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Acting

Paul Sparks

Career: Active from 2006 to 2026, busiest in 2016 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 10
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Thoroughbreds
74/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2012 · Won
Boardwalk Empire
Source: Wikidata
Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2011 · Won
Boardwalk Empire
Source: Wikidata

Characters

9

The characters Paul Sparks played, best-known titles first.

Paul Sparks as Thomas Yates

Paul Sparks as James Gordon Bennett

Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle

Paul Sparks as John

Paul Sparks as Steve Schneider

Paul Sparks as John Breem

Paul Sparks as Wacey

Paul Sparks as David Tellis

Paul Sparks as Howard

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Sparks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Wholesome
2.2, average 3.4
Nostalgia
2.7, average 3.8
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Psychological Drama 4
Character Study 3
Slow-Burn Tension 2
Dark Comedy 2
Cringe Humor 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Psychological Endurance 2
Slow Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

First Person Singular

as Peter

A Great Depression

as Mark Turner

2020s

12 titles · average score 62

The Mortuary Assistant

35

as Raymond Delver

The Lowdown

81

TV show · as Mark Sternwick

The Better Sister

70

TV show · as Ken

Eric LaRue

52

as Steve Calhan

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

53

as Mr. Donald Fendler

The Bikeriders

70

as Gary Rogue Leader

Hands That Bind

as Andy Hollis

Giving Birth to a Butterfly

as Daryl

Physical

70

TV show · as John Breem

Joe Pickett

71

TV show · as Wacey

The Lovebirds

59

as Moustache

Human Capital

55

as Jon

2010s

27 titles · average score 69

Waco

67

TV show · as Steve Schneider

Thoroughbreds

74

as Mark

Sweetbitter

63

TV show · as Howard

The Greatest Showman

64

as James Gordon Bennett

The Girlfriend Experience

73

TV show · as David Tellis

The Crown

80

TV show · as Reverend Billy Graham

All the Birds Have Flown South

73

as Stephen

House of Cards

77

TV show · as Thomas Yates

Sparrows Dance

65

as Wes

The Understudy

as Bobby

Person of Interest

75

TV show · as Wilson

Boardwalk Empire

83

TV show · as Mieczysław 'Mickey' Doyle

2000s

10 titles · average score 59

The Missing Person

59

as Gus Papitos

Afterschool

63

as Detective Eclisse

Synecdoche, New York

72

as Derek

Rachel Getting Married

75

as 12-Step Meeting Member

Deception

36

as Detective Burke

Blackbird

41

as Baylis

Brotherhood

70

TV show · as Aaron

Doris

as Hubert

Headspace

46

as Jason

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Keith Durbin

1990s

2 titles · average score 73

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Marty Potter / Marvin Posey

Law & Order

73

TV show · as Paul Luterik