner
  • Nick Allen
  • Nikos Stathatos
  • Peter Langley
  • Phillip Dumont
  • Rabbi David K. Basch
  • Raymond 'Ray' Harper
  • Raymond 'Ray' Hutton
  • Reginald Pearson
  • Roberto Gutierrez
  • Rod 'Rod the Bod' McCarty
  • Ronald Miller
  • Sam Bederman
  • Samantha 'Sam' Stormer
  • Shane 'Funny Bone' Thomas
  • Sheriff Archie Necaise
  • Sheriff Clayton Fuller
  • Terry 'Nikolai Russkie' Sammis
  • Thomas 'Tommy' York
  • Timothy 'Tim' Fox
  • Tyler Means
  • Victor Panzini
  • William 'Billy' Beaumont
  • Willie Walters
Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, and Wes Bentley in American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty
8.4
  • Jim Olmeyer
  • 1999
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Behind the Candelabra
7.0
  • Bob Black
  • 2013
Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Connor Trinneer, and Linda Park in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
Star Trek: Enterprise
7.5
TV Series
  • Capt. Jonathan Archer
  • Cmdr. Jonathan Archer

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Actor

  • Scott Bakula, Stephen Dorff, Steven Soderbergh, DJ Muggs, Michael O'Hearn, Eddie Alcazar, Dean Hurley, Moises Arias, Bella Thorne, Emily Willis, Karrueche Tran, Jason Genao, and Caylee Cowan in Divinity (2023)
    Divinity
  • Unbroken
  • Kayvan Novak, Mark Proksch, Matt Berry, Harvey Guillén, and Natasia Demetriou in What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
    What We Do in the Shadows
  • Scott Bakula in NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
    NCIS: New Orleans
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    • (voice)
  • Stephen Colbert in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  • Brie Larson and Utkarsh Ambudkar in Basmati Blues (2017)
    Basmati Blues
  • Mark Harmon, Maria Bello, Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
    NCIS
  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • Brando Pacitto, Taylor Frey, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, and Joseph Haro in Summertime (2016)
    Summertime
  • Me Him Her (2015)
    Me Him Her
  • Murray Bartlett, Jonathan Groff, and Frankie J. Alvarez in Looking (2014)
    Looking
  • Caper (2014)
    Caper
  • Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer in Elsa & Fred (2014)
    Elsa & Fred
  • Untitled Bounty Hunter Project

Producer

  • Scott Bakula in NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
    NCIS: New Orleans
  • The Boatman
  • Two Cities (2015)
    Two Cities
  • The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015)
    The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014)
    20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013)
    19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012)
    18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010)
    16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Scott Bakula and Elizabeth Perkins in What Girls Learn (2001)
    What Girls Learn
  • Scott Bakula, Jenny-Lynn Hutcheson, Lachlan Murdoch, Kimberley Warnat, and Brandon James Olson in Papa's Angels (2000)
    Papa's Angels
  • Scott Bakula and Maria Bello in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  • The Bachelor's Baby (1996)
    The Bachelor's Baby
  • Prowler

Director

  • Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
    Quantum Leap

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The Informant!
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Personal details

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    • October 9, 1954
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
    • Chelsea Field2009 - present (2 children)
    • Chelsy Bakula
    • Cody Bakula(Adopted Child)
  • Other works
    TV commercial (PSA): Welcoming home USS Enterprise CVN-65 from Iraq war.
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    • 10 Interviews
    • 5 Articles
    • 13 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    The white streak in his hair appeared when he was four years old. He had been helping a neighbor paint, and his mother thought he had gotten paint in his hair.
  • Quotes
    When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test.

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