Scott Bakula Movies
Best known for portraying time traveler Dr. Sam Beckett in the popular sci-fi series Quantum Leap, Scott Bakula is also a noted Broadway actor and occasional movie star, though it is in the last venue that he has had the least amount of success. The son of a musician, Bakula is said to have started his own rock band when he was in the fourth grade. He also sang with the St. Louis Symphony before attending the University of Kansas. Bakula launched his acting career as a teen in regional theater and as a stage actor specializes in musical comedy. He made his Broadway debut in 1983 in Marilyn: An American Fable. He started showing up regularly on television as a guest star on such series as My Sister Sam and Designing Women during the 1980s. In 1986, Bakula starred in an unsuccessful television series, Gung Ho! Two years later he headlined another unsuccessful one, Eisenhower and Lutz. In 1988, Bakula was nominated for a Tony for his work in Romance, Romance. The following year, he was cast in Quantum Leap and has since gained a cult following; in 1992, he won a Golden Globe and was nominated four more times. Bakula was also nominated for a quartet of Emmys. Bakula made his feature-film debut starring opposite Kirstie Alley in Sibling Rivalry (1990). Other notable film appearances include L.A. Story (1991) and My Family/Mi Familia (1995). In 1993, Bakula had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown as a love interest of Candice Bergen. He has also appeared in a number of television movies and in 1996, he had a stint in another short-lived series, Mr. and Mrs. Smith.Though he worked steadily in movies, television turned out to be his next great success when, in 2001, he took the part of Capt. Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise, a program that lasted four seasons.
In 2009 Bakula would star alongside Ray Romano and Andre Braugher in the well-respected comedy/drama series Men of a Certain Age, and landed in one of the best films of his career, Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!.
~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Years after her family's pizza parlor was burned to the ground by an out of control arsonist, a girl does her best to overcome her childhood trauma by becoming a seasoned arson investigator in this thriller starring Scott Bakula and Alicia Witt. But some careers are more dangerous than others, and when a madman emerges from the flames to terrorize the respected investigator it begins to appear as if her infernal destiny may have been sealed as a young girl. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alicia Witt, Matthew Settle, (more)
- 2004
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Industry rumors were flying in 2004 that the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise would be its last. Whether true or not, the cast and production crew proceeded with such enthusiasm and confidence that one would think the series had been renewed for the next ten years! The time frame is still the mid-22nd century, and the central setting remains the Enterprise NX-01, Earth's very first Warp Five starship. As ever, the ship's skipper is the bold and adventuresome Capt. Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula), while numbering among the crew are sexy Vulcan science officer T'Pol (Jolene Blalock), resourceful chief engineer Trip (Connor Trinneer), haughty British munitions expert Malcolm (Dominic Keating), helmsman and space-travel vet Travis (Anthony "A.T." Montgomery), brainy communications officer Hoshi (Linda Park), and ebullient Denobulan doctor Phlox (John Billingsley). Season four begins with a two-part time-travel episode, as Archer and the crew are catapulted back to World War II, the outcome of which may be negatively altered by the ongoing Temporal Cold War (as established in season one). Things take a upbeat turn when, after a double victory in space, the crew returns to a hero's welcome on Earth -- but is all this hero worship a good thing, or has rampaging xenophobia reared its ugly head? And in later development, a criminal left over from the dreaded Eugenics Wars is back in business, and the results may spell the end of humankind.
