Michael Tucker

Michael Tucker

  • Birthday: 1945-02-06
  • Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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

Runaway Heart

1990

As Walter

A Town Torn Apart

1992

As Dennis 'Doc' Littky

In the Nick of Time

1991

As Ben Talbot

Too Young to Die

1990

As Buddy Thornton

D2: The Mighty Ducks

1994

As Tibbles

Day One

1989

As Leo Szilard

Checking Out

1989

As Harry Lardner

A Night Full of Rain

1978

As Friend

Assault and Matrimony

1987

As Edgar

The Goodbye People

1984

As Michael Silverman

L.A. Law: Pilot

1986

As Stuart Markowitz

Gone in a Heartbeat

1996

As Mark Hale

Vampire

1979

As Christopher Bell

A Family Again

1988

As Jeremy Foster

Eyes of Laura Mars

1978

As Bert

Casey's Gift: For Love of a Child

1990

As Peter Ctilwell

Cold Souls

2009

As Theatre Director

Diner

1982

As Bagel

On Hope

1994

As

L.A. Law: The Movie

2002

As Stuart Markowitz

Growing Up Brady

2000

As Sherwood Schwartz

For Love or Money

1993

As Harry Wegman

Radio Days

1987

As Father

Til There Was You

1997

As Saul Moss

Tin Men

1987

As Bagel

Your Alcohol I.Q.

1988

As Self

An Unmarried Woman

1978

As Fred

Heart of a Hero

2011

As Bank Manager

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

As Stuart Markowitz

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985

As Gil's Agent

Voices That Care

1990

As Self - Choir Member

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