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Charles Curtis "Tuc" Watkins III (born September 2, 1966 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American actor.

Watkins, who is of Welsh descent, is the son of Charles Curtis Watkins II, a salesman, a photographer mother. He attended Indiana University.

Watkins started his career with guest appearances on various television series including Sisters (three episodes from 1991 to 1992), Baywatch ("Game of Chance," 1992), and Melrose Place ("Single White Sister," 1993). He portrayed con-man David Vickers on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live from 1994 to 1996, next joining the soap opera General Hospital in the recurring role of Dr. Pierce Dorman from 1996 to 1997. Watkins went on to star as Malcolm Laffley on the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers for its two-season run from 1999 to 2001. In 1999 he made his film debut in The Mummy, later guest-starring on TV series such as NYPD Blue ("The Irvin Files," 2000), Six Feel Under ("Out, Out Brief Candle," 2002), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("Catch in the Cradle...," 2002). After brief appearances in 2001 and 2002, Watkins rejoined the cast of One Life to Live full time from 2003 to 2006, with several short term returns to the show in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Soap Opera Digest named Watkins`s David their "Most Entertaining Male Character" of 2008, nothing 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."
On October 21, 2007, Watkins made his first appearance on ABC`s prime time series Desperate Housewives as Bob Hunter, a new resident of Wisteria Lane who is a gay lawyer with a husband. On November 4, 2007 Watkins guest-starred on the Cold Case season 5 episode "World`s End." In July 2009, a Funny or Die video called The Sentimentalist starring Watkins was ranked #5 on Entertainment 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."

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