who plays the author in house of cards
Paul Sparks Paul Sparks (born October 16, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as gangster Mickey Doyle in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), writer Thomas Yates, the love interest of Claire Underwood, in the Netflix political drama series House of Cards (2015–2017), attorney David Tellis in the Starz anthology drama series The Girlfriend Experience (2016) and in the films Deception (2008), Afterschool (2008), The Missing Person (2008), Mud (2012), Parkland (2013), and Stealing Cars (2015).