Michael Trucco

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Michael Trucco (born Edward Michael Trucco on June 22, 1970) is an actor. A native of San Mateo, California, he attended Junipero Serra High School. The son of a police officer, he was interested in being one himself until college, when he was attracted to theatrical performance. 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. He changed majors and completed his bachelors degree in Theatre Arts at the University of Santa Clara.

Trucco became active in television in the late 1990s with appearances in episodes of popular series including Touched by an Angel, Silk Stalkings, Beverly Hills 90210, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, and Pensacola: Wings of Gold among others. He continued appearing in shows of similar genres like CSI, Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled, Heartbeart, Strong Medicine, CSI: Miami, and others into the 2000s. His latest TV efforts consist of several episodes as Cooper Lee in One Tree Hill, and his current role as Samuel Anders on Battlestar Galactica. Recently, Trucco has gained somewhat of an internet following, supporting him in the role of Superman in either the next Superman film or the Justice League film.

Trucco is also the lead guitarist of the band Simpleworld and is engaged to actress Sandra Hess.

1 Car accident
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Car accident

On Sunday 2 December 2007, Trucco was involved in a car accident with a friend while driving a Ferrari 360 on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. 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 feelings 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 UCLA Medical Center for successful surgery. Dr. Arya Nick Shamie and his team of surgeons were able to fuse his C-6 and C-7 vertebrae to his C-5 vertebrae.

As of 10 December 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.^[1]