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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-10-09 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Michael Paré

Biography:

Michael Kevin Paré (born October 9, 1958) is an American actor. His first starring role was as Tony Villicana on the television series The Greatest American Hero. His best-known film roles were as Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and its sequel Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989), as well as Tom Cody in Streets of Fire (1984), David Herdeg in The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Frank McGowan in Village of the Damned (1995), Bill Pruitt in Hope Floats (1998), (Adult) Trip Fontaine in The Virgin Suicides (2000), Detective Kurlen in The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Lt. Ray Bozeman in Gone (2012) with Amanda Seyfried, Mr. Wallington in Bone Tomahawk (2015), and Varney in City of Lies (2018).

His best known TV roles are as Tony Villicana on The Greatest American Hero, Joey La Fiamma on CBS's drama Houston Knights, and Dante Montana on the Canadian sci-fi series Starhunter (2000-2001) and its' continuation series Starhunter ReduX (2018-2019).

He won the best actor Award at PollyGrind Film Festival for his reprisal role as Tom Cody in Road to Hell.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Someone Dies Tonight as William 'Bill' Stephenson
Mundije as CIA Chief
Kung Fu Slayers as Steven Steinberg
Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines as Dr. David Moore
Helloween as John Parker
Knightfall as Matthew
Death 4 Dinner as Detective Noah Rafferty

2024

The Devil’s Trap as Father Gestas
Wanted Man as Tinelli
The Wrong Life Coach as Detective Cloverdale
Camp Pleasant Lake as Rick Rutherford
Planetquake as General West
Desert Fiends as Leonard
Sentinel as President
Kill Craft as Thomas Delon
Alien: Rubicon as President McCoy
Shark Island as Charlie
9 Windows as Agent Larry Thurgood
Revival as Martin

2023

Kings of L.A. as Artie
Buckle Up as Joseph McClory
The Puppetman as Detective Al Rosen
Wrongful Death as Dr. David Moore
In The Shadows as Sam Hammonds
Family Ornaments as Grandpa Pat
Very Frightening Tales as Edward Barnes
Alien Apocalypse as Director Storm

2022

They Crawl Beneath as Bill Mortiz
Twisted Vines as Branson Wright
Beyond the Resonator as Professor Wallace
Headless Horseman as The Devil
Alabama Rose as Ethan
Curse of the Re-Animator as Professor Wallace
Top Gunner: Danger Zone as Air Marshal Tony Wilkes
Renegades as Donovan
Bridge of the Doomed as Colonel Charon
Dawn as Officer Barry
Pig Killer as Detective Oppal
The Red Tide Massacre as Sheriff Tom Fuller
Lockdown as Roger Kinkaid
Nix as Idres
Attack on Titan as Citizen Prime Ortiz

2021

Christmas Collision as Jagger Huntley
Righteous Blood as Jericho
The Wrong Fiancé as Police Chief Sawyer
Triassic Hunt as Jordan Freedman
The Penthouse as Charles
The Resonator: Miskatonic U as Professor Wallace
Mummy Dearest as Dr. Jason
Painkiller as Alan Rhodes
Mind Games as Colonel Reeder

2020

Emerald Run as Matteo Trino
The Insurrection as Sergeant Major
Invincible as Trevor Morgan

2019

Big Kill as Col. Granger
Hollow Point as Damian Wakefield
Mayday as Air Marshall Adam Anderson

2018

Battle Drone as Karl Kess
The Debt Collector as Mad Alex
City of Lies as Varney
Astro as Allen Smith
The Wrong Friend as Lieutenant Forni
Reborn as Detective Mark Fox
Starhunter ReduX as Dante Montana

2017

American Violence as Martin Bigg
The Neighborhood as Johnny 3
The Return as Michael Shreder
Gangster Land as O'Connor
Global Meltdown as Amos Cade
The Wrong Man as Gary Moore
The Red Maple Leaf as Ambassador Patrick Adams Jr.
Jason's Letter as Brad Macaulay
A Doggone Hollywood as Sheriff Evans

