
Scott Bakula
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1954-10-09 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Scott Stewart Bakula · Скотт Бакула · اسکات باکولا
Biography
Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1991 and was nominated for four Emmy Awards. He also had a prominent role as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise. Bakula also guest starred in seasons two and three of NBC's Chuck as the title character's father Stephen Bartowski.
Known For
TV Shows (41)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Kent Webster

NCIS
2003
as Dwayne Pride

Family Guy
1999
as Scott Bakula

The Simpsons
1989
as Scott Bakula (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest

Desperate Housewives
2004
as Trip Weston

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self - Guest

Two and a Half Men
2003
as Jerry

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Scott Bakula

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self

Boston Legal
2004
as Jack Ross

Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - Presenter

NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Dwayne Pride

Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Jonathan Archer

Quantum Leap
1989
as Sam Beckett

Murphy Brown
1988
as Peter Hunt

Matlock
1986
as Jed Palmer

Chuck
2007
as Steve Bartowski

Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Scott Bakula

What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Scott Bakula

The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
as Jeff Hunter

Designing Women
1986
as Ted Shively
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest

Dream On
1990
as Aaron Hernick, Kidnapper

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest

Men of a Certain Age
2009
as Terry Elliott

Looking
2014
as Lynn

The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
as Self

Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
as Self

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1996
as Mr. Smith

Caper
2014
as Pete Blue

The D-Con Chamber
2024
as Self

Gung Ho
1986
as Hunt Stevenson

Star Trek Day
2020
as Self

The Captains Close Up
2013
as Self

A Girl Thing
2001
as Paul Morgan

Hockey Fanatics
2026
as Self

Eisenhower and Lutz
1988
as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr

Netforce
1999
as Alex Michaels

The Invaders
1995
as Nolan Wood
Movies (50)

American Beauty
1999
as Jim Olmeyer

Source Code
2011
as Colter's Father (voice)

Color of Night
1994
as Dr. Bob

Behind the Candelabra
2013
as Bob Black

Divinity
2023
as Sterling

The Captains
2011
as Self

The Informant!
2009
as Brian Shepard

Life as a House
2001
as Officer Kurt Walker

Cats Don't Dance
1997
as Danny (voice)

NetForce
1999
as Alex Michaels

My Family
1995
as David Ronconi

Geography Club
2013
as Carl Land

Lord of Illusions
1995
as Harry D'Amour

Necessary Roughness
1991
as Paul Blake

The Invaders
1995
as Nolan Wood

Elsa & Fred
2014
as Raymond

Sibling Rivalry
1990
as Harry Turner

American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
as Self

The Trial of Old Drum
2000
as George Graham Vest

Luminarias
2000

Summertime
2016
as padre di Paul

Sleep Cycle
2014
as Insomniac #2

Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke
2007
as John Minger

Basmati Blues
2017
as Eric

NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024
as Self

The Last Fling
1987
as Drew

Above Suspicion
2000
as James Stockton

Role of a Lifetime
2002
as Bobby Cellini / Buck Steele

Major League: Back to the Minors
1998
as Gus Cantrell

40 Years of Star Trek
2006
as Self

Me Him Her
2016
as Mr. Ehrlick

A Passion to Kill
1994
as David

In the Name of the People
2000
as John Burke

Enter the Dangerous Mind
2013
as Kevin

United We Fan
2018
as Self

In the Shadow of a Killer
1992
as Det. David Mitchell

Infiltrator
1987
as Dr. Sanderson

Nowhere to Hide
1994
as Kevin Nicholas

The Bachelor's Baby
1996
as Jake Henry

Men, Movies & Carol
1994
as Self
Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory
2013
as Self

Papa's Angels
2000
as Grins Jenkins

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
1993
as Jay Parkins
Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise
2014
as Self
Mean Streak
1999
as Lou Mattoni

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
1995
as J. Bowden Hapgood

What Girls Learn
2001
as Nick

NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder People
2013
as Referee
Star Trek: Enterprise - In Conversation: The First Crew
2013

I-Man
1986
as Jeffrey Wilder
About Scott Bakula
Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1991 and was nominated for four Emmy Awards. He also had a prominent role as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise. Bakula also guest starred in seasons two and three of NBC's Chuck as the title character's father Stephen Bartowski. With 91 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Scott Bakula has appeared in 50 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Scott Bakula Movies
- American Beauty (1999) — as Jim Olmeyer
- Source Code (2011) — as Colter's Father (voice)
- Color of Night (1994) — as Dr. Bob
- Behind the Candelabra (2013) — as Bob Black
- Divinity (2023) — as Sterling
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