Michael Trucco
Born Edward Michael Trucco
(1970-06-22) June 22, 1970 (age 42)
San Mateo, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1994–present
Spouse Sandra Hess (2009-present)
Website
https://www.michaeltrucco.com/

Edward Michael Trucco (born June 22, 1970) is an American actor with Italian roots. He is best known for his role as Samuel T. Anders on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica and currently appears as a series regular on the USA Network television series Fairly Legal.

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Biography [link]

A native of San Mateo, California, he attended Junipero Serra High School. The son of a police officer, he was interested in being one himself until college, when he was attracted to theatrical performance. He took a theatre course for non-majors while he was studying Criminal Justice, but he did so well that he was asked to consider changing majors. He changed majors and completed his bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts at the Santa Clara University.

Trucco became active in television in the late 1990s with appearances in episodes of Touched by an Angel, Silk Stalkings, Beverly Hills, 90210, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, and Pensacola: Wings of Gold among others. He continued appearing in shows of similar genres like CSI, Heartbeart, Strong Medicine, CSI: Miami, and others into the 2000s. He played Cooper Lee in six episodes of One Tree Hill from 2005 to 2006.

In 2002, Trucco starred in Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled.

In 2005, he joined the drama Battlestar Galactica in the role of Samuel T. Anders.

In 2008, he guest-starred on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[1] and The Big Bang Theory.

In 2010, he guest-starred on ABC's series Castle as Detective Tom Demming.

In 2010, Trucco was cast as a series regular in the USA Network series Fairly Legal.

Trucco guest starred in an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" in 2011, and will have a recurring role.[2] It is hinted at that Trucco may play a large part in the upcoming seasons as one of the lead characters' potential love interests and potential spouse. One day after the episode aired it was already confirmed that Trucco would play a recurring guest & appear in future episodes.

Trucco is also the lead guitarist of the band Simpleworld. He married actress (and Pensacola: Wings of Gold co-star) Sandra Hess in July 2009; they were wed in Mexico.

Car accident [link]

On Sunday, December 2, 2007, Trucco was involved in a car accident with a friend who was driving a Ferrari 360 on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. The vehicle flipped on an embankment, landing upside-down, impacting Trucco's side of the car. Trucco was badly injured in the accident, fracturing four of his vertebrae, while his friend walked away uninjured. He has stated that he initially lost feeling in his arms. He was eventually able to get out of the vehicle after regaining feeling in his hands and used his cell phone to call for emergency help. He was airlifted to UCLA Medical Center for successful surgery.

As of December 10, 2007, Trucco was out of the hospital and expected to make a full recovery. Doctors said he was extremely lucky, suffering almost the same injury as Christopher Reeve.[3]

Filmography [link]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Lieutenant Tucker 'Spoon' Henry Syndicated American action / adventure drama series
1998 Confessions of a Sexist Pig
1999 Charmed 'Alec', the series' first Darklighter American television series
2001 Ablaze
Knight Club
A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
The Groomsmen
2002 Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled Steven as lawyer Sequel to the Wishmaster film series
Tru Calling American television supernatural drama series
2004 Perfect Romance
2005–2007 One Tree Hill Cooper Lee, Nathan Scott's uncle and Deb Lee's brother.
Played during seasons 2, 3 and 4.
American television drama
2005—2009 Battlestar Galactica Samuel T. Anders: athlete, Caprican resistance leader and later Galactica Viper pilot. American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise.
2007 Next Kendall
2008 Eli Stone American TV series
Man of Your Dreams
The Big Bang Theory David Underhill American sitcom
Law and Order: SVU Eric Lutz (Guest appearance) American police procedural television drama series
2009 V (2009 TV series) John May American science fiction television series
2010 Castle (TV series) Detective Tom Demming (4 Episodes) American comedy-drama television series
Meteor Storm (film) Colonel Tom Young
2011 Fairly Legal Justin Patrick as Assistant District Attorney of San Francisco Television series
How I Met Your Mother Robin's Secret Crush in "Hopeless"
21st episode of the sixth season and the 133rd episode overall.
American sitcom
Psych Guest appearance American detective comedy-drama television series
2012 Young Justice: Invasion Adam Strange[4] American animated series.

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