Devotees of the original Star Trek and its spin-offs will, as in previous seasons, enjoy the subtle references to things to come in future decades. Especially worth noting is a midseason three-part story arc which has a direct relation to the classic Star Trek episode "Amok Time." In addition, several significant guest stars show up in the roles that have made them famous (or rather, will make them famous if one accepts the premise that Enterprise is merely a prologue). Ultimately, the season concludes as the Vulcan T'Pol receives some important news that will have a major, and very positive, effect on her future (can there possibly be a spin-off series for T'Pol in the offing?) -- but first, the Enterprise crew, and indeed all of Starfleet Command, is challenged by a dangerous, alien-hating isolationist. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Devotees of the original Star Trek and its spin-offs will, as in previous seasons, enjoy the subtle references to things to come in future decades. Especially worth noting is a midseason three-part story arc which has a direct relation to the classic Star Trek episode "Amok Time." In addition, several significant guest stars show up in the roles that have made them famous (or rather, will make them famous if one accepts the premise that Enterprise is merely a prologue). Ultimately, the season concludes as the Vulcan T'Pol receives some important news that will have a major, and very positive, effect on her future (can there possibly be a spin-off series for T'Pol in the offing?) -- but first, the Enterprise crew, and indeed all of Starfleet Command, is challenged by a dangerous, alien-hating isolationist. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, (more)
- 2003
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The Enterprise NX-01, Earth's first Warp Five spaceship, has been in service for a mere two years (2151-2153) as Star Trek: Enterprise enters its third season. Despite this relatively brief time frame, Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his loyal multicultural, intergalactic crew have been assaulted by such hostile entities as the futuristic, genetically manipulative Suliban race, and the fearsome reptilian Xindi, whose villainies extended to a wholesale effort to destroy all humankind. Season three isn't going to be much easier for Archer and company, as they travel deeper and deeper into the uncharted Delphic Expanse in pursuit of the Xindi, who, though they may have been pushed back, are eager and willing to launch their next attack on Earth. In other developments, Archer and company have a prescient encounter with the Osaarian race; a slave named Rajiin (Nikita Ager) proves to be an unexpected nemesis for her rescuer, Archer; a crew of Vulcans confuses T'Pol with their "illogical" and extremely violent and unpredictable behavior; an "ancient" NX-class ship bearing a disturbing resemblance to the Enterprise is confronted by the crew; and an inexplicable time warp projects two of the crewpersons 12 years into the future -- and they definitely don't like what they see. This season's cliffhanger finale brings matters full circle, with Archer and his crew marshaling their combining strengths to prevent the Xindi from making a final -- very final -- assault on Earth, while another threatens looms on the horizon in the form of "The Sphere Builders." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, (more)
- 2002
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Season two of Star Trek: Enterprise finds the titular Warp Five starship from Earth, and its multicultural and intergalactic crew, still intact despite numerous clashes with genetically manipulative Sulibans in the deep space Temporal Cold. But new and even more daunting challenges await the ship's commander, Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula), and crewpersons T'Pol (Jolene Blalock), Trip (Connor Trinneer), Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating), Travis (Anthony "A.T." Montgomery), Hoshi (Linda Park), and Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley) as they boldly go where no man has gone before in season two. This year's biggest crisis is manifested in a deadly attack on Archer's home planet, Earth, by a hostile reptilian race called the Xindi. When it becomes clear that humanity would not be able to survive another Xindi attack, the Enterprise crew must take decisive action -- thereby establishing the cliffhanger that will end Star Trek: Enterprise's second season. Before this happens, however, the crew learns a great deal more about one another than they could have previously imagined. For starters, Archer and Trip are calmly informed by T'Pol that the Vulcans made their first contact with humans as far back as 1957. And in subsequent episodes, Archer must choose between rescuing Reed and placing the rest of the crew in jeopardy in a Romulan mine field; Dr. Phlox deduces that Archer's ever-increasing stress level may have something to do with the man's libido; Travis is perplexed by changes in his old homestead after the death of his father; and Hoshi gets the feeling that her metabolism is out of whack after undergoing her first transporter experience. Also, the crew is given further reason to wonder exactly what to make of the contentious Klingons, whose code of honor is like nothing they've ever seen. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, (more)
- 2001
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The first season of Star Trek: Enterprise may have begun in the year 2001, but it's 2151 A.D. so far as the stars (and the fans) are concerned. Now that the Vulcans have (none too enthusiastically) been persuaded to provide humans with star charts that will permit them to travel through deep space, Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and his crew are ready to climb aboard the Enterprise NX-01, Earth's first Warp Five starship. Loyally serving under Archer's command are attractive Vulcan science officer T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) (who has been sent along because the Vulcans aren't entirely convinced that the humans are advanced enough to handle the job alone); Archer's old pal Cmdr. Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Connor Trinneer), the ship's chief engineer; stuffy British munitions expert Lt. Malcolm Reed (Dominic Keating); interstellar-travel veteran Ensign Travis Mayweather (Anthony "A.T." Montgomery), the Enterprise's helmsman; resident "brain" Ensign Hoshi Sato (Linda Park), the ship's communications officer; and Denobulan doctor Phlox (John Billingsley), who has a working knowledge of virtually every species and civilization in the galaxy. And we mustn't forget the ship's mascot, Archer's pet beagle, Porthos.
