Michael Tucci
Michael Tucci is an American film, TV and stage actor, and also a retired high school teacher.
Personal life
Tucci was born in New York City, New York, the son of Minerva D. and Nicholas Tucci, a business executive. He graduated from H. Frank Carey Junior-Senior High School in Franklin Square, New York and C.W. Post College of Long Island UniversityLIU Post, where he was President of local Sigma Beta Epsilon fraternity that had Marjorie Merriweather Post as its honorary house mother and later became a chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon national fraternity.]. He also earned a J.D. degree from St. John's Law School. He is married to a former television network executive, Kathleen, with whom he has two daughters, Kate and Kelly.Career
Tucci is best known for playing the T-Birds member Sonny LaTierri for the 1978 film version Grease. He portrayed law student Gerald Golden in the TV series The Paper Chase from 1983 to 1986. He then played best friend Pete Schumaker on It's Garry Shandling's Show. He also spent more than three years touring with companies of the musical Chicago, performing as Amos, Roxy Hart's husband. He also performed as the Green Apple in the play "Destination" by Uta Hagen. He was also in numerous productions on Broadway.On television, he also played Dick Van Dyke's friend and hospital administrator Norman Briggs for the first four seasons of . He played the father of Melissa McCarthy's character in The Heat.
Tucci was also a teacher and theatre coach at St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge, California In 2014 he directed the school's rendition of We're the Millers starring George Dulcich and Stanko Zovak.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1975 | The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's | Lou | |
| 1975 | Forced Entry | Richie | Alternative title: The Last Victim |
| 1978 | Grease | Sonny LaTierri | |
| 1979 | Sunnyside | Harry Cimoli | |
| 1981 | Lunch Wagon | Arnie | Alternative title: Lunch Wagon Girls |
| 1982 | Pandemonium | Man Leaving Restaurant | |
| 1982 | Chico Marx | ||
| 1998 | Evasive Action | Judge | |
| 1999 | Elevator Seeking | Carl | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | Blow | Dr. Bay | |
| 2001 | Mimic 2 | Dr. Shapiro | Direct-to-video |
| 2013 | The Heat | Mr. Mullins |