Scott Bakula
Birth Name:
Scott Stewart Bakula
Birth Place:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Profession
Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Director, Music department
Fast Facts
- Won the Q Award for best actor in a quality drama series four years in a row for "Quantum Leap" starting in 1990
- Raised funds to restore the historic Ford's Theater by performing a one-night-only benefit concert, at which he sang various songs from his career
- Made his screen acting debut as Jeffrey Wilder in the "I-Man" episode of "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" in 1986
- Left college to go on a tour of "Godspell" that never happened and decided to move to New York instead, where he made his Broadway debut in "Marilyn: An American Fable" in 1976
- Quote: "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․"
- Quote: "But [actors] really are, at the end of the day, we're nothing without fans․ Nobody wants to make a movie that no one can see ․․․ I've been really, really fortunate to have all these opportunities and these loyal fan pieces that I've done․"
- Quote: "[on "Looking"] "So much information gets overlooked because we're so busy living․ I like being the reflective person who's saying, 'Put the cell phone down․ Let's talk; let's see what we're all doing and get our head out of the computers․'""
- Known for playing Captain Jonathan Archer in "Star Trek: Enterprise" and Dr․ Sam Beckett in "Quantum Leap․"
- Appeared on the cover of a 1995 issue of Playgirl
- Completed the Los Angeles Marathon on March 6, 2005
- Has a white streak in his hair that appeared when he was 4 years old
Awards
- 1990Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 1990Q Award - Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series:Winner
- 1991Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama:Nominated
- 1991Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 1991Q Award - Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series:Winner
- 1992Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama:Winner
- 1992Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 1992Q Award - Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series:Winner
- 1993American Television Award - Best Actor in a Dramatic Series:Nominated
- 1993Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama:Nominated
- 1993Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series:Nominated
- 1993Q Award - Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series:Winner
- 1994Q Award - Specialty Player:Winner
- 1995Q Award - Specialty Player:Nominated
- 1999ACCA - Best Cast Ensemble:Nominated
- 2002Saturn Award - Best Actor in a Television Series:Nominated
- 2003Saturn Award - Best Actor in a Television Series:Nominated
- 2004Saturn Award - Best Actor in a Television Series:Nominated
- 2009OFTA Television Award - Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2013OFTA Television Award - Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries:Nominated
- 2013Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie:Nominated
- 2014ShoWest Award - Ensemble Award:Nominated