Born in Ohio and raised in Kentucky, Hal Sparks is a stand-up, actor and musician.

On screen, he is best known for playing Michael Novotny in five series of the US version of Queer As Folk. As well as minor roles in a raft of films including Spider-Man 2, he played Zoltan, a space-obsessed nerd, in Dude, Where’s My Car?

He is a regular talking head on VH1’s I Love The… series, has captained a team on Extreme Dodgeball and appeared in celebrity reality shows Celebrity Paranormal Project, Celebracadabra.

He is also lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Zero1, which released their first album on iTunes in 2006.