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During High School Scott played soccer, Tennis and was involved in Theatre. edit »
Scott appeared in the musical Romance / Romance from 1988 to 1989. edit »
While starring in Quantum Leap, Scott appeared in 1 The More You Know public service announcement for NBC. His topic was a teacher tribute. edit »
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. edit »
He appears on the Sandra Boynton's children's CD Philadelphia Chickens, on which he sings "Pig Island". The CD is labeled as being "For all ages except 43." edit »
He adopted his son, Cody, who is born in 1991. edit »
He made his Broadway debut playing Joe DiMaggio in Marilyn, An American Fable. edit »
He was married with Krista Neumann from 1981 to 1995. they had 2 children together. edit »
He is married to Chelsea Field since 1996. edit »
His daughter, Chelsy Bakula, is born in 1984 while he was married to Krista Neumann. edit »
Scott's fourth child, Owen, was born in 1999. edit »
He appeared in multiples Broadway musical productions such as "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and "Fiddler on the Roof". edit »
Scott starred as Tevye in Kirkwood High School's 1973 production of "Fiddler on the Roof". He was a senior at the time. edit »
He starred at the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C, he was the lead character in the Broadway musical Shenendoah, from March to April 30th, 2006. edit »
Scott is known to friends as "Bak." edit »
Bakula Productions Incorporated was set up in 1994 with its current aim to develop feature and telefilms for Paramount Network Television.
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Scott attended the University of Kansas to study pre law and accounting in 1973/1974. He switched to theatre studies halfway through the third semester of his sophomore year in college. edit »
Scott attended Kirkwood High School, St Louis, Missouri, graduated in 1973.
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Scott appeared in the Broadway show "Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down". edit »
Scott appeared in a TV commercial for Folgers Coffee in 1985. edit »
Scott appeared in a TV commercial for Canada Dry in 1984. It was his first television appearance. edit »
Scott appeared in the TV commercial for welcoming home USS Enterprise CVN-65 from Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001. edit »
Scott lives in Los Angeles and has a farm in "up-state New York".
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Scott enjoys attending hockey games; he appeared in ads in the Los Angeles Kings programs in the '90s, and often frequented games there. edit »
Scott sang with the St. Louis Symphony earlier on in his career. edit »
In the fourth grade, Scott started a rock band and also wrote the lyrics for some of the songs they performed. edit »
Scott's father-in-law (Chelsea Field's father) once sold a horse to William Shatner. edit »
Scott's second wife Chelsea Field auditioned for the role of Captain Kathryn Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). edit »
Scott has been directed by James Whitmore Jr. in episodes of three different series: "Quantum Leap" (1989), "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (1996) and "Star Trek: Enterprise" (2001). edit »
Scott has starred in five different series which were cancelled: "Gung Ho" (1986), "Eisenhower & Lutz" (1988), "Quantum Leap" (1989), "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (1996) and "Star Trek: Enterprise" (2001). edit »
Athletic Scott ran the Los Angeles Marathon on March 6, 2005 in 4 hours, 10 minutes, 41 seconds. edit »
The song "Somewhere in the Night", which appeared in an episode of "Quantum Leap", was sung by Scott and can be found in a CD single format. edit »
Scott is the only actor to have two roles included in TV Guide's "25 Legends of Sci-Fi." One entry noted the character of Sam Beckett from "Quantum Leap", while the other entry noted all of the Captains from the various Star Trek series, which would of course include his role of Jonathan Archer from "Star Trek: Enterprise". edit »
Scott has speculated (half jokingly) that Jonathan Archer's middle name is Beckett. This is a reference to Dr. Sam Beckett, the character Bakula portrayed on "Quantum Leap" (1989). edit »
Scott is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. edit »
Scott's last name means "flower". edit »
In 1988, Scott was nominated for a Tony Award for "Best Actor in a Musical" for the production "Romance/Romance, written by Barry Harman. edit »
Scott's daughter, Chelsy Bakula, appeared in the "Quantum Leap" (1989) episode 'Memphis Melody'. edit »
The white streak in Scott's hair appeared when he was four years old. He had been helping a neighbor paint, and his mother thought he had gotten paint in his hair. edit »
Scott appeared on the cover of the March 1995 issue of Playgirl Magazine. In the interview inside, illustrated with several photos of Scott baring his hairy chest, he stated that he wouldn't have a problem doing a nude scene in a movie. edit »
Scott won a Golden Globe in 1992 in the category "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series - Drama" for "Quantum Leap" (1989). edit »
Scott is six feet tall (1.83 m) . edit »

Scott Bakula: (Describing his character Jonathon Archer on Star Trek Enterprise) My guy grew up in the system. His dad was an engineer in the warp-drive project. And worked on developing the warp five engine. So Archer's kind of a brat of the space program. He's a little bit brash. He's a little bit in people's faces. He doesn't like being told what to do per se. He's a great captain, I think. But he's going to make some mistakes. He's very human. edit »
