Originally he worked professionally under the name of George Michael Tucci (see the film "Kennedy"). He adopted his nick name (Mick Tucci) as an actor and a member of AEA, AFTRA and SAG, and as a professional musician and member of AGMA he is known as G. Michael Tucci. George Michael "Mick" Tucci was born in western Pennsylvania, the son of Col. George L. and Mary (Fitzgerald) Tucci. Following graduation from high school, he studied at Westminster College in Sacred Music and Fine Arts... more
Originally he worked professionally under the name of George Michael Tucci (see the film "Kennedy"). He adopted his nick name (Mick Tucci) as an actor and a member of AEA, AFTRA and SAG, and as a professional musician and member of AGMA he is known as G. Michael Tucci. George Michael "Mick" Tucci was born in western Pennsylvania, the son of Col. George L. and Mary (Fitzgerald) Tucci. Following graduation from high school, he studied at Westminster College in Sacred Music and Fine Arts and followed with further studies at the Boston Conservatory of Music in Drama and Music. He has been a longtime member of five professional arts unions/guilds which include Actor's Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Organists, and the Screen Actor's Guild. His acting career has included work on stage, screen, television and radio. He appeared as a background actor and bit player in many films through the years in Boston and during his early years in New York City. He appeared on prime time and day time television (appearing many times on the now discontinued soap opera "Another World"), commercials and industrials and in print, including many years working as a professional hand model. A few years after appearing as a principal actor in the NYU student film of Salvador Carrasco (see The Other Conquest), Carrasco introduced him to Alvaro Domingo (son of opera singer-conductor Placido Domingo). He appeared as principal actor in a short(film)co-directed by Alvaro Domingo and Salvador Carrasco and produced by Placido Domingo. He was featured playing Secret Service attaché George Dalton in the NBC-BBC co-produced mini-series "Kennedy" which starred Martin Sheen, Blair Brown, E.G. Marshall, Geraldine Fitzgerald and John Shea. He also appeared as a police officer in the film "Last Exit to Brooklyn." Off-Broadway he worked with Kathy Bates and Kate Burton at the WPA Theatre in NYC. In the 1990s he partially retired from the acting profession in order to devote more time to music. With strong musical roots and a love of classical and sacred music, his career has spanned over 35 years as a professional in sacred music, and in the classical music field singing with a number symphony orchestras, choral ensembles and opera companies including the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony, the Opera Company of Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, and as a soloist with the Boston Summer Opera. He has sung with the ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera Co at Lincoln Center NYC and in three TV broadcasts of "Live from the MET" in addition to participating in two recordings of Richard Wagner's operas "Gotterdammerung" (a Grammy winning recording) and "Parsifal". With the ensemble of the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center he has sung in productions for at least 20 seasons as well as with the NYC Opera National Touring Company. This also included participation in several "Live from Lincoln Center" TV broadcasts. He has sung with many distinguished ensembles in NYC at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, on stage in Central Park and in many churches in NYC. As a professional sacred musician (singer, organist & music director), Tucci has been engaged with many churches and temples through the years in western Pa., Ohio, Boston and greater NYC. His roots in church music began as a choir boy in grade school and at age 15 as a young organist at his parish church. He began music studies of violin, piano and organ in grade school. As a senior in high school he began organ studies at Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA with Dr. Raymond H. Ocock. His vocal training included studies with Judith Hughes at Westminster College, Lillian Lee at the Boston Conservatory and the late Ray DeVoll at the New England Conservatory. He also received vocal and piano coaching from the late Gladys Troupin and vocal coaching with Jeffrey Brody in Boston. He was the Director of Liturgy and Music for the historic St. Teresa of Avila Parish Church in Brooklyn, New York from 1992 to 2009. St. Teresa of Avila was built in 1874 as the 29th parish in the large diocese of Brooklyn. The church is located very near to the famous Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. He was honored to serve as guest cantor for the televised public memorial Mass at Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City for the late John Kennedy, Junior. He has lived in New York City since 1985.
