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Scott Bakula

1954 - Today

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Scott Stewart Bakula (; born October 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in two science-fiction television series: as Sam Beckett on Quantum Leap – for which he was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards (winning one) – and as Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise. From 2014 to 2021, he portrayed Special Agent Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride on NCIS: New Orleans. A Tony Award-nominee for his work on Broadway, Bakula starred in the comedy-drama series Men of a Certain Age and guest-starred in the second and third seasons of NBC's Chuck as the title character's father, Stephen J. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Scott Bakula has received more than 8,400,299 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Scott Bakula is the 2,152nd most popular actor (down from 1,849th in 2019), the 3,454th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,086th in 2019) and the 992nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Scott Bakula ranks 2,152 out of 13,578Before him are Hülya Avşar, Tony Musante, John Mills, Marie-José Nat, Elga Andersen, and Bonnie Aarons. After him are Lesley Manville, Gig Young, Sonny Landham, Lau Kar-leung, Teresa Wright, and Yūsaku Matsuda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Scott Bakula ranks 143Before him are Giancarlo Antognoni, Anish Kapoor, Patty Hearst, Luis Arconada, Kim Jung-sook, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. After him are Benoît Sokal, Haluk Bilginer, Branko Ivanković, Brigitte Lin, Simonetta Stefanelli, and Larry Wall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Scott Bakula ranks 3,454 out of 20,380Before him are Andrea True (1943), Tony Musante (1936), Benny Golson (1929), Bonnie Aarons (1979), Madeleine Astor (1893), and Don Alden Adams (1925). After him are Brian Kobilka (1955), Percy Sledge (1941), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephen Curry (1988), Alexander Cartwright (1820), and Gig Young (1913).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Scott Bakula ranks 992Before him are Dolores Costello (1903), Bruce McGill (1950), Julie Harris (1925), Richard Belzer (1944), Tony Musante (1936), and Bonnie Aarons (1979). After him are Gig Young (1913), Sonny Landham (1941), Teresa Wright (1918), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), Jim Davis (1909), and Jonathan Groff (1985).