2016

Weaponized as Captain Doug Rice
Traded as Clay
Decommissioned as Detective Tom Weston
Abattoir as Richard Renshaw
The Infiltrator as Barry Seal

2015

Bone Tomahawk as Mr. Wallington
Awaken as Xander
The Shelter as Thomas
The Vatican Tapes as Det. Harris
Checkmate as Captain Raymond Mitchell Howard
Operator as Howard
Swat: Unit 887 as Captain Mike Ryan
4Got10 as Sheriff Olson
No Deposit as Mickey Ryan

2014

The Big Fat Stone as Detective Farinelli
The Hunt for Johnny Ringo as Sheriff Atherton
Snapshot as President

2013

Suddenly as Conklin
Real Gangsters as Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco
Jet Set as Ryan

2012

Maximum Conviction as Chris Blake
The Come-Up as Ron Zimmerman
Gone as Lt. Ray Bozeman

2011

Blubberella as The Commandant
The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Kurlen

2010

BloodRayne: The Third Reich as Commandant Ekart Brand
Cool Dog as Dean Warner
Raging Boll as Self

2009

Direct Contact as Clive Connelly
Rampage as Sheriff Melvoy
The Perfect Sleep as Officer Pavlovich

2008

Tunnel Rats as Sergeant Vic Hollowborn
Far Cry as Paul Summer
100 Feet as Mike Watson / The Ghost
Road to Hell as Cody
Dark World as Harry
Ninja Cheerleaders as Victor Lazzaro

2007

Kinky Killers as Detective Barry Harper
Furnace as Michael Turner
Postal as Panhandler

2006

Seed as Detective Matthew 'Matt' Bishop
Crash Landing as Captain Williams
Saurian as Jace Randall

2005

Komodo vs. Cobra as Capt. Michael A. Stoddard
BloodRayne as Iancu

2004

House as Warden Delaire

2003

Fate as Detective Cody Martin
Heart of America as Will Prat
Cold Case as Randy Price

2002

Red Serpent as Steve Nichols

2001

Blackwoods as Sheriff Harding
Peril as Vincent
A Month of Sundays as Tomas McCabe

2000

Sanctimony as Jim Renart
The Virgin Suicides as Adult Trip Fontaine
Starhunter as Dante Montana

1999

Space Fury as Argy
Merchant of Death as Jim Rendall
Men of Means as Rico 'Bullet' Burke

1998

October 22 as Gary
Hope Floats as Bill Pruitt
Back to Even as Boyle

1997

Falling Fire as Daryl Boden
Strip Search as Robby Durrell
Coyote Run as Pershing Quinn

1996

Bad Moon as Uncle Ted
The Colony as Alec Harken
Carver's Gate as Carver

1995

Village of the Damned as Frank McGowan
Lunar Cop as Joe Brody
Triplecross as Teddy 'T.C' Cooper
Warriors as Colin Neal
The Dangerous as Random
Raging Angels as Colin

1993

Point of Impact as Jack David
Deadly Heroes as Brad Cartowski

1992

Sunset Heat as Eric Wright
Blink of an Eye as Sam Browning
Into the Sun as Capt. Paul Watkins
Empire City as Joey Andre

1991

Killing Streets as Chris / Craig Brandt

1990

Moon 44 as Felix Stone
The Closer as Larry Freed
Dragonfight as Moorpark
The Dark Sun as Ruggero Brickman

1989

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! as Eddie Wilson / Joe West

1987

World Gone Wild as George Landon
The Women's Club as Patrick
Houston Knights as Joey La Fiamma

1986

Instant Justice as Scott Youngblood

1985

Space Rage as Grange

1984

Streets of Fire as Tom Cody
Undercover as Max

1983

Eddie and the Cruisers as Eddie Wilson

1981

Crazy Times as Harry
The Greatest American Hero as Tony Villicana

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Mayday Z as Stan Stone
Cursed Waters as Captain Arnold
The Last Outlaw as Sherrif Atherton
Save the Last Bullet as Capt. Pete Lepart

Production

2005

Komodo vs. Cobra as Executive Producer

Directing

2012

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Mayday Z as Director

Writing

2022

Black Warrant as Story