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BIO

Paul Sparks most recently starred in Edward Albee's AT HOME AT THE ZOO.

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STAGE CREDITS

Grangeville Grangeville
[Off-Broadway]
Signature Theatre Off-Broadway Premiere Production, 2025
Jerry
Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot
[Off-Broadway]
Theatre for a New Audience Off-Broadway Production, 2023
Vladimir
Grey House Grey House
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2023
Henry
Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot
[Off-Broadway]
TFANA's Off-Broadway Production, 2021
Performer
Nassim Nassim
[Off-Broadway]
Barrow Street Theatricals Off-Broadway Production, 2018
Guest Performer
Buried Child Buried Child
[Off-Broadway]
The New Group Off-Broadway Revival Production, 2016
Tilden
Pumpgirl
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Hammy
Essential Self-Defense
[Off-Broadway]
2007
Yul
Landscape of the Body
[Off-Broadway]
2006
Captain Marvin Holahan
Bug
[Off-Broadway]
2004
Performer [Replacement]
Take Me Out Take Me Out
[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2003
Jason Chenier (Understudy)
Kippy Sunderstrom (Understudy)
Shane Mungitt (Understudy)
Take Me Out
[Off-Broadway]
2002
Kippy Sunderstrom/Shane Mungitt/Jason Chenier (Understudy)

Movies

Headspace
[ 2005 ] Jon
The Treatment
[ 2006 ] Andre
Blackbird
[ 2007 ] Bayliss
Rachel Getting Married
[ 2008 ] 12-Step Meeting Member
The Understudy
[ 2008 ] Bobby
Synecdoche, New York
[ 2008 ] Derek
Deception
[ 2008 ] Detective Burke
Afterschool
[ 2008 ] Detective Eclisse
The Missing Person
[ 2009 ] Gus Papitos
First Person Singular
[ 2009 ] Peter
Please Give
[ 2010 ] Blind Date
Edge of Darkness
[ 2010 ] Northampton Police Detective
Return
[ 2011 ] Ed
Mud
[ 2012 ] Carver
Forgetting the Girl
[ 2012 ] Tanner
Sparrows Dance
[ 2012 ] Wes
Parkland
[ 2013 ] Harry McCormick
Trust Me
[ 2013 ] Ray
Early Light
[ 2014 ] Ned
Stealing Cars
[ 2015 ] Conrad Sean Lewis
Midnight Special
[ 2016 ] Agent Miller
In the Radiant City
[ 2016 ] Michael Yurley
All the Birds Have Flown South
[ 2016 ] Stephen
Buried Child
[ 2016 ] Tilden
A Bear Lands on Earth
[ 2016 ] Voli
The Greatest Showman
[ 2017 ] James Gordon Bennett
Thoroughbreds
[ 2017 ] Mark
Human Capital
[ 2019 ] Jon
The Lovebirds
[ 2020 ] Moustache
Hands that Bind
[ 2021 ] Andy Hollis
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
[ 2021 ] Daryl
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
[ 2024 ] Mr. Donald Fendler

TV Shows

Boardwalk Empire
Mickey Doyle
House of Cards
Thomas Yates
Physical
John Breem
Sweetbitter
Howard
Underemployed
Guy Doyle

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play

Paul Sparks, Waiting for Godot

Drama Desk Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Paul Sparks, At Home at the Zoo

Drama League Awards - 2018 - Distinguished Performance Award

Paul Sparks, Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2018 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Paul Sparks, At Home at the Zoo

The Lortels - 2018 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Paul Sparks, Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and The Zoo Story

The Lortels - 2016 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

Paul Sparks, Buried Child

Drama Desk Awards - 2011 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Paul SparksDusk Rings a Bell

Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Paul Sparks, Essential Self-Defense


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Drama Desk Awards - 2004 - Outstanding Actor - Play

Paul SparksBlackbird


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Drama Desk Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Actor - Play

Paul SparksCoyote on a Fence

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Juan Castano, Julia Chan, and Ryan Spahn Will Lead Ken Urban's DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY Photo
Juan Castano, Julia Chan, and Ryan Spahn Will Lead Ken Urban's DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY
by Stephi Wild - Feb 11, 2025

​​​​​​​Danger and Opportunity, a new play by award-winning playwright Ken Urban, is set to premiere at a new downtown venue, East Village Basement next month.
Paul Sparks to Replace Brendan Fraser in GRANGEVILLE at Signature Theatre Photo
Paul Sparks to Replace Brendan Fraser in GRANGEVILLE at Signature Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 6, 2025

Paul Sparks has joined Samuel D. Hunter’s Grangeville, a Signature-commissioned world premiere directed by Jack Serio. Sparks replaces Brendan Fraser. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.
Darko Tresnjak to Direct World Premiere of Taylor Mac's PROSPEROUS FOOLS at TFANA Photo
Darko Tresnjak to Direct World Premiere of Taylor Mac's PROSPEROUS FOOLS at TFANA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2024

Theatre for a New Audience has named Darko Tresnjak as director of the world premiere of Prosperous Fools. Learn more about the world premiere and see how to purchase tickets.
Theatre For A New Audience Founder Jeffrey Horowitz To Retire Photo
Theatre For A New Audience Founder Jeffrey Horowitz To Retire
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2024

Jeffrey Horowitz, Founder of Theatre for a New Audience, having led and grown the not-for-profit organization since 1979, will retire on August 31, 2025, at the end of TFANA's just-announced season of Shakespeare alongside plays by classical and contemporary playwrights.
STEREOPHONIC, SUFFS & More Win Outer Critics Circle Awards Photo
STEREOPHONIC, SUFFS & More Win Outer Critics Circle Awards
by Nicole Rosky - May 13, 2024

