Gregory Sporleder

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.

Early life Sporleder graduated from University City High School in St. Louis, Missouri and was voted the top dancer in his class.

Career 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.

Filmography

Film

Television 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