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.

Filmography

• 2023Divinity — Sterling
• Only Murders in the Building — Scott Bakula
• What We Do in the Shadows — Scott Bakula
• 2017Basmati Blues — Eric
• 2016Me Him Her — Mr. Ehrlick
• 2016Summertime — padre di Paul
• Caper — Pete Blue
• 2014Elsa & Fred — Raymond
• Looking — Lynn
• NCIS: New Orleans — Dwayne Pride, Producer, Executive Producer
• 2014Sleep Cycle — Insomniac #2
• 2014Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly — Cmdr. Jonathan Archer
• 2014Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front — Capt. Jonathan Archer
• 2013Behind the Candelabra — Bob Black
• 2013Enter the Dangerous Mind — Kevin
• 2013Geography Club — Carl Land
• 2013NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder People — Referee
• 2013Star Trek: Enterprise - In Conversation: The First Crew
• 2013Star Trek: Enterprise - Shockwave — Capt. Jonathan Archer
• 2011Source Code — Colter's Father (voice)
• Men of a Certain Age — Terry Elliott
• 2009The Informant! — Brian Shepard
• Chuck — Steve Bartowski
• 2007Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke — John Minger
• The New Adventures of Old Christine — Jeff Hunter
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Scott Bakula
• Boston Legal — Jack Ross
• Desperate Housewives — Trip Weston
• NCIS — Dwayne Pride
• Two and a Half Men — Jerry
• 2002Role of a Lifetime — Bobby Cellini / Buck Steele
• A Girl Thing — Paul Morgan
• 2001Life as a House — Officer Kurt Walker
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Jonathan Archer
• 2001What Girls Learn — Nick, Executive Producer
• 2000Above Suspicion — James Stockton
• 2000In the Name of the People — John Burke
• 2000Luminarias
• 2000Papa's Angels — Grins Jenkins
• 2000The Trial of Old Drum — George Graham Vest
• 1999American Beauty — Jim Olmeyer
• Family Guy — Scott Bakula
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Kent Webster
• 1999Mean Streak — Lou Mattoni
• 1999NetForce — Alex Michaels
• Netforce — Alex Michaels
• 1998Major League: Back to the Minors — Gus Cantrell
• 1997Cats Don't Dance — Danny (voice)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith — Mr. Smith, Executive Producer
• 1996The Bachelor's Baby — Jake Henry
• 1995Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall — J. Bowden Hapgood
• 1995Lord of Illusions — Harry D'Amour
• 1995My Family — David Ronconi
• 1995The Invaders — Nolan Wood
• The Invaders — Nolan Wood
• 1994A Passion to Kill — David
• 1994Color of Night — Dr. Bob
• 1994Nowhere to Hide — Kevin Nicholas
• 1993Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 — Jay Parkins
• 1992In the Shadow of a Killer — Det. David Mitchell
• 1991Necessary Roughness — Paul Blake
• Dream On — Aaron Hernick, Kidnapper
• 1990Sibling Rivalry — Harry Turner
• Quantum Leap — Sam Beckett, Director
• The Simpsons — Scott Bakula (voice)
• Eisenhower and Lutz — Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr
• Murphy Brown — Peter Hunt
• 1987Infiltrator — Dr. Sanderson
• 1987The Last Fling — Drew
• Designing Women — Ted Shively
• Gung Ho — Hunt Stevenson
• 1986I-Man — Jeffrey Wilder
• Matlock — Jed Palmer

Appearances as themselves (21)

• Hockey Fanatics — Self
• 2024NCISverse: The First 1,000 — Self
• The D-Con Chamber — Self
• Star Trek Day — Self
• 2018United We Fan — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2014Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise — Self
• The Real History of Science Fiction — Self
• 2013Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory — Self
• The Captains Close Up — Self
• 2011The Captains — Self
• Shatner's Raw Nerve — Self
• 200640 Years of Star Trek — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self - Guest
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• 2000American Beauty: Look Closer... — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• 1994Men, Movies & Carol — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards — Self