Michael Tucci

Born in New York City, Michael Tucci is an American actor who has also taught and directed at a high school. He is best known for playing Sonny LaTierri, a T-Bird, in Grease (1978). On television, he was Gerald Golden, a law student, in The Paper Chase from 1983 to 1986, then Pete Schumaker, a best friend on It's Garry Shandling's Show from 1986 to 1990. He toured for more than three years with companies of the musical Chicago as Amos, Roxy Hart's husband, and appeared in numerous Broadway productions. He also played the Green Apple in Uta Hagen's play Destination. Later he was Norman Briggs, a hospital administrator and friend of Mark Sloan, on the first four seasons of Diagnosis: Murder, and in The Heat (2013) he portrayed the father of the character played by Melissa McCarthy.