Scott Bakula
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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.
TV Series
- Dr. Sam Beckett
- Elvis Presley
- Captain John Beckett
- Henry Adams
- Dennis Boardman
- Elizabeth 'Liz' Tate
- Arnold Watkins
- Lord Nigel Corrington
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- Margaret Sanders
- Marty Elroy
- John Beckett
- Willie Walters
- Larry Stanton III
- Deputy Sheriff Will Kinman
- Sheriff Clayton Fuller
- Jimmy LaMotta
- Max Stoddard
- Leon Stiles
- Ronald Miller
- Nikos Stathatos
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Ensign Al 'Bingo' Calavicci
- Davey Parker
- Dr. Dale Conway
- Kyle Hart
- Max Greenman
- Roberto Gutierrez
- Eddie Brackett
- Cheree
- Tyler Means
- Dylan Powell
- Tommy York
- Joe Thurlow
- Chance Cole
- Billy Beaumont
- Detective Jack Stone
- Bobo
- Katie McBain
- Frank Bianca
- Clyde
- Sheriff Archie Necaise
- Lester Fuller
- Sam Bederman
- Eddie Elroy
- Terry 'Nikolai Russkie' Sammis
- Jesus Ortega
- Gordon O'Reilly
- Geoffrey 'Tonic' Mole
- Gilbert LaBonte
- Joey DeNardo
- Chuck Danner
- Rod 'Rod the Bod' McCarty
- Kenny 'Future Boy' Sharp
- Billie Jean Crockett
- Butchie Rickett
- Reginald Pearson
- Shane 'Funny Bone' Thomas
- Harry Spontini
- Ray Harper
- Darlene Monty
- Joshua Rey
- Karl Granson
- Father Frank Pistano
- Herbert 'Magic' Williams
- Detective Jake Rawlins
- Phillip Dumont
- Buster
- Victor Panzini
- Charlie 'Black Magic' Walters
- Melvin Spooner
- George Washakie
- Peter Langley
- Eddie Vega
- Linda Bruckner
- Knut 'Wild Thing' Wileton
- Dr. Timothy Mintz
- Ray Hutton
- Leonard Dancey
- Rabbi David Basch
- Chick Howell
- Andrew Ross
- Samantha Stormer
- Charles Lee MacKenzie
- Chad Stone
- Lieutenant Tom McBride
- Nick Allen
- Cameron Wilson
- Jesse Tyler
- Frankie La Palma
- Geno Frascotti
- Dr. Daniel Young
- Clarence 'Kid' Cody
- Dr. Gerald Bryant
- Captain Tom Stratton
- Tim Fox
