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Tuc Watkins Biography

Birth Name:Charles Curtis Watkins

Birth Place:Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • Was nominated for two Soap Opera Digest Awards for "One Life to Live" for Favorite Couple and Favorite Return in 2005
  • Won a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Male Scene Stealer for "One Life to Live" in 1996
  • Graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Communications and a triple minor in Theater, Psychology, and French
  • Arrived in Los Angeles in 1989, where he worked on commercials for Miller, Snickers, and the U․S․ Navy and worked part-time as a house painter to supplement his income
  • Performed in regional theater while in college and returned to Kansas City after graduation to be in "Heaven's Hard․"
  • Best known for his role as David Vickers Buchanan in "One Life to Live" and as Bob Hunter in "Desperate Housewives․"
  • Founded a theater group with friends in Los Angeles called The All-U-Can-Eat Players and performed in a number of theatrical productions

Awards

  • 1996Soap Opera Digest Award-Outstanding Male Scene Stealer: winner
  • 2005Soap Opera Digest Award-Favorite Couple: nominated
  • 2005Soap Opera Digest Award-Favorite Return: nominated
  • 2010Gold Derby TV Award-Best Limited/Guest Performance - Daytime Drama: nominated
  • 2013ISA-Best Guest Appearance (Comedy): nominated
  • 2015ISA-Best Guest Actor- Comedy: nominated