Scott Bakula: We really do have a good time. We are fortunate to have that, You never know in any given situation who you're going to be cast with. edit »
Scott Bakula: Quantum Leap came across my agent's desk and then to me, I liked the material so much I just said, 'Let's do it!' Since then, the worry has always been, 'Will NBC give us enough time to find an audience?' They've been great about it. They hung in there with us last year. They renewed us. We didn't jump out of the gate like crazy this year. What we've done, very slowly and gradually, is build a pretty solid audience for NBC in our Wednesday at 10:00 slot. My past experience has always been not getting support from our network. That's not a problem here. edit »
Scott Bakula: You know, Quantum was always like a marathon, You just tried to get to the end of it... standing! I'm not sure how this is going to be. I've had much more time off already than I had in four and a half years on Quantum. So I don't know how I'm going to feel. I'm not planning anything, but the doors are open - my production company is still moving ahead, and my agency is proceeding like I'm available for work, but at this point in time it's really hard to get a sense of whether there will be the time. We're doing 26 episodes, while I've only done 22 [on Quantum Leap]. That extra month is a lot. And we're not going to have much of a break - we only had a week off between the pilot and starting the episodes. So I don't know about this year. edit »
Scott Bakula: Brannon Braga and Rick Berman were really great about setting this character up, and explaining him to me, selling him to me. They pretty much delivered on that, which doesn't always happen. You know, sometimes you'll be told 'Well, it's gonna be this, this and this,' and you get to the page and it's not there at all and then you're forced to kind of - find it. But they've done a good job of making him pretty dynamic and interesting and with a lot of room to grow! Over the long haul, when you're faced with a series that's hopefully going to run for a while, it means you're not stuck in a corner somewhere with a character you're trying to invent fun things for to do. edit »
Scott Bakula: My feeling is that the networks, they have a lot of people that spend a lot of time and energy looking at the Nielsen ratings. edit »
Scott Bakula: In many respects, I think a lot of businessmen have become highly insensitive to the world, the environment, to everything around them. What are they doing with the millions and millions of dollars they're making? Why don't they give anything back? That, to me, is the height of insensitivity. edit »
Scott Bakula: I like fantasy. I've always been the kind of kid who likes to dream about other things I could be and exotic situations I could be in. I don't know what makes you that kind of person. Some people probably don't have time for fantasy. I probably have too much time for it. edit »
Scott Bakula: (Talking about the perks of being a Starship Captain) I was very excited. I was a huge fan of the original Star Trek, and I'd never even dreamed that I would someday be captain of a starship... I'm a big fan of the future of space programs on this planet, especially if it's a space program that can proceed in a peaceful fashion, keeping weapons out of space. edit »
Scott Bakula: When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test. edit »
Scott Bakula: (Talking about how he got his role of Captain Jonathon Archer)Kerry McCluggage and Garry Hart were both at Universal when I did Quantum Leap. We had a long and very good relationship. My production company was already at Paramount when they approached me. I was excited, but wanted to meet Rick Berman and Brannon Braga and read the pilot script. Once I read that and met with the guys it was kind of a no-brainer in terms of a role to play, a place to work, with great collaborators, and it would keep me at home for the next few years. edit »
Scott Bakula: The great thing about show business is that there's no mandatory retirement age. edit »
Scott Bakula: The biggest challenge for everybody to realize out there is that we're in a very complicated business world and that were all under one umbrella and it's very challenging for everybody to figure out where the priorities lie and where the loyalties lie. edit »
Scott Bakula: On the whole, show business is a hard business in which to be married. edit »
Scott Bakula: Ideally, people find mates with whom they can express both their masculine and feminine sides. edit »
Scott Bakula: I've always been a big fan of time travel, and I'm very into the notion that some day we'll be able to do it. Beam me up! edit »
Scott Bakula: I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know people and their talents, forming relationships. Working in this business, barriers drop and you get into people real quickly. edit »
Scott Bakula: I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity - it is not a level playing field. edit »
Scott Bakula: I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement so that doesn't happen. That is my only - fear - in further space exploration like always, we hope it doesn't get abused. edit »
Connor Trinneer: (Connor Trinneer speaking of his co-stars in "Star Trek: Enterprise") Scott Bakula is just a great guy. He knows how it all works. He's somebody I've already learned a great deal from and I will continue to do that. edit »
Scott Bakula: When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test. edit »