
Paul Sparks
Acting
Biography
Paul Sparks is an American actor. He is known for his role as Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire and for his Primetime Emmy Award-nominated role as Thomas Yates in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards. He has also appeared in the films Deception (2008), Afterschool (2008), The Missing Person (2008), Mud (2012), Parkland (2013), and Stealing Cars (2015).
Born: October 16, 1971
Place of Birth: Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Known For

Hands That Bind
A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.

The Crown
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

Person of Interest
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.

Boardwalk Empire
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

House of Cards
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.

The Night Of
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

The Greatest Showman
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Synecdoche, New York
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Filmography
as Raymond Delver
as Mark Sternwick
as Ken
as Steve Calhan
as Mr. Donald Fendler
as Gary Rogue Leader
as Daryl
as Wacey
as Andy Hollis
as John Breem
as Jon
as Moustache
as Blundell
as Joel
as John "Ace" Merrill
as Howard
as Mark
as Steve Schneider
as James Gordon Bennett
as Owen
as Tilden
as Reverend Billy Graham
as Michael Yurley
as Don Taylor
as David Tellis
as Conrad Sean Lewis
as Agent Miller
as Harry McCormick
as Wes
as Carver
as Ray
as Thomas Yates
as Bobby
as Wilson
as Ted Hobey
as Ed
as Mieczysław 'Mickey' Doyle
as Blind Date
as Northampton Police Detective
as Detective Eclisse
as Gus Papitos
as Derek
as 12-Step Meeting Member
as Detective Burke
as Baylis
as Hubert
as Aaron
as Jason
as Keith Durbin
as Marty Potter / Marvin Posey
as Paul Luterik