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
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Biography from TMDB.
- February 6, 1945 (81)
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 27 on MovieCove · 50 credits in all
What are Michael Tucker's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 3 · Dark 2
Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 5 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Friend in A Night Full of Rain (1978)
- Shapeshifteras Walter Sharphorn in The Secret Life of Archie's Wife (1990)
- Mentoras Buddy Thornton in Too Young to Die? (1990)
- Heroas Ben Talbot in In the Nick of Time (1991)
- Heroas Mark Hale in Gone in a Heartbeat (1996)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Michael Tucker's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Tucker's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
50 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
East New York(2022)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
25 Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Cold Souls(2009)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
L.A. Law: The Movie(2002)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
The District (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Growing Up Brady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Family Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Judging Amy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Chicken Soup for the Soul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Batman Beyond(1999)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Conrad Bloom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
'Til There Was You(1997)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Practice(1997)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Gone in a Heartbeat(1996)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Tracey Takes On... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Nowhere Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
On Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
D2: The Mighty Ducks(1994)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
For Love or Money(1993)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
A Town Torn Apart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
In the Nick of Time(1991)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Casey's Gift: For Love of a Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Too Young to Die?(1990)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Day One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Mickey's 60th Birthday(1988)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Checking Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
A Family Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Live with Kelly and Mark(1988)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Assault and Matrimony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Tin Men(1987)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Radio Days(1987)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
L.A. Law: Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Goodbye People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Diner(1982)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Vampire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Eyes of Laura Mars(1978)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
An Unmarried Woman(1978)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
A Night Full of Rain(1978)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Network(1976)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 49 titles from 1976 to 2022; peak year 1986.
Biggest box office
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Highest rated
Diner (1982)
Most popular right now
L.A. Law (1986)
Film career
Peak 1986 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1978Screen debut· An Unmarried Woman
- 1994Career best· D2: The Mighty Ducks
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Michael Tucker's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Michael Tucker's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Michael Tucker work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Tucker's MovieCove titles; Jill Eikenberry shares the most, 5.
- Jill EikenberryShared titles: Emile Norman: By His Own Design (2007), Gone in a Heartbeat (1996), The Secret Life of Archie's Wife (1990), L.A. Law (1986), A Night Full of Rain (1978)See all 5 shared titles with Jill Eikenberry
- Eric A. SearsShared titles: D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), Too Young to Die? (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Eric A. Sears