Scott Bakula

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Recent Role:
Marcus on Men of a Certain Age
Gender:
Male
Born:
10-9-1954
Birthplace:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Birth Name:
Scott Stewart Bakula
Scott Bakula is perhaps best known for his five-year stint on the innovative television series Quantum Leap, which brought him a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama Series, as well as three additional nominations, and four Emmy nominations. He was also honored an unprecedented five times by the Viewers for Quality Television. Today, Quantum Leap remains one of the most popular series in syndication around the world. Plus, a Quantum Leap album features songs Bakula performed in several episodes.

Bakula starred as Jonathan Archer, the captain of Earth's first deep-space

More exploratory starship, Enterprise NX-01, on Paramount's Star Trek prequel series Enterprise. His work on the show has garnered him a People's Choice Award nomination.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Bakula moved to New York in 1976 where he pursued a career on the stage. In 1988 he was honored with a Tony nomination for his starring role in the Broadway musical "Romance-Romance." He had earlier made his Broadway debut as Joe DiMaggio in "Marilyn: An American Fable." His other theatre credits include the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway and Los Angeles productions of "Three Guys Naked From the Waist Down," and the Los Angeles and Boston productions of "Nite Club Confidential."

Bakula has received high praise for his work in a variety of feature film roles including the 1999 Academy Award-winning "American Beauty," as well as "Life as a House" with award-winning director Irwin Winkler. Other films to his credit are "Lord of Illusions," "Major League: Back to the Minors," "A Passion to Kill," "Mi Familia/My Family," "Color of Night," and Paramount's football comedy "Necessary Roughness." He made his 1990 film debut in director Carl Reiner's "Sibling Rivalry."

Alternating between film and television, Bakula has appeared in such recognized series as Designing Women and Murphy Brown, and in the mini-series "A Girl Thing," "The Invaders," and the ABC mini-series "Tom Clancy's Netforce," as well as the telefilms "Mean Streak," "Papa's Angels," and "Bachelor Baby," which he starred in and produced. Bakula also worked on "What Girls Learn," an original telefilm in which he served as executive producer through his BPI Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. He also starred in the independent film "Ghost of a Chance."

His singing ability has afforded him some special opportunities including performances at the Kennedy Center Honors, at Carnegie Hall and at the Hollywood Bowl with Carol Burnett, as well as the animated musical "Cats Don't Dance" as Danny the cat.

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    10 Perfect
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    Quite possibly my favorite actor. I have seen everything he has done from Quantum Leap to Star Trek Enterprise. I hope he continues to show up in enjoyable shows like Major League Back to the Minors and Necessary Rougness.

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    he is a guy that is leaping from life to life and each time hoping that his next leap will be the leap home he is also the captain of the enterprise nx-01 hide show

    Quantum leap is very cool he is funny in star trek he sucked though i hated that show and wished that it doesn't exicst when it was cancelled i wasn't surprised unlike in quantum leap i thought it should have been a longer series the fifth season hade some pretty cool e[isodes in it much better than the second season n n n nn n n nn nn n n n nn n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n

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    Scott Bakula is pretty much an average actor that somehow got his big break on a successful television show and used momentum to swing into a decent film career. My favorite movie that he did was "Necessary Roughness."

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    One of the most talented Actors of today hide show

    Scott Bakula goes from strength to strength. He can sing, and act. His first major break 'Quantum Leap' threw him in to the history books, a scifi show that focuses on Scott Bakulas character. Sam Beckett. A show that ended abruptly. Shooting Down Scott Bakula for a few years. His other Major break, Star Trek:Enterprise, again came as a suprise for his fans, going from quantum leap, to a prequel of the Star Trek phenomenon. His strengths as the Enterprises Captain showed how great his skill couold be used. Unfortunately, as with Quantum Leap, Star Trek was cancelled well before its time. Rumours of a Quantum leap revival have been circulating. Maybe one day, Scott Bakula will finally get Dr. Sam beckett home.

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    10 Perfect
    A talented actor who I'd like to see more of hide show

    Scott Bakula is by far one of my favorite television stars. He's done a couple of movies but in my opinion he just doesn't shine like he does in television. He is the star of two of my favorite TV shows, Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. Aside from always being impressed with his acting abilities, he is known for playing the consummate hero. In Quantum Leap, he leaps from person to person, setting right what once went wrong. As Sam he is always faced with tough decisions but he always does what's right. As Captain Jonathan Archer of the Starship Enterprise, he is also faced with tough decisions as he must decide what is best for his crew and how best to handle situations with other species. His characters are what women want, and what men want to be. With both of these great series at an end, I'd hate to not see him in television again. Come back Scott Bakula and kick some more butt.

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