Chuck Bartowski's dad is cast...

[Temis the Vorta]

Chuck's dad is our very own Jonathan Archer!

Josh Schwartz says he and his fellow Chuck creator Chris Fedak are "huge Quantum Leap fans," and that's how they came to cast Scott Bakula in the role of Chuck's (Zachary Levi) estranged father.
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Bakula's guest arc will coincide with that of Chevy Chase, whose three-episode stint NBC announced earlier on Thursday. Schwartz says the elder Bartowski and Chase's software genius Ted Roark will be rivals, with Chuck caught in the middle, and that we'll see a somewhat different side of Chase in the role.

 

[Michael Chris]

Hmm, interesting.

 

[tharpdevenport]

I guess that's the point in an actor's career when he realizes he's not being case as the young star, but rather being cast as the young star's father, that makes you feel old.

 

[auntiehill]

Um....OK.

Except he really looks NOTHING like Chuck or his sister.

Maybe they take after their mother.

 

[nx1701g]

"You can't be afraid of the wind, Chuck."

 

[RoJoHen]

Um...random!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Um....OK.

Except he really looks NOTHING like Chuck or his sister.

Maybe they take after their mother.

I could see him as Ellie's father. But Chuck? Naw. He must look like mom (so I guess they should cast...Dana Delaney or Katherine Quinlan.)

Cmon people, no gazelles joke yet?

 

[RoJoHen]

^I seriously hope their mother never shows up.

 

[Samurai8472]

"Chuck let me tell ya about this baby gazelle"

SIGH

 

[Michael Chris]

I guess I'm in the minority and think Scott Bakula is a good actor. I just don't think he had such a great time as Archer.

 

[Aragorn]

So it's American Beauty cameo facing off against the idiot who turned down the lead in American Beauty?

 

[nx1701g]

Dad: So you have a government supercomputer inside your brain and you're learning how to use it Son? That reminds me of a trip to Africa when I was a kid. I saw a gazelle giving birth...

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Okay, what's with all of the "gazelle" references?

 

[Aragorn]

One of the really bad speeches on Star Trek: Enterprise was about gazelles.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

^Thanks. I watched all of Enterprise but I guess I blocked most of it out.

 

[EnsignRicky]

I guess I'm in the minority and think Scott Bakula is a good actor. I just don't think he had such a great time as Archer.

Agreed. It makes much more sense that they would have hired him on the basis of Quantum Leap rather than Enterprise.

 

[Infern0]

Alway's nice to see scott, Chuck is a great show, what With Jayne Cobb and now Captain Archer

 

[Skywalker]

Oh, boy!

 

[RoJoHen]

I just told my roommate, and his response was, "Holy shit, that's fucking awesome!"

 

[wellsweb]

"It's not just a supercomputer, Chuck. Her name is Ziggy."