Scott Bakula

Premiere: Scott Bakula quantum leaps to the Universal Studios Cinema premiere of Universal's The Flintstones In Viva Rock Vegas in Los Angeles - 4/15/2000 Photo by Steve Granitz

Biography

Born 10/09/1954

Blessed with handsome, yet unremarkable features and a genial Midwestern charm that ideally suited him to the small screen, charismatic Everyman Scott Bakula gained a dedicated cult following as Dr. Sam Beckett, the time-traveling, identity-shifting protagonist of the humanistic sci-fi series...
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Awards

  • In 1999, received Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
  • In 1993, received Viewers for Quality Television Award for Best Actor in a Quality Series
  • In 1992, received Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series

Highlights

  • In 2001, Headed the cast of "Enterprise" (UPN)
  • In 2000, Portrayed death-row inmate who asks the parents of the child he murdered to raise his daughter after his execution in the CBS movie "In the Name of the People"
  • In 2000, Defended wrongfully-accused, sheep-killing, Missouri hunting dog in "The Trial of Old Drum", the first original movie from the Animal Planet network; based on a true story from the 1950s

Family & Companions

  • Krista Neumann: wife (married in 1981; filed for divorce after 14 years)
  • Chelsea Field: mother of Bakula's younger children; met in 1993 when they co-starred in the feature "A Passion to Kill"; also acted together in "The Bachelor's Baby" (CBS, 1996) and "Tom Clancy's NetForce" (ABC, 1999)

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