Gregory Sporleder (born April 14, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker, notable for playing military men in films such as The Rock, Black Hawk Down and Renaissance Man, as well as Calvin Norris in the HBO series True Blood.

Gregory Sporleder
Born (1964-04-14) April 14, 1964 (age 60)
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
SpouseMegan Sporleder (m. 2001)
Children2

Early life

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Sporleder graduated from University City High School in St. Louis, Missouri and was voted the top dancer in his class.[1][failed verification]

Career

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Sporleder got his first major role in the 1989 romance Say Anything... alongside John Cusack. In 1994, he appeared as "Billy" in the music video for Sheryl Crow's song "All I Wanna Do". He had supporting roles in films such as A League of Their Own, True Romance, 1998's quirky Uncorked and episodes of Murphy Brown, NYPD Blue and Smallville.

Sporleder also appeared in Being John Malkovich, Black Hawk Down, S.W.A.T., The Big Bounce, Hotel for Dogs, Andersonville and 17 Again. Sporleder landed the role of Calvin Norris in True Blood, the father of Crystal Norris. In 2014, he appeared on Criminal Minds as Sam Caplan.

In 2016, Sporleder participated in a documentary about the Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham, playing Bingham as an adult.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Say Anything... Howard
Cold Justice Cop 1
1990 The Grifters Sailor - Spooney
1992 Roadside Prophets Deputy Credited as Greg 'Spoonie' Sporleder
A League of Their Own Mitch Swaley
1993 Trouble Bound Irwin
True Romance Burger Stand Customer
Fatal Instinct Court Clerk
1994 Renaissance Man Pvt. Melvin
1995 Mind Ripper Rob
1996 Twister Willie
The Rock USMC Captain Frye
Skin & Bone Habadasher
1997 Men with Guns Richard Lucas
The Fanatics Johnny DelFino
1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Loan Manager
At Sachem Farm Tom
Clay Pigeons Earl
1999 Never Been Kissed Coach Romano
Being John Malkovich Drunk at Bar
2000 G-Men from Hell Cheetah Man
2001 Wooly Boys Deputy Sheriff Orville Spratt
Black Hawk Down SGT Scott Galentine
2003 S.W.A.T. Robber #1
2004 The Big Bounce Frank Pizzarro
2009 Hotel for Dogs ACO Dooley
17 Again Ohio Scout
2010 The Crazies Travis Quinn

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 1775 Bert TV pilot
1992 On the Air Sax Player 1 episode
1994 State of Emergency Larry Television film
1994 Murphy Brown Tadeus 1 episode
1995 NYPD Blue Edmond Burke 1 episode
1996 Andersonville Dick Potter Television film
1996 Chicago Hope Bobby Trenkwada 1 episode
1997 Gun The Sheriff 1 episode
1998 Friends Larry 1 episode
1999 The Drew Carey Show Wally 1 episode
1999 The Strip Tucker Mudd 1 episode
2000 Fail Safe Television film
2001 Dead Last Rudy 1 episode
2002 Smallville Kyle Tippet 1 episode
2002 24 Dave 1 episode
2003 Carnivàle Father of Dead Body 1 episode
2005 Little House on the Prairie Mr. Edwards Miniseries, 6 episodes
2009 Monk Kenneth Nichols 1 episode
2010 The Mentalist Terence Badali 1 episode
2010 True Blood Calvin Norris Recurring role, 6 episodes
2011 Memphis Beat Jeffrey Gibbs 1 episode
2011 American Horror Story Peter McCormack 1 episode
2013 Sons of Anarchy Pastor 1 episode
2014 Criminal Minds Sam Caplan 1 episode
2015 Agent Carter Otto Mink 1 episode
2017 Days of Our Lives Lyle 1 episode
2022 Animal Kingdom Joseph 1 episode

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