Portrait of Scott Bakula

Acting

Scott Bakula

Career

Active from 1986 to 2023, busiest in 2014 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
35
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Looking
Looking
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Scott Bakula Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.9, average 2.6
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0
  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    4.3, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Underdog Story 3
  • Feel-Good 3
  • Lighthearted 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Sports Comedy 2
  • Slapstick 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • 80s Sitcom 2
  • Workplace Comedy 2
  • Episodic 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles ยท average score 68
Divinity
Divinity (2023)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sterling

Only Murders in the Building
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Scott Bakula

2010s

17 titles ยท average score 60
What We Do in the Shadows
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show ยท as Scott Bakula

Basmati Blues
Basmati Blues (2017)
GoodWatch score 29

as Eric

Me Him Her
Me Him Her (2016)
GoodWatch score 44

as Mr. Ehrlick

Summertime
Summertime (2016)
GoodWatch score 59

as padre di Paul

NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Dwayne Pride

Looking
Looking (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Lynn

Elsa & Fred
Elsa & Fred (2014)
GoodWatch score 48

as Raymond

Behind the Candelabra
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

as Bob Black

NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder People
NFL Training Video: How Not to Murder People (2013)

as Referee

Enter the Dangerous Mind
Enter the Dangerous Mind (2013)
GoodWatch score 23

as Kevin

Geography Club
Geography Club (2013)
GoodWatch score 61

as Carl Land

Source Code
Source Code (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

as Colter's Father (voice)

2000s

19 titles ยท average score 69
Men of a Certain Age
Men of a Certain Age (2009)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Terry Elliott

The Informant!
The Informant! (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

as Brian Shepard

Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke
Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke (2007)
GoodWatch score 50

as John Minger

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Scott Bakula

Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives (2004)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Trip Weston

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Dwayne Pride

Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Jerry

Role of a Lifetime
Role of a Lifetime (2002)

as Bobby Cellini / Buck Steele

Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Jonathan Archer

What Girls Learn
What Girls Learn (2001)
GoodWatch score 61

as Nick

Above Suspicion
Above Suspicion (2000)
GoodWatch score 53

as James Stockton

In the Name of the People
In the Name of the People (2000)

as John Burke

1990s

23 titles ยท average score 54
NetForce
NetForce (1999)
GoodWatch score 44

as Alex Michaels

Netforce
Netforce (1999)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show ยท as Alex Michaels

Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Scott Bakula

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Kent Webster

Major League: Back to the Minors
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
GoodWatch score 31

as Gus Cantrell

Cats Don't Dance
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

as Danny (voice)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show ยท as Mr. Smith

Lord of Illusions
Lord of Illusions (1995)
GoodWatch score 55

as Harry D'Amour

The Invaders
The Invaders (1995)
GoodWatch score 50

as Nolan Wood

Color of Night
Color of Night (1994)
GoodWatch score 38

as Dr. Bob

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771
Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jay Parkins

Necessary Roughness
Necessary Roughness (1991)
GoodWatch score 49

as Paul Blake

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 66
Quantum Leap
Quantum Leap (1989)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Sam Beckett

The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Scott Bakula (voice)

Eisenhower and Lutz
Eisenhower and Lutz (1988)

TV show ยท as Barnett M. "Bud" Lutz, Jr

Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown (1988)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Peter Hunt

Infiltrator
Infiltrator (1987)

as Dr. Sanderson

The Last Fling
The Last Fling (1987)
GoodWatch score 61

as Drew

Gung Ho
Gung Ho (1986)

TV show ยท as Hunt Stevenson

I-Man
I-Man (1986)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jeffrey Wilder

Matlock
Matlock (1986)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Jed Palmer

Designing Women
Designing Women (1986)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Ted Shively