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.

KNOWN FOR

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2018
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2012
The Simpsons
2019
Family Guy
2012
NCIS
2014
Late Show with David Letterman
1995
Desperate Housewives
2012
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2014
Two and a Half Men
2013
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2017
Boston Legal
2008
Quantum Leap
1989

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
95
Directing
1
Producing
4
2026
Hockey Fanatics
as Self
2024
NCISverse: The First 1,000
as Self
2024
The D-Con Chamber
as Self
2024
Only Murders in the Building
as Scott Bakula
2023
Divinity
as Sterling
2021
What We Do in the Shadows
as Scott Bakula
2020
Star Trek Day
as Self
2019
The Simpsons
as Scott Bakula (voice)
2018
United We Fan
as Self
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2017
Basmati Blues
as Eric
2017
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Scott Bakula
2016
Summertime
as padre di Paul
2016
Me Him Her
as Mr. Ehrlick
2014
Sleep Cycle
as Insomniac #2
2014
Elsa & Fred
as Raymond
2014
Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise
as Self
2014
Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly
as Cmdr. Jonathan Archer
2014
Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front
as Capt. Jonathan Archer
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self - Guest
2014
NCIS: New Orleans
as Dwayne Pride
2014
NCIS
as Dwayne Pride
2014
Looking
as Lynn
2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
as Self
2014
Caper
as Pete Blue
2013
Star Trek: Enterprise - In Conversation: The First Crew
2013
Behind the Candelabra
as Bob Black
2013
Geography Club
as Carl Land
2013
Enter the Dangerous Mind
as Kevin
2013
Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory
as Self
2013
NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder People
as Referee
2013
Star Trek: Enterprise - Shockwave
as Capt. Jonathan Archer
2013
Two and a Half Men
as Jerry
2013
The Captains Close Up
as Self
2012
Desperate Housewives
as Trip Weston
2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Kent Webster
2012
Family Guy
as Scott Bakula
2011
The Captains
as Self
2011
Source Code
as Colter's Father (voice)
2011
Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
2009
The Informant!
as Brian Shepard
2009
Chuck
as Steve Bartowski
2009
Men of a Certain Age
as Terry Elliott
2009
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
2008
Boston Legal
as Jack Ross
2007
Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke
as John Minger
2006
40 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine
as Jeff Hunter
2004
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2002
Role of a Lifetime
as Bobby Cellini / Buck Steele
2001
Life as a House
as Officer Kurt Walker
2001
What Girls Learn
as Nick
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Jonathan Archer
2001
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
2001
A Girl Thing
as Paul Morgan
2000
Luminarias
2000
Above Suspicion
as James Stockton
2000
Papa's Angels
as Grins Jenkins
2000
The Trial of Old Drum
as George Graham Vest
2000
American Beauty: Look Closer...
as Self
2000
In the Name of the People
as John Burke
1999
American Beauty
as Jim Olmeyer
1999
NetForce
as Alex Michaels
1999
Mean Streak
as Lou Mattoni
1999
Netforce
as Alex Michaels
1998
Major League: Back to the Minors
as Gus Cantrell
1997
Cats Don't Dance
as Danny (voice)
1996
The Bachelor's Baby
as Jake Henry
1996
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Mr. Smith
1995
Lord of Illusions
as Harry D'Amour
1995
The Invaders
as Nolan Wood
1995
My Family
as David Ronconi
1995
Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall
as J. Bowden Hapgood
1995
The Invaders
as Nolan Wood
1995
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1994
Color of Night
as Dr. Bob
1994
Men, Movies & Carol
as Self
1994
A Passion to Kill
as David
1994
Nowhere to Hide
as Kevin Nicholas
1994
Dream On
as Aaron Hernick, Kidnapper
1994
Murphy Brown
as Peter Hunt
1993
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
as Jay Parkins
1992
In the Shadow of a Killer
as Det. David Mitchell
1991
Necessary Roughness
as Paul Blake
1991
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1990
Sibling Rivalry
as Harry Turner
1989
Quantum Leap
as Sam Beckett
1988
Eisenhower and Lutz
as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr
1987
The Last Fling
as Drew
1987
Infiltrator
as Dr. Sanderson
1987
Matlock
as Jed Palmer
1986
I-Man
as Jeffrey Wilder
1986
Designing Women
as Ted Shively
1986
Gung Ho
as Hunt Stevenson
1981
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee / Performer