Tuc Watkins

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Biography

Born in Kansas City, Kansas and raised in Missouri, the actor moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to pursue an acting career. Commercial work sporadically followed, and before long he landed an early TV role as Sapphire, a male model who clashes with aspiring Chris Elliot, on the zany sitcom "Get a Life!" (Fox, 1990). Guest stints on "Growing Pains" (ABC) and "Baywatch" (syndicated) followed, before Watkins landed a small recurring role on the NBC …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

Charles Curtis Watkins on September 2, 1966 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Career Milestones

2010

Cast in the title role in the Off-Broadway comedy, "White's Lies"

2007

Joined the cast of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as new resident, Bob Hunter, who moved in with his gay partner

2003

Rejoined the cast of ABC's "One Life to Live"

2000

Starred as God in the Disney Channel original TV-movie production of "Miracle in Lane 2"

1999

Starred on Showtime's "Beggars and Choosers" as Malcolm Laffley

1999

Had a supporting role as bespectacled Mr. Burns in "The Mummy"

1998

Had a recurring role on the short-lived ABC action series, "C-16"

1998

Filmed a role in the independent comedy feature, "The Thin Pink Line"

1997

Played the attractive but vacuous love interest of Alexis Arquette's Bob in "I Think I Do"

1996

Had a featured recurring role as villainous Dr. Pierce Dorman on ABC's "General Hospital"

1996

Guested on the syndicated detective drama, "High Tide"

1995

Starred in the Off-Broadway play, "Fortune's Fools"

1994

Played bumbling schemer David Vickers on the ABC daytime drama, "One Life to Live"

1993

Guested on two episodes of the Fox primetime soap, "Melrose Place"

1992

Debut as a daytime actor on NBC's "Santa Barbara"

Co-founded the theater group The All-U-Can-Eat Players

1991

Had a recurring role on the NBC drama, "Sisters"

1991

Had a guest stint on "Growing Pains" as a trainer; his three line scene was reportedly cut

1990

Played male model Sapphire on an episode of the Fox sitcom, "Get a Life!"

1989

Moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career

Began acting onstage in regional productions