Paul Michael Valley

Paul Michael Valley (born September 24, 1965) is an American television and stage actor.

Early life and education Valley was born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. When he was eight years old he moved with his family to Greenwich, Connecticut. In 1984 he moved to Washington, D.C., where he attended American University for two years, followed by a year as an apprentice to Michael Kahn, the artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company. After his third year at Juilliard, he left to take on roles in television soap operas. He followed that with work in regional theater and also appeared in guest roles on the television series Third Watch, Ed, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2015 he played the role of Richard Hart in "Hold Outs" the 9th episode of the 6th season of the CBS police procedural drama Blue Bloods.

Stage Year Title Role(s) Venue Notes Ref. 1986 Romeo and Juliet Petruchio Shakespeare Theatre Company 1987 Love's Labor's Lost performer Shakespeare Theatre Company 1996 All's Well That Ends Well Bertram Shakespeare Theatre Company 1997 1776 Thomas Jefferson Criterion Center Stage Right Broadway debut 1999 Walking Off The Roof Brett Signature Theatre Company 1999 Hurrah at Last Oliver Gramercy Theatre 2000 Arms and the Man Major Sergius Saranoff Gramercy Theatre 2011 Legacy of Light Monsieur du Châtelet Cleveland Play House 2011 Any Given Monday Lenny 59E59 Theaters 2012 Amazing Grace Ensemble Norma Terris Theatre 2013 Talley's Folly understudy Matt Friedman Laura Pels Theatre 2013 And Give Us The Shadows Eugene, Jr. Schoolhouse Theater 2014 The Winter's Tale Polixenes Old Globe Theatre 2014 Mr. Confidential Howard Rushmore New York Musical Theatre Festival 2016The House of Blue Leaves Artie Wellesley Repertory Theatre 2018 The Liar Alcippe Wellesley Repertory Theatre 2025 As You Like It Jaques Commonwealth Shakespeare Company