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==