Scott Bakula
Scott Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor. His most prominent roles have been as Sam Beckett in the science fiction television series Quantum Leap, and as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred with Maria Bello in the short-lived had a recurring role in the sitcom Murphy Brown.
Bakula was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Sally and J. Stewart Bakula, a corporate lawyer. He graduated from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri in 1973. During high school, he was active in soccer, tennis, and theatre. Also during high school, he had the lead roles in Godspell and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at First Presbyterian Church in Kirkwood. He also played Tevye in an Independent Theatre Production of Fiddler on the Roof at Kirkwood High. Bakula attended college at the University of Kansas until his sophomore year. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta while attending the University.
Bakula performed various songs from his career for one night only performance entitled “An Evening with Scott Bakula” at Sydney Harman Hall on January 18, 2008, as a benefit for the restoration of the historic Ford’s Theater. Bakula had three appearances in 2008. He appeared as Atty. Jack Ross in an episode of Boston Legal, “Glow in the Dark”, which aired on February 12, 2008 on the ABC network. From March 4 – April 20 he starred as Tony Hunter in the world premiere of Dancing In The Dark at The Old Globe in San Diego, California. “Dancing in the Dark” is based on the 1950s movie “The Band Wagon” which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. He will also appear as the character Chris Fulbright in the five episode run of the new Tracey Ullman sketch comedy series State of the Union on Showtime; it premieres March 30.
A March 31, 2008 article in Variety announced that Bakula had been cast in the role of Brian Shepard in the movie The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh’s espionage dark comedy thriller for Warner Independent. The movie also starred Matt Damon. Shooting began in May, 2008 in Decatur, IL and the film was released in September 2009.
In April 2009, Bakula began a recurring role on the TV show Chuck as Stephen Bartowski character’s long lost father.
From July 31 to August 2, 2009, he starred as Nathan Detroit in three performances of Guys and Dolls at Hollywood Bowl.
Bakula married Krista Neumann in 1981, and divorced in 1995. The couple had two children, Chelsy (born 1984), Cody (born 1991 – adopted). In 1996, he married actress Chelsea Field, with whom he has had two children, Wil and Owen.