No sooner has the Enterprise undertaken its first mission than the crew discovers that they have become enmeshed in the long-running Temporal Cold War, and that they had better keep several steps ahead of a mysterious futuristic, genetically manipulative race called the Suliban. Along the way, the Enterprise personnel have their first major encounters with the redoubtable Klingons and the mercurial Ferengi (though the latter race is never identified by name), the sensitive Hoshi has her first panic attack, the entire crew becomes hostile and paranoid thanks to a hallucinogenic pollen, a rapidly growing alien baby threatens to engulf the Enterprise, the mystery of the "lost colony" Terra Nova is solved in rather disturbing fashion, Trip uncovers a startling secret about T'Pol, and a Suliban subversive manages to insinuate himself onto the ship. Also, fans of the old sci-fi series Quantum Leap should enjoy the episode "Detained," which reunites actors Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. The season ends with the first of Star Trek: Enterprise's cliffhangers, as Archer and former crew member Daniels (Matt Winston) are compelled to travel through time to thwart a deadly Suliban sabotage scheme. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
No sooner has the Enterprise undertaken its first mission than the crew discovers that they have become enmeshed in the long-running Temporal Cold War, and that they had better keep several steps ahead of a mysterious futuristic, genetically manipulative race called the Suliban. Along the way, the Enterprise personnel have their first major encounters with the redoubtable Klingons and the mercurial Ferengi (though the latter race is never identified by name), the sensitive Hoshi has her first panic attack, the entire crew becomes hostile and paranoid thanks to a hallucinogenic pollen, a rapidly growing alien baby threatens to engulf the Enterprise, the mystery of the "lost colony" Terra Nova is solved in rather disturbing fashion, Trip uncovers a startling secret about T'Pol, and a Suliban subversive manages to insinuate himself onto the ship. Also, fans of the old sci-fi series Quantum Leap should enjoy the episode "Detained," which reunites actors Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. The season ends with the first of Star Trek: Enterprise's cliffhangers, as Archer and former crew member Daniels (Matt Winston) are compelled to travel through time to thwart a deadly Suliban sabotage scheme. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, (more)
Stockard Channing stars in this made-for-cable comedy-drama as Dr. Beth Noonan, a female psychiatrist trying to hold her life together as she guides four of her patients through personal turmoil. Lauren Travis (Elle MacPherson), a respected lawyer, finds her sexual identity thrown into question when she discovers she's attracted to another woman, Casey (Kate Capshaw). Helen McCormick (Glenne Headly) is forced to spend a week with her two estranged sisters, Kathy (Allison Janney) and Kim (Rebecca DeMornay) after the death of their mother. Nia Morgan (Lynn Whitfield) is convinced her husband is being unfaithful to her; she hires Rachel (Linda Hamilton) to lure her spouse into infidelity, but Rachel learns that Nia's husband is actually involved with Betty (Mia Farrow), an older and unglamorous waitress. And after Dr. Noonan decides she can't handle the deep neuroses of Suzanne Nabor (Camryn Manheim), Suzanne snaps and takes the doctor hostage, along with three other people. It's a Girl Thing also stars Scott Bakula, Buck Henry, and Bruce Greenwood; it first aired in two parts on the Showtime premium cable network in January, 2001. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Stockard Channing, Elle MacPherson, (more)
An actor long thought to be dead re-emerges under another identity, just as a filmmaker prepares to start shooting his life story. Scott Bakula, Kathryn Morris, and director Anthony Alda -- Alan Alda's brother -- star. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Kathryn Morris, (more)
- 2000
The lingering illness and death of his beloved wife has left young Appalachian farmer Grins Jenkins (Scott Bakula) a melancholy shell of his ebullient former self. As Christmas approaches, Jenkins can find no discernable reason for going on with his own life. But Grins' four spunky and resourceful children not about to let their father wither and die of a broken heartt. Based on a novel by Collin Wilcox Patton and Gary Carden, and filmed on location in Alberta, Papa's Angel was broadcast by CBS on December 3 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 2000
