Paul Sparks

Paul Sparks

Active - 2005 - 2021  |   Born - Oct 16, 1971 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States  |   Genres - Drama, Crime, Thriller

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  • Studied chemical engineering in Oklahoma before moving on to drama at New York University, where he also minored in philosophy.
  • Appeared as an understudy in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out in 2003, but considers his Broadway debut a starring role in a 2009 revival of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, costarring Mary-Louise Parker.
  • Earned fifth Drama Desk Award nomination for Stephen Belber's Dusk Rings a Bell in 2011; his first was in 2000 for Bruce Graham's Coyote on a Fence.
  • Has type 1 diabetes, and ran his first marathon—in 3:52:46, by the way—in New York City in 2011 to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; he's since become an avid runner.