Scott Bakula

Career timeline

1. 1954 · Born

   Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

2. 1986 · Screen debut

   Matlock (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

4. 1989 · Directing debut

   Quantum Leap (TV)

5. 2014 · First production

   NCIS: New Orleans (TV)

6. 2023 · Latest release

   Divinity (Movie)

Career in numbers

10 1980s

23 1990s

19 2000s

18 2010s

2 2020s

• Drama37
• Comedy35
• Tv Movie14
• Romance11
• Thriller10
• Science Fiction8

Highest-rated title Only Murders in the Building 2021 8.4 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Scott Bakula in our catalogue.

Peter Baldwin

3 titles together

Rob Lieberman

2 titles together

Donald P. Bellisario

2 titles together

David Steinberg

2 titles together

John Hoffman

2 titles together

Richard Belzer

2 titles together

Mario Yedidia

2 titles together

Richard Thomas

2 titles together

Sam Robards

2 titles together

Paul Shapiro

2 titles together

1. 2023 Divinity as Sterling 5.1 Movie
2. 2021 Only Murders in the Building as Scott Bakula 8.4 TV
3. 2019 What We Do in the Shadows as Scott Bakula 8.0 TV
4. 2017 Basmati Blues as Eric 4.0 Movie
5. 2016 Summertime as padre di Paul 6.3 Movie
6. 2016 Me Him Her as Mr. Ehrlick 4.8 Movie
7. 2014 NCIS: New Orleans as Dwayne Pride 7.3 TV
8. 2014 Star Trek: Enterprise - Storm Front as Capt. Jonathan Archer Movie
9. 2014 Star Trek: Enterprise - In a Mirror, Darkly as Cmdr. Jonathan Archer Movie
10. 2014 Elsa & Fred as Raymond 6.0 Movie
11. 2014 Sleep Cycle as Insomniac #2 Movie
12. 2014 Caper as Pete Blue TV
13. 2014 Looking as Lynn 7.5 TV
14. 2013 Star Trek: Enterprise - In Conversation: The First Crew Movie
15. 2013 Behind the Candelabra as Bob Black 6.6 Movie
16. 2013 Geography Club as Carl Land 6.2 Movie
17. 2013 Star Trek: Enterprise - Shockwave as Capt. Jonathan Archer Movie
18. 2013 Enter the Dangerous Mind as Kevin 4.7 Movie
19. 2013 NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder People as Referee Movie
20. 2011 Source Code as Colter's Father (voice) 7.3 Movie
21. 2009 Men of a Certain Age as Terry Elliott 7.7 TV
22. 2009 The Informant! as Brian Shepard 6.2 Movie
23. 2007 Chuck as Steve Bartowski 7.7 TV
24. 2007 Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke as John Minger 4.9 Movie
25. 2006 The New Adventures of Old Christine as Jeff Hunter 7.2 TV
26. 2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Scott Bakula 8.3 TV
27. 2004 Desperate Housewives as Trip Weston 7.9 TV
28. 2004 Boston Legal as Jack Ross 8.0 TV
29. 2003 NCIS as Dwayne Pride 7.6 TV
30. 2002 Role of a Lifetime as Bobby Cellini / Buck Steele Movie
31. 2001 Life as a House as Officer Kurt Walker 7.1 Movie
32. 2001 What Girls Learn as Nick Movie
33. 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise as Jonathan Archer 7.5 TV
34. 2001 A Girl Thing as Paul Morgan TV
35. 2000 Papa's Angels as Grins Jenkins Movie
36. 2000 The Trial of Old Drum as George Graham Vest Movie
37. 2000 Above Suspicion as James Stockton Movie
38. 2000 Luminarias Movie
39. 2000 In the Name of the People as John Burke Movie
40. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kent Webster 8.0 TV
41. 1999 American Beauty as Jim Olmeyer 8.0 Movie
42. 1999 Mean Streak as Lou Mattoni Movie
43. 1999 Netforce as Alex Michaels TV
44. 1999 NetForce as Alex Michaels 4.9 Movie
45. 1999 Family Guy as Scott Bakula 7.4 TV
46. 1998 Major League: Back to the Minors as Gus Cantrell 5.0 Movie
47. 1997 Cats Don't Dance as Danny (voice) 7.2 Movie
48. 1996 The Bachelor's Baby as Jake Henry Movie
49. 1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Mr. Smith TV
50. 1995 The Invaders as Nolan Wood Movie
51. 1995 The Invaders as Nolan Wood TV
52. 1995 Lord of Illusions as Harry D'Amour 5.9 Movie
53. 1995 My Family as David Ronconi 7.4 Movie
54. 1995 Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall as J. Bowden Hapgood Movie
55. 1994 A Passion to Kill as David Movie
56. 1994 Nowhere to Hide as Kevin Nicholas Movie
57. 1994 Color of Night as Dr. Bob 5.8 Movie
58. 1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 as Jay Parkins Movie
59. 1992 In the Shadow of a Killer as Det. David Mitchell Movie
60. 1991 Necessary Roughness as Paul Blake 5.5 Movie
61. 1990 Sibling Rivalry as Harry Turner 5.2 Movie
62. 1990 Dream On as Aaron Hernick, Kidnapper 6.9 TV
63. 1989 The Simpsons as Scott Bakula (voice) 8.0 TV
64. 1989 Quantum Leap as Sam Beckett 8.0 TV
65. 1988 Murphy Brown as Peter Hunt 6.5 TV
66. 1988 Eisenhower and Lutz as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr TV
67. 1987 Infiltrator as Dr. Sanderson Movie
68. 1987 The Last Fling as Drew Movie
69. 1986 Gung Ho as Hunt Stevenson TV
70. 1986 Designing Women as Ted Shively 6.8 TV
71. 1986 I-Man as Jeffrey Wilder Movie
72. 1986 Matlock as Jed Palmer 7.0 TV

1. 1989 Quantum Leap 8.0 TV

1. 2014 NCIS: New Orleans 7.3 TV
2. 2001 What Girls Learn Movie
3. 1996 Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV

1. 2014 NCIS: New Orleans 7.3 TV

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