Based on a play by Tim Boland, the made-for-TV drama In the Name of the People stars Scott Bakula as death-row inmate John Burke. Facing execution for the murder of a teenaged girl, Burke's only concern is over the future of his own 13-year-old daughter Lisa (Robin Ann Phipps). Connie Murphy (Amy Madigan), mother of the murdered girl and the unforgiving leader of the activist group which lobbied for Burke's death, finds that there is a curious bond between the soon-to-be orphaned Lisa and Connie's own husband Jack (Richard Thomas), to whom forgiveness and compassion are second nature. The garrulous nature of Richard Leder's teleplay led one TV critic to characterize the film as "Dead Man Talking." In the Name of the People originally aired on February 2, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Amy Madigan, Richard Thomas, (more)
- 1999
Scott Bakula and Leon star in this mystery thriller. An African-American baseball player is having a hot season and threatens to break Joe DiMaggio's batting record. However, one baseball fan isn't so thrilled -- a psychotic racist who has been murdering young black boys and sending their severed thumbs to the slugger, warning him not to break the record of "Joltin' Joe." Soon the FBI and the NYPD are both on the case, trying to catch the psycho before another child is killed (and so the player can finish the season). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Leon, (more)
- 1996
A fun-loving bachelor (with every intention of staying unmarried) suddenly finds himself saddled with a big responsibility after a former flame saddles him with a baby that she claims is his. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Chelsea Field, (more)
- 1996
Peter Hunt (Scott Bakula) drops by unexpectedly while Murphy is laboring throughout the night to finish her latest story. After a brief but chaste encounter with her former lover, an exhausted Murphy falls fast asleep--and dreams that she is standing trial for her "relationship sins" (specifically, her unwillingness to make a commitment). Even more nightmarish is the presence of several of Murphy's ex-flames, including Peter, Mitchell Baldwin (Julius Carry), Jerry Gold (Jay Thomas) and even her onetime husband Jake Lowenstein (Robin Thomas), as witnesses for the prosecution! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1995
While covering a hurricane in Florida, Murphy (Candice Bergen) begins getting a few "warning signs" healthwise. Before long, our heroine is convinced that she is pregnant again. As the inclement weather bears down and the story takes a few unexpected twists and turns, Peter (Scott Bakula) asks Murphy a question that could very well completely change her life. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1995
Murphy (Candice Bergen) and Peter (Scott Bakula) set up a blind date for Frank (Joe Regalbuto), then go out as a foursome to a bowling marathon. Though Frank and his date Linda (Leann Hunley) get along reasonably well, the evening serves primarily to reveal how much Murphy and Frank don't know about each other. And in a related issue, the relationship between Corky (Faith Ford) and Miles (Grant Shaud) reaches the next plateau. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1995
As the Big Day approaches, Murphy (Scott Bakula) and Peter (Scott Bakula) continue postponing their wedding plans--each telling the other that it's because of professional pressures (a story that neither party truly believes). Things come to head when Frank (Joe Regalbuto) throws a bachelor party for Party, complete with strippers...and an unexpected gatecrasher. Meanwhile, the triangular relationship involving Miles (Grant Shaud), Corky (Faith Ford) and Miller (Christopher Rich) arrives at its own peculiar climax. This is the final episode of Murphy Brown's seventh season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1995
If they are not already fans, those who watch this video are likely to discover why hockey is now almost as popular in many American communities as it is in Canada. Listen as National Hockey League All-Star Luc Robitaille describes the general physical training, ice skating and stick-handling drills that all successful players must master. A variety of NHL tricks are demonstrated by such pros as Chris Chelios, Pavel Bure and Mario Lemieux. Various types of equipment are shown so that viewers can better understand how the game is played and what the players are wearing. Even Wayne Gretzky, known to hockey fans as "The Great One" shares a few special tips for playing one's best game. Players, coaches and fans should all be able to learn something new from this video. A side trip to hockey's Hall of Fame is also included. ~ Elizabeth Smith, Rovi
