Scott Bakula

ActorProducerDirector Oct 9 (age 71) St. Louis, Missouri, USA 1956–2024 (68 year career)

6.0 avg rating

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

Film

American Beauty

Jim Olmeyer

Film

Source Code

Colter's Father (voice)

Film

Quantum Leap

Sam Beckett

Film

Star Trek: Enterprise

Jonathan Archer

Film

NCIS: New Orleans

Dwayne Pride

Film

Behind the Candelabra

Bob Black

Film

Life as a House

Officer Kurt Walker

Film

The Informant!

Brian Shepard

Filmography

Acting (91)

Movies (50)

NCISverse: The First 1,000

as Self

Divinity

as Sterling

United We Fan

as Self

Basmati Blues

as Eric

Me Him Her

as Mr. Ehrlick

Summertime

as padre di Paul

Elsa & Fred

as Raymond

Sleep Cycle

as Insomniac #2

Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise

2014

as Self

Behind the Candelabra

2013

as Bob Black

6.6

Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory

2013

as Self

4.5

Enter the Dangerous Mind

as Kevin

Geography Club

as Carl Land

NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder People

2013

as Referee

Star Trek: Enterprise - In Conversation: The First Crew

2013

4.3

Source Code

2011

as Colter's Father (voice)

The Captains

as Himself

The Informant!

as Brian Shepard

Blue Smoke

as John Minger

40 Years of Star Trek

2006

as Self

4.3

Role of a Lifetime

2002

as Bobby Cellini / Buck Steele

4.0

Life as a House

2001

as Officer Kurt Walker

What Girls Learn

as Nick

Luminarias

The Trial of Old Drum

2000

as George Graham Vest

6.9

American Beauty: Look Closer...

2000

as Self

7.4

Papa's Angels

2000

as Grins Jenkins

Above Suspicion

2000

as James Stockton

5.5

In the Name of the People

as John Burke

American Beauty

as Jim Olmeyer

NetForce

as Alex Michaels

Mean Streak

as Lou Mattoni

Major League: Back to the Minors

as Gus Cantrell

Cats Don't Dance

as Danny (voice)

The Bachelor's Baby

as Jake Henry

Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall

1995

as J. Bowden Hapgood

My Family

as David Ronconi

Lord of Illusions

as Harry D'Amour

The Invaders

as Nolan Wood

Color of Night

as Dr. Bob

Nowhere to Hide

as Kevin Nicholas

Men, Movies & Carol

as Self

A Passion to Kill

1994

as David

3.9

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771

1993

as Jay Parkins

3.6

In the Shadow of a Killer

1992

as Det. David Mitchell

Necessary Roughness

as Paul Blake

Sibling Rivalry

as Harry Turner

The Last Fling

as Drew

Infiltrator

as Dr. Sanderson

I-Man

1986

as Jeffrey Wilder

5.0

Television (41)

The D-Con Chamber

2024

as Self

Only Murders in the Building

as Scott Bakula

Star Trek Day

as Self

What We Do in the Shadows

2019

as Scott Bakula

8.0

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

NCIS: New Orleans

as Dwayne Pride

Looking

as Lynn

The Real History of Science Fiction

as Himself

Caper

as Pete Blue

The Captains Close Up

as Self

Men of a Certain Age

as Terry Elliott

Shatner's Raw Nerve

as Self

Chuck

as Steve Bartowski

The New Adventures of Old Christine

2006

as Jeff Hunter

7.1

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

as Self - Guest

6.7

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Scott Bakula

Desperate Housewives

as Trip Weston

Boston Legal

as Jack Ross

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

NCIS

as Dwayne Pride

Two and a Half Men

as Jerry

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001

as Jonathan Archer

7.5

Star Trek: Enterprise

as Self

A Girl Thing

as Paul Morgan

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Kent Webster

Family Guy

as Scott Bakula

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

Netforce

as Alex Michaels

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Mr. Smith

The Invaders

as Nolan Wood

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Dream On

1990

as Aaron Hernick, Kidnapper

6.9

The Simpsons

1989

as Scott Bakula (voice)

Quantum Leap

as Sam Beckett

Murphy Brown

as Peter Hunt

Eisenhower and Lutz

as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr

Matlock

as Jed Palmer

Designing Women

as Ted Shively

Gung Ho

as Hunt Stevenson

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee / Performer

5.9

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self

7.2

Crew (5)

Movies (1)

What Girls Learn

2001

Executive Producer

7.0

Television (4)

NCIS: New Orleans

Executive Producer

NCIS: New Orleans

Producer

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Executive Producer

Quantum Leap

Director