Michael Tucker
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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
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Acting
Movie
Network
as Man at Desk (uncredited)
1976
Movie
The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Gil's Agent
1985
TV
Law & Order
as Defense Attorney Quentin Putney
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Nelson Lehman
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Terrence Putney
1990
Movie
D2: The Mighty Ducks
as Tibbles
1994
Movie
Radio Days
as Father
1987
TV
Batman Beyond
as Watkins (voice)
1999
Movie
For Love or Money
as Harry Wegman
1993
Movie
Diner
as Bagel
1982
Movie
Eyes of Laura Mars
as Bert
1978
Movie
Cold Souls
as Theatre Director
2009
Movie
Tin Men
as Bagel
1987
TV
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV
Hill Street Blues
as Mr. Heidel
1981
Movie
Too Young to Die
as Buddy Thornton
1990
TV
The Practice
as Rabbi Richard Jacobs
1997
TV
Judging Amy
as Judge Jack Feinstein
1999
Movie
An Unmarried Woman
as Fred
1978
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
TV
L.A. Law
as Stuart Markowitz
1986
TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Frank
1985
TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
TV
East New York
as Sy Somers
2022