The Outer Critics Circle, the official organization of writers on New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers and national publications, announced the winners of the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards. Check out the Full List of winners here!
Steve Ross, Paul Sparks and The Burch Family Foundation to be Honored at Urban Stages Photo
Steve Ross, Paul Sparks and The Burch Family Foundation to be Honored at Urban Stages Benefit
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 10, 2024

Urban Stages will present its 40th Anniversary Benefit this month. See who is taking part and learn how to purchase tickets.
Who Else Was Eligible for 2024 Tony Nominations? Photo
Who Else Was Eligible for 2024 Tony Nominations?
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 30, 2024

Nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards were announced this morning, and while a select, talented few will spend the day celebrating their achievements, there are many who (while still great!), didn't get a nomination this year. Check out who else was eligible below and here's to their great work this theatre season!
A Guide to the 2024 Tony Awards Nominations Photo
A Guide to the 2024 Tony Awards Nominations
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 30, 2024

The 77th Annual Tony Award Nominations will be announced on Tuesday, April 30, by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsbery. The announcement can be viewed LIVE in their entirety here on BroadwayWorld.
2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards- Full List of Nominees Photo
2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards- Full List of Nominees
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 23, 2024

Read the full list of 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations! Leading the nominations are Stereophonic and Dead Outlaw.
Photos: Stars Walk the Red Carpet on Opening Night of THE OUTSIDERS Photo
Photos: Stars Walk the Red Carpet on Opening Night of THE OUTSIDERS
by Bruce Glikas - Apr 15, 2024

Broadway welcomed another new musical in The Outsiders, which is now officially open at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for the big day and you can check out photos from the VIP theatre arrivals here.
Recap the Many Plays of THE OUTSIDERS Book Writer Adam Rapp Photo
Recap the Many Plays of THE OUTSIDERS Book Writer Adam Rapp
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2024

The Outsiders marks Adam Rapp's first book of a musical that he has written, but he's no stranger to writing for the stage, having written several plays throughout his career. In honor of Rapp's first musical coming to Broadway, we're taking a walk down memory lane and revisiting some of his plays.
John Douglas Thompson & Nicole Ari Parker to Lead Red Bull Theater's ANTONY & CLEOPAT Photo
John Douglas Thompson & Nicole Ari Parker to Lead Red Bull Theater's ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 21, 2024

RED BULL THEATER has revealed updated casting for the next offering of a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. See who is starring!
TFANA to Present Final Extension Of WAITING FOR GODOT Starring Michael Shannon & More Photo
TFANA to Present Final Extension Of WAITING FOR GODOT Starring Michael Shannon & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2023

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE announces final extension of Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' starring Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks. Don't miss this critically acclaimed production running through December 23.
WAITING FOR GODOT Starring Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks & More Extended at TFANA Photo
WAITING FOR GODOT Starring Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks & More Extended at TFANA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 21, 2023

Theatre for a New Audience, responding to demand, will present a two-week extension of its production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Arin Arbus. Learn how to purchase tickets!
Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Now Accepting Applications for Cycle 2 Photo
Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Now Accepting Applications for Cycle 2
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2023

Rattlestick Theatre, the Terrence McNally Foundation, and Tom Kirdahy Productions (TKP) announced today applications for Cycle 2 of the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld November 16th, 2023 Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld November 16th, 2023
by - Nov 16, 2023

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 16, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Review Roundup: WAITING FOR GODOT Opens Off-Broadway at Theatre For a New Audience Photo
Review Roundup: WAITING FOR GODOT Opens Off-Broadway at Theatre For a New Audience
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2023

The second production in TFANA’s 2023-24 season is Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, staged by Arin Arbus and starring Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks and more. Read the reviews for Waiting For Godot here!
HERE WE ARE, DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA & More Lead Top Off-Broadway Shows for Novem Photo
HERE WE ARE, DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA & More Lead Top Off-Broadway Shows for November
by Team BWW - Nov 1, 2023

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is helping you pick what to see next by rounding up our top recommended theatre each month. Coming up off-Broadway this November is Sondheim's final musical, Aubrey Plaza's stage debut, and more.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Stage Adaptation on The Way From GREY HOUSE Playwright Levi Hollo Photo
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Stage Adaptation on The Way From GREY HOUSE Playwright Levi Holloway
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 15, 2023

Levi Holloway, the playwright behind the spine-tingling Broadway play Grey House, is currently at work on a stage adaptation of the hit found-footage horror franchise, Paranormal Activity.
2 Broadway Shows Close Today Photo
2 Broadway Shows Close Today
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 30, 2023

July 30, 2023, Broadway says goodbye to two new productions. New York, New York takes its final bow at the St. James Theatre following 33 previews and 110 regular performances; and Grey House will conclude its run at the Lyceum Theatre following 39 previews and 64 regular performances.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Paul Sparks been in?

Paul Sparks has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

How many West End shows has Paul Sparks been in?

Paul Sparks has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Paul Sparks been nominated for?

Outstanding Lead Performer in an Off-Broadway Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Waiting for Godot, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for At Home at the Zoo, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for At Home at the Zoo, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (The Lortels) for Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and The Zoo Story, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (The Lortels) for Buried Child, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Dusk Rings a Bell, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Essential Self-Defense, Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Blackbird and Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Coyote on a Fence.

What awards has Paul Sparks won?

Paul Sparks has won the Outstanding Actor in a Play award at the Drama Desk Awards for his performances in both Blackbird and Coyote on a Fence.

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