Tuc Watkins
Watkins in 2010
Born	Charles Curtis Watkins III (1966-09-02)September 2, 1966 (age 58) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
Education	Indiana University Bloomington (BS)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present
Partner	Andrew Rannells (2019–present)
Children	2

Charles Curtis "Tuc"Watkins III (born September 2, 1966) is an American actor, known for his roles asDavid Vickers onOne Life to Live, Mr. Burns inThe Mummy,Bob Hunter onDesperate Housewives, Congressman Roger Harris onBlack Monday, Hank inThe Boys in the Band, Troy onThe Other Two, and Colin McKenna onUncoupled.

Charles Curtis Watkins III was born inKansas City, Kansas. He graduated fromParkway West High School in 1985. He then attendedIndiana University Bloomington where he majored incommunications with a triple minor in theatre, psychology, and French. He has a younger sister, Courtney, born in 1968.^[1]

Watkins started his career with guest appearances on various television series includingBaywatch,Get a Life,Melrose Place, andSisters. He portrayed con-manDavid Vickers on theABC soap operaOne Life to Live from 1994 to 1996,^[2][3] next joining the soap operaGeneral Hospital in the recurring role of Dr.Pierce Dorman from 1996 to 1997.^[4] Watkins went on to star as Malcolm Laffley on theShowtime seriesBeggars and Choosers for its two-season run from 1999 to 2001. In 1999, he made his film debut inI Think I Do, a small budget independent screwball romantic comedy, playing Sterling Scott, the soap opera hunk boyfriend of Bob, played by Alexis Arquette. He followed this with his first appearance in a big studio production,The Mummy as the near-sighted glasses-wearing tomb raider Burns, later guest-starring on television series such asNYPD Blue,Six Feet Under, andCSI: Crime Scene Investigation. After brief appearances in 2001 and 2002, Watkins rejoined the cast ofOne Life to Live full-time from 2003 through 2006, with several short term returns to the show in 2007, 2008, and 2009, returning again on a regular basis beginning in June 2010.^[3][5]Soap Opera Digest named Watkins's David their "Most Entertaining Male Character" of 2008, noting that "Time and time again, David's harebrained schemes and Tuc Watkins's side-splitting performances provide amusement we're always sorry to see end."^[6]

On October 21, 2007, Watkins made his first appearance on ABC's Emmy-winning primetime seriesDesperate Housewives asBob Hunter, a new resident ofWisteria Lane who is a gay lawyer with a husband. He was a recurring character in seasons 4-6 and a series regular in seasons 7-8.^[7]

On November 4, 2007, Watkins guest-starred on theCold Caseseason 5 episode "World's End".

In July 2009, aFunny or Die video calledThe Sentimentalist starring Watkins was ranked number five onEntertainment Weekly's "The Must List", which notes the magazine's ten weekly choices among film, television, DVDs, books, music, and online entertainment for "The Top 10 Things We Love This Week".^[8]

From 2007-2012, he continued his role ofBob Hunter onDesperate Housewives, staying with the show through its series finale on May 13, 2012.

From 2012-2014, he played the recurring role of Pistol Pete on NBC's Emmy-nominated comedy seriesParks and Recreation.

In 2012, he guest starred on several TV series, includingFranklin & Bash as Lance,The Glades as Dr. Brett Denning, andBaby Daddy as Hank.

In 2013, he guest starred onMaron as Jerry,Warehouse 13 as Nate, andAnger Management as Jeff.

In 2014, he played the recurring role of Joe Miller on the MTV seriesAwkward.

In 2015, he played the recurring role of Judge Stephen Schaeffer on the TNT seriesMajor Crimes.

In 2016, he guest starred onIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Scott and onBallers as Jim.

In 2017, he guest starred onEastSiders as Patrick.

In 2018, he played Hank in the 2018Broadway revival ofThe Boys in the Band. It was directed byJoe Mantello and opened in previews at theBooth Theatre on April 30, 2018, officially on May 31, and ran until August 11, 2018. This production, staged for the 50th anniversary of the play's original premiere, starredMatt Bomer,Jim Parsons,Zachary Quinto,Andrew Rannells,Charlie Carver,Robin de Jesús,Brian Hutchison,Michael Benjamin Washington, and Watkins.^[9][10] All of the actors who were in the 2018 production are openly gay.^[11] This production won the 2019Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.^[12]

In 2020, Watkins reprised his role as Hank in theNetflix filmThe Boys in the Band. The film stars the full roster of players from the play's 2018Broadway revival, comprising a cast of exclusively openly-gay actors, includingJim Parsons,Zachary Quinto,Matt Bomer,Andrew Rannells,Charlie Carver,Robin de Jesús,Brian Hutchison,Michael Benjamin Washington, and Watkins. The film was released on September 30, 2020, onNetflix and received positive reviews from critics.

Also in 2020, he began portraying Congressman Roger Harris on season 2 ofShowtime's Emmy-nominated comedy seriesBlack Monday. The series starsDon Cheadle,Andrew Rannells,Regina Hall,Casey Wilson, andPaul Scheer, and follows the employees of second-tier Wall Street trading firm the Jammer Group during the year leading up to "Black Monday", the day when international stock markets crashed in 1987.

In 2021, he began portraying Troy on the hit HBO MAX comedy seriesThe Other Two, starringHeléne Yorke,Drew Tarver,Ken Marino, andMolly Shannon.

In 2022, he began portraying Colin McKenna on the Netflix comedy seriesUncoupled, created byDarren Star andJeffrey Richman. Watkins playsNeil Patrick Harris's ex-boyfriend of 17 years. The series premiered onNetflix on July 29, 2022, to critical acclaim.^[13][14]

Watkinscame out as gay on April 26, 2013, in an interview onMarie withMarie Osmond.^[15][16] In that same interview, Watkins announced he had become a single father in December 2012 by welcoming twins Catchen and Curtis viasurrogacy.^[17][18][19]

Since 2019, he has been in a relationship with actorAndrew Rannells.^[20] The two met the year before while playing a couple on theBroadway production ofThe Boys in the Band.^[21][19] They reprised their roles for Netflix'sfilm version of the show and also worked together onBlack Monday.^[21]

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