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