Paul Sparks

Paul Sparks

1971-10-16 Lawton, Oklahoma, USA 33 Credits

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).

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Eric LaRue

Eric LaRue

2025

as Steve Calhan

6.5
Acting

Janice is struggling; she moves through life as if in a haze, unable to let go of her anger and frustration. While her husband has found refuge at a n...

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

2024

as Mr. Donald Fendler

7.0
Acting

When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to f...

The Bikeriders

The Bikeriders

2024

as Gary Rogue Leader

6.7
Acting

After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerou...

Giving Birth to a Butterfly

Giving Birth to a Butterfly

2023

as Daryl

4.0
Acting

After having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a surreal journey as they attempt to track down the per...

Hands That Bind

Hands That Bind

2021

as Andy Hollis

9.0
Acting

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

Human Capital

Human Capital

2020

as Jon

5.8
Acting

Ian begins a relationship with Drew's daughter, who works in the financial sector. The couple gets involved in a tragic accident that will change thei...

The Lovebirds

The Lovebirds

2020

as Moustache

6.1
Acting

A couple experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear th...

Long Way Back Home

Long Way Back Home

2018

as Blundell

6.4
Acting

A man returns to his hometown of Memphis looking for his brothers, who are in trouble with the law. Inspired by the song "Long Way Back Home" by Lucer...

Thoroughbreds

Thoroughbreds

2018

as Mark

6.4
Acting

Lily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of drifting apart. Together, ...

The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman

2017

as James Gordon Bennett

7.9
Acting

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

Buried Child

Buried Child

2016

as Tilden

Acting

Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play in a production by The New Group, directed by Scott Elliott. Dodge (Ed Harris) and Halie (Amy Madigan) try t...

In the Radiant City

In the Radiant City

2016

as Michael Yurley

7.1
Acting

A man must return home to rural Kentucky where he and his family, fragmented and haunted, still carry the stigma of a murder his brother committed 20 ...

All the Birds Have Flown South

2016

as Stephen

Acting

After the death of his overbearing Mother, a sheltered man attempts to win the affection of a degenerate waitress by caring for her terminally ill and...

Stealing Cars

Stealing Cars

2016

as Conrad Sean Lewis

6.2
Acting

A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.

Midnight Special

Midnight Special

2016

as Agent Miller

6.2
Acting

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

Parkland

Parkland

2013

as Harry McCormick

6.2
Acting

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This f...

Sparrows Dance

Sparrows Dance

2013

as Wes

6.3
Acting

A young woman, struggling with agoraphobia, hasn't left her New York apartment or seen anyone in over a year. However, when her toilet overflows, she ...

Mud

Mud

2013

as Carver

7.1
Acting

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family an...

Trust Me

Trust Me

2013

as Ray

5.8
Acting

In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a sche...

The Understudy

The Understudy

2012

as Bobby

Acting

A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price.

Return

Return

2011

as Ed

6.4
Acting

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

Please Give

Please Give

2010

as Blind Date

6.2
Acting

In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in the apartment the couple owns.

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness

2010

as Northampton Police Detective

6.4
Acting

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his...

Afterschool

Afterschool

2009

as Detective Eclisse

5.4
Acting

A prep-school student accidentally films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, then is asked to put together a memorial video.

The Missing Person

The Missing Person

2009

as Gus Papitos

5.6
Acting

John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone h...

Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008

as Derek

7.6
Acting

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 ...

Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married

2008

as 12-Step Meeting Member

6.3
Acting

A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.

Deception

Deception

2008

as Detective Burke

5.9
Acting

As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chanc...

Blackbird

Blackbird

2007

as Baylis

2.5
Acting

In 1990s New York City, teen runaway Froggy is caught in the throes of heroin addiction as she falls in love with a fellow junky, war veteran Baylis. ...

Doris

Doris

2006

as Hubert

Acting

Doris is stranded in a small boat off the coast of a desolate winter beach town. The water is rough and cold, and Doris is in need of immediate medica...

Headspace

Headspace

2005

as Jason

5.2
Acting

25-year-old Alex Borden's chance encounter with a mysterious stranger has found his intellect rapidly expanding, but as the power of his mind grows so...

The Mortuary Assistant

N/A

as Raymond Delver

Acting

Rebecca Owens, a recent mortuary science graduate takes a night shift job at River Fields Mortuary. Initially, the job seems straightforward — embalmi...

The Stalemate

N/A

Acting

A robber and sheriff, out of bullets and far from town, must negotiate their way out of an absurd, unending chase in the Old West.