Paul Sparks
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).
Filmography
Hands That Bind
2023 · 9.0
The Crown
2016 · 8.2
Person of Interest
2011 · 8.1
Boardwalk Empire
2010 · 8.0
House of Cards
2013 · 8.0
The Night Of
2016 · 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0
The Greatest Showman
2017 · 7.9
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 7.6
Synecdoche, New York
2008 · 7.5
Waco
2018 · 7.4
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
Castle Rock
2018 · 7.2
Get Shorty
2017 · 7.1
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
2024 · 7.1
Mud
2013 · 7.1
Mildred Pierce
2011 · 7.0
The Girlfriend Experience
2016 · 7.0
In the Radiant City
2016 · 7.0
Joe Pickett
2021 · 7.0
The Lowdown
2025 · 6.9
The Better Sister
2025 · 6.9
Brotherhood
2006 · 6.8
Sweetbitter
2018 · 6.7
The Bikeriders
2024 · 6.7
Eric LaRue
2025 · 6.5
Physical
2021 · 6.5
Edge of Darkness
2010 · 6.5
Thoroughbreds
2018 · 6.4
Return
2011 · 6.4
Rachel Getting Married
2008 · 6.3
Midnight Special
2016 · 6.3
Parkland
2013 · 6.2
Please Give
2010 · 6.2
Sparrows Dance
2013 · 6.2
The Lovebirds
2020 · 6.1
Deception
2008 · 6.0
Stealing Cars
2016 · 6.0
The Missing Person
2009 · 5.9
Trust Me
2013 · 5.8
Human Capital
2020 · 5.7
Afterschool
2009 · 5.5
The Mortuary Assistant
2026 · 5.3
Headspace
2005 · 5.1
Random Acts of Flyness
2018 · 4.2
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
2023 · 4.0
Blackbird
2007 · 2.0
Rooster
— · 0.0
A Company of Thieves
2026 · 0.0
Liminal
— · 0.0
A Great Depression
— · 0.0
The Stalemate
— · 0.0
New England Toys
— · 0.0
The Understudy
2012 · 0.0
Buried Child
2016 · 0.0
First Person Singular
— · 0.0
King Snake
— · 0.0
All the Birds Have Flown South
2016 · 0.0
Doris
2006 · 0.0