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He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1983 Bakula (having previously appeared as a standby) made his Broadway debut playing Joe Di Maggio in Marilyn, An American Fable . His television debut would consist of commercialsThis article describes the situation in the United States. Other countries have had similar experiences, but most had (and have) major state-funded broadcasters which carry little or no advertising. In many countries television was developed as a cultural for Canada DryCanada Dry is an American brand of soft drinks marketed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. a unit of Cadbury-Schweppes of the United Kingdom. Canada Dry is best known for their ginger ale, but also manufactures a number of other soft drinks and mixers. Although and for de-caffeinated Folgers Coffee .
Bakula also played the lead role as Alfred/Sam in the Broadway musical Romance, Romance and in 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day. he was nominated for a Tony AwardWhat is popularly called the Tony Award but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. Awarded by a panel of approximately 700 judges from various areas of the industr.
His performance in Romance, Romance and his Tony nomination helped him win the lead role opposite Dean StockwellDean Stockwell (born 5 March 1936) is an American actor. Born in North Hollywood, California, Stockwell began his acting career at age 7. Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years. Stockwell has acted in both film and television in the critically acclaimed television series Quantum Leap. In this science fiction series, Bakula played the time traveler Dr. Sam Beckett who was trapped by a malfunction of his time machine that inserts his consciousness into people in the past. His performance in this program would earn him a Golden Globe award (along with three nominations) and four Emmy nominations for best actor. Low ratings for this program caused its cancellation in 1993.
He also played a gay neighbor to Kevin Spacey in the Oscar-winning American Beauty in 1999.
As Captain Jonathan Archer in , Bakula is the captain of Starfleet's first long-range interstellar ship, a ship of exploration converted into a warship in order to defend Earth's interests.
A 'ModernRockPowerPopPunkTrio' from Madison, Wisconsin named Sunspot has written and recorded a song about the actor; sample lyrics include "...played quarterback-ula in Necessary Roughness", "I even watched 'Lord Of Illusions', even though I thought the movie kinda sucked", and the archetypical "Ziggy says there's a 98%... chance that the ending's sad".
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