Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1945-02-06 (Age: 81)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Michael Tucker
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Tucker (born February 6, 1945) is an American actor and author, most widely known for his role in L.A. Law, a portrayal for which he received Emmy nominations three years in a row. Tucker was born in Baltimore, Maryland and is a graduate of the Baltimore City College high school and Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was close to the American T.V. writer and producer, Steven Bochco, later to create L.A. Law. His acting experience includes early appearances with Joseph Papp and a major stint at the Arena Theatre, in Washington, D.C. He also has worked with Lina Wertmuller, Woody Allen, and Barry Levinson (also from Baltimore). Tucker played Stuart Markowitz in L.A. Law, where he co-starred with his wife Jill Eikenberry. Both he and Eikenberry are active in fund-raising for breast cancer research and treatment. He has written three books, including Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy, which describes his buying a house in a small Italian village and mastering the fine art of Italian cooking. He is the author of "Notes From The Culinary Wasteland" a blog about food, travel and the good life. After meeting artist Emile Norman, Eikenberry and Tucker purchased land from him to become his neighbors in Big Sur, California. In 2008 they produced a PBS documentary, Emile Norman: By His Own Design Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Tucker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography (37)
25 Hill
2011
Cold Souls
2009
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Growing Up Brady
2000
Diner: On The Flip Side
1999
'Til There Was You
1997
Gone in a Heartbeat
1996
On Hope
1994
D2: The Mighty Ducks
1994
For Love or Money
1993
A Town Torn Apart
1992
In the Nick of Time
1991
Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece
1991
