Scott Bakula is an American actor, known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television seriesQuantum Leap, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1991 and was nominated for four Emmy Awards. He also had a prominent role as Captain Jonathan Archer inStar Trek: Enterprise. Bakula also guest-starred in seasons two and three of NBC'sChuck as the title character's father Stephen Bartowski, and was a star of the comedy-drama seriesMen of a Certain Age. Bakula currently stars as "Lynn" on the HBO seriesLooking.

Bakula won great acclaim and a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Bob Black in the Liberace biopicBehind the Candelabra.

As of 2014, Bakula is in pre-production for theNCIS spin-offNCIS: New Orleans.

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