SAG-AFTRA Mourns the Passing of Peter Tocco

SAG-AFTRA mourns the loss of former National Board member Peter Tocco, who passed away Feb. 7, 2025. Tocco was elected to serve on the National Board from 2013 to 2023.

An actor, singer, voice performer, stunt driver, auto show spokesperson and member of the Michigan Local, Tocco first served as a board member of Screen Actors Guild’s Michigan Branch before becoming the Michigan Local president.

Tocco’s long history of national union service began in 2007, when he served as an alternate on the National Agent Relations Committee. Among the other committees he was involved in were the National Financial Core Outreach Task Force, the National Casting Online Taskforce, the National Membership Application Review Committee, the National Voiceover Performers Committee, the National Committee of Locals, the National Professional Representatives Committee, the National Honors and Tributes Committee, and the National Professional Representatives Committee.

His colleagues laud him for his professionalism, friendliness, larger-than-life personality and commitment to the union. Tocco has been a member of the union since 1988. He will be missed.