Background
He is the son of a police officer, and was once interested in becoming one himself until college, when he was attracted to theatrical performance.
He is the son of a police officer, and was once interested in becoming one himself until college, when he was attracted to theatrical performance.
A native of San Mateo, California, Michael Trucco attended Junipero Serra High School. He changed majors and completed his bachelor"s degree in Theatre Arts at Santa Clara University.
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. Trucco became active in television in the late 1990s with appearances in episodes of Touched by an Angel, Silk Stalkings, Beverly Hills, 90210, Doctor Quinn: Medicine Woman, and Pensacola: Wings of Gold among others He continued appearing in shows of similar genres like Computer Society of India, Heartbeart, Strong Medicine, Computer Society of India: 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 National Broadcasting Company"s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Big Bang Theory. In 2010, he guest-starred on American Broadcasting Company"s series Castle as Detective Tom Demming.
In 2010, Trucco was cast as a series regular in the United States of America Network series Fairly Legal.
He played the recurring character Nate Ryan in the second season of Revenge. Trucco is also the lead guitarist of the band Simpleworld. 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 University of California, Los Angeles 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.