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Scott Bakula

Actor

Scott Bakula

Born October 9, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA44 films

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.

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American Beauty posterFirst watchAmerican Beauty19998.0as Jim OlmeyerLester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.View film

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Source Code poster7.3Source Code2011Behind the Candelabra poster6.6Behind the Candelabra2013Life as a House poster7.1Life as a House2001The Informant! poster6.2The Informant!2009Cats Don't Dance poster7.2Cats Don't Dance1997Color of Night poster5.8Color of Night1994Summertime poster6.3Summertime2016Lord of Illusions poster5.9Lord of Illusions1995

Filmography

44 films as actor
  1. 2023DivinitySterling
  2. 2017Basmati BluesEric
  3. 2016Summertimepadre di Paul
  4. 2016Me Him HerMr. Ehrlick
  5. 2014Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm FrontCapt. Jonathan Archer
  6. 2014Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, DarklyCmdr. Jonathan Archer
  7. 2014Elsa & FredRaymond
  8. 2014Sleep CycleInsomniac #2
  9. 2013Behind the CandelabraBob Black
  10. 2013Geography ClubCarl Land
  11. 2013Star Trek: Enterprise - ShockwaveCapt. Jonathan Archer
  12. 2013Enter the Dangerous MindKevin
  13. 2013NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder PeopleReferee
  14. 2011Source CodeColter's Father (voice)
  15. 2009The Informant!Brian Shepard
  16. 2007Nora Roberts' Blue SmokeJohn Minger
  17. 2002Role of a LifetimeBobby Cellini / Buck Steele
  18. 2001Life as a HouseOfficer Kurt Walker
  19. 2001What Girls LearnNick
  20. 2000Papa's AngelsGrins Jenkins
  21. 2000The Trial of Old DrumGeorge Graham Vest
  22. 2000Above SuspicionJames Stockton
  23. 2000Luminarias
  24. 2000In the Name of the PeopleJohn Burke
  25. 1999American BeautyJim Olmeyer
  26. 1999Mean StreakLou Mattoni
  27. 1999NetForceAlex Michaels
  28. 1998Major League: Back to the MinorsGus Cantrell
  29. 1997Cats Don't DanceDanny (voice)
  30. 1996The Bachelor's BabyJake Henry
  31. 1995The InvadersNolan Wood
  32. 1995Lord of IllusionsHarry D'Amour
  33. 1995My FamilyDavid Ronconi
  34. 1995Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie HallJ. Bowden Hapgood
  35. 1994A Passion to KillDavid
  36. 1994Nowhere to HideKevin Nicholas
  37. 1994Color of NightDr. Bob
  38. 1993Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771Jay Parkins
  39. 1992In the Shadow of a KillerDet. David Mitchell
  40. 1991Necessary RoughnessPaul Blake
  41. 1990Sibling RivalryHarry Turner
  42. 1987InfiltratorDr. Sanderson
  43. 1987The Last FlingDrew
  44. 1986I-ManJeffrey Wilder