- 1994
When Murphy's "hot" story is shelved, she decides to take a weekend trip to the Caymans with Peter (Scott Bakula). No sooner have they arrived than Murphy (Candice Bergen) receives word that her story is going to be telecast as scheduled. Any dreams of romance between the vacationing couple are quickly shattered when Peter gets a juicy lead on Murphy's story--thereby jump-starting the cutthroat competition that had previously been part and parcel of the Murphy-Peter relationship. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1994
Jim (Charles Kimbrough) suggest that the members of the "FYI" staff serve on the judging board for this year's Humboldt Awards. Murphy (Candice Bergen) is assigned to a relatively easy category, finishes her job in record time, and heads off to a music festival with Peter (Scott Bakula)--only to be hauled back to Humboldt headquarters to sit through a stupefyingly boring series of TV documentaries. As Murphy drives her fellow judges crazy with her grousing, Frank (Joe Regalbuto) faces a separate crisis involving his qualification for a Humboldt...or lack of same. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1994
Scott Bakula inagurates an illicit romance with the very married Chelsea Field. When Field's husband turns up murdered, Bakula can't help but feel that his bedmate is responsible. Should he act upon his suspicions, or just live for the moment? Here's an added wrinkle: Bakula is a psychiatrist. Never entirely predictable, this steamy melodrama contains what used to be called a "wow finish". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Scott Bakula, Chelsea Field, (more)
- 1994
Newly unattached, Corky (Faith Ford) jumps at the opportunity when Miles (Grant Shaud) invites her out to dinner. Though he doesn't regard this as a date, she definitely does. She also considers the invitation as the stepping-stone to a full-scale romance, but the nervous Miles is resistant to such a notion. . .or at least he is when the evening begins! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1994
Returning from Bosnia with a few rather exotic injuries, Peter (Scott Bakula) may or may not renew his contract with "FYI." Though she won't admit it, Murphy (Candice Brown) missed Peter during his absence, and it is she who persuades him to rejoin the "FYI" team. Before long--and against both their better judgments--Murphy and Peter are in the middle of a torrid romance! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1994
Peter Hunt (Scott Bakula) is back, and Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) has got him--for a date. Naturally, Peter anticipates a revival of his torrid romance with Murphy. And naturally, Murphy anticipates Peter's anticipation--but for some reason, she insists upon delaying the Big Moment. This episode earned yet another Emmy award for series star Candice Bergen. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1994
In this thriller, an assassin's threats cause a single mother, her son, and the G-man assigned to protect them to embark upon a desperate cross-country flight. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rosanna Arquette, Scott Bakula, (more)
- 1993
Corky (Faith Ford) is depressed over the prospect of turning 30, and never mind that she's still the "kid" of the "FYI" staff. To alleviate her distress, dashing Peter Hunt (Scott Bakula) comes up with a surefire cure for the over-30 blues. As it turns out, this cure involves a great deal of travelling to a great many faraway places--and, it is implied, a bit of fresh romance for the former Mrs. Sherwood-Forrest. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- 1993
Remember way back when "Political Correctness" was merely a source of humor and not the official doctrine of the United States? In this episode, both Murphy (Candice Bergen) and Peter (Scott Bakula) get into trouble for making on-the-air comments that are labeled "insensitive" by certain special-interest groups. As a result, Miles (Grant Shaud) orders the enter "FYI" staff to attend a cultural-sensitivity seminar...and the results are guaranteed to offend just about everyone!. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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