Paul Sparks
Department: 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).
Known For
Doris
2006
Return
2011
Mud
2013
The Understudy
2012
Sparrows Dance
2013
Trust Me
2013
Blackbird
2007
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
2024
The Bikeriders
2024
Eric LaRue
2025
Please Give
2010
Stealing Cars
2016
Midnight Special
2016
All the Birds Have Flown South
2016
Thoroughbreds
2018
Parkland
2013
The Missing Person
2009
The Greatest Showman
2017
Rachel Getting Married
2008
In the Radiant City
2016
Long Way Back Home
2018
Human Capital
2020
Edge of Darkness
2010
Buried Child
2016
Hands That Bind
2023
The Lovebirds
2020
Synecdoche, New York
2008
Deception
2008
Headspace
2005
Afterschool
2009
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
2023
The Mortuary Assistant
2026
The Stalemate
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A Company of Thieves
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Rooster
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New England Toys
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First Person Singular
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Physical
2021
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Mildred Pierce
2011
Person of Interest
2011
The Girlfriend Experience
2016
Joe Pickett
2021
Get Shorty
2017
The Crown
2016
Sweetbitter
2018
Waco
2018
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
House of Cards
2013
Castle Rock
2018
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Night Of
2016
Boardwalk Empire
2010
The Better Sister
2025
Brotherhood
2006
The Lowdown
2025