Widely known for his role of Samuel T. Anders in the 2004 science fiction TV series Battlestar Galactica, Michael Trucco is an American actor, who had a recurring role as Nick Podarutti in How I Met Your Mother. Pensacola: Wings of Gold was another television series in which Trucco was a part of the main cast, and added to this were TV series like Killer Women and Fairly Legal, his other notable appearances. He featured in movies like Next, and Hush, while his 2017 release includes Stacy Title's The Bye Bye Man.