Scott Bakula
Scott Bakula
Scott Stewart Bakula is an American actor best known for his lead roles in two science-fiction television series: as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap, and as Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth9 October 1954
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
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My oldest son started to like 'South Park' and 'Family Guy,' so we'd watch together so I could spend time with him.
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To be quite honest, I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.
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With any kind of sci-fi, the imagination continues, and the world exists, and you create that in your own mind, and it lives in you.
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By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run.
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'Certainly Men of a Certain Age' was different for me and allowed people to see me in a different light. Maybe that opened up minds a little bit.
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I'm a runner from sports. I've been a runner, but I wasn't a cross-country runner or anything like that. I played a lot of soccer growing up.
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