About
Michael Paré
Overview
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
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| 2025 | Someone Dies Tonight | Actor | William 'Bill' Stephenson | 59 Average |
| 2025 | Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines | Actor | Dr. David Moore | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Helloween | Actor | John Parker | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Knightfall | Actor | Matthew | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Kung Fu Slayers | Actor | Steven Steinberg | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Mundije | Actor | CIA Chief | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Desert Fiends | Actor | Leonard | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Revival | Actor | Martin | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | The Christmas Chain | Actor | Tom | 58 Average |
| 2024 | The Devil’s Trap | Actor | Father Gestas | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | The Vampire and the Vigilante | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | 9 Windows | Actor | Agent Larry Thurgood | 58 Average |
| 2024 | In Tenebras: Into the Darkness | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2024 | Alien: Rubicon | Actor | President McCoy | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Shark Island | Actor | Charlie | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Kill Craft | Actor | Thomas Delon | 58 Average |
| 2024 | War of the Worlds: Extinction | Actor | General Alfaro | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Wanted Man | Actor | Tinelli | 59 Average |
| 2024 | Sentinel | Actor | President | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Camp Pleasant Lake | Actor | Rick Rutherford | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Tall, Dark and Dangerous | Actor | Bill | 58 Average |
| 2024 | Planetquake | Actor | General West | 58 Average |
| 2024 | The Wrong Life Coach | Actor | Detective Cloverdale | 59 Average |
| 2023 | A Christmas Intern | Actor | William | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Family Ornaments | Actor | Grandpa Pat | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Alien Apocalypse | Actor | Director Storm | 58 Average |
| 2023 | In The Shadows | Actor | Sam Hammonds | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | The Puppetman | Actor | Detective Al Rosen | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Wrongful Death | Actor | Dr. David Moore | 58 Average |
| 2023 | The Beast Comes At Midnight | Actor | Night | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Buckle Up | Actor | Joseph McClory | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Kings of L.A. | Actor | Artie | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar | Actor | Kip | 57 Average |
| 2023 | If I Can't Have You | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2023 | Very Frightening Tales | Actor | Edward Barnes | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | End of Loyalty | Actor | Pops | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Alabama Rose | Actor | Ethan | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Renegades | Actor | Donovan | 58 Average |
| 2022 | They Crawl Beneath | Actor | Bill Mortiz | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Headless Horseman | Actor | The Devil | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Attack on Titan | Actor | Citizen Prime Ortiz | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Nix | Actor | Idres | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Twisted Vines | Actor | Branson Wright | 58 Average |
| 2022 | The Red Tide Massacre | Actor | Sheriff Tom Fuller | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Pig Killer | Actor | Detective Oppal | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Dawn | Actor | Officer Barry | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Top Gunner: Danger Zone | Actor | Air Marshal Tony Wilkes | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Lockdown | Actor | Roger Kinkaid | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Bridge of the Doomed | Actor | Colonel Charon | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Curse of the Re-Animator | Actor | Professor Wallace | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Beyond the Resonator | Actor | Professor Wallace | 58 Average |
| 2021 | South of Heaven | Actor | Joey | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Christmas Collision | Actor | Jagger Huntley | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Righteous Blood | Actor | Jericho | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Actor | Sheldon | 70 Good |
| 2021 | Mind Games | Actor | Colonel Reeder | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Mommy's Deadly Con Artist | Actor | Ross | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Deceived by My Mother-In-Law | Actor | Ross | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Painkiller | Actor | Alan Rhodes | 59 Average |
| 2021 | The Penthouse | Actor | Charles | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Mummy Dearest | Actor | Dr. Jason | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Miskatonic U | Actor | Professor Wallace | 58 Average |
| 2021 | Triassic Hunt | Actor | Jordan Freedman | 58 Average |
| 2021 | The Wrong Fiancé | Actor | Police Chief Sawyer | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Middleton Christmas | Actor | Johnny | 58 Average |
| 2020 | Captors | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2020 | Invincible | Actor | Trevor Morgan | 58 Average |
| 2020 | The Insurrection | Actor | Sergeant Major | 59 Average |
| 2020 | As Long As I'm Famous | Actor | Older Sid | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Emerald Run | Actor | Matteo Trino | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Big Kill | Actor | Col. Granger | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Deadwood | Actor | Swearengen | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Mayday | Actor | Air Marshall Adam Anderson | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Making a Deal with the Devil | Actor | Pierre | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Hollow Point | Actor | Damian Wakefield | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | The Last Big Save | Actor | Derek | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Manipulated | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2018 | A Christmas in Royal Fashion | Actor | Mr. Carson | 58 Average |
| 2018 | F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Reborn | Actor | Detective Mark Fox | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Wrong Friend | Actor | Lieutenant Forni | 58 Average |
| 2018 | City of Lies | Actor | Varney | 61 Fair |
| 2018 | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | Actor | Detective Brown | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Astro | Actor | Allen Smith | 58 Average |
| 2018 | The Debt Collector | Actor | Mad Alex | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Battle Drone | Actor | Karl Kess | 57 Average |
| 2017 | The Wrong Man | Actor | Gary Moore | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Jason's Letter | Actor | Brad Macaulay | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | Gangster Land | Actor | O'Connor | 58 Average |
| 2017 | The Neighborhood | Actor | Johnny 3 | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Global Meltdown | Actor | Amos Cade | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2017 | The Red Maple Leaf | Actor | Ambassador Patrick Adams Jr. | 58 Average |
| 2017 | The Return | Actor | Michael Shreder | 59 Average |
| 2017 | American Violence | Actor | Martin Bigg | 57 Average |
| 2017 | A Doggone Hollywood | Actor | Sheriff Evans | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Abattoir | Actor | Richard Renshaw | 55 Average |
| 2016 | Decommissioned | Actor | Detective Tom Weston | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Nessie & Me | Actor | Dad | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Actor | Barry Seal | 65 Fair |
| 2016 | Traded | Actor | Clay | 58 Average |
| 2016 | It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Weaponized | Actor | Captain Doug Rice | 57 Average |
| 2015 | Sicilian Vampire | Actor | Sammy | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Bone Tomahawk | Actor | Mr. Wallington | 67 Fair |
| 2015 | Swat: Unit 887 | Actor | Captain Mike Ryan | 58 Average |
| 2015 | 4Got10 | Actor | Sheriff Olson | 57 Average |
| 2015 | The Shelter | Actor | Thomas | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Operator | Actor | Howard | 57 Average |
| 2015 | The Vatican Tapes | Actor | Det. Harris | 55 Average |
| 2015 | Awaken | Actor | Xander | 57 Average |
| 2015 | Checkmate | Actor | Captain Raymond Mitchell Howard | 57 Average |
| 2015 | No Deposit | Actor | Mickey Ryan | 58 Average |
| 2014 | The Hunt for Johnny Ringo | Actor | Sheriff Atherton | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Snapshot | Actor | President | 58 Average |
| 2014 | The Big Fat Stone | Actor | Detective Farinelli | 58 Average |
| 2013 | Jet Set | Actor | Ryan | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Suddenly | Actor | Conklin | 57 Average |
| 2013 | Assault on Wall Street | Actor | Frank | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Real Gangsters | Actor | Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco | 58 Average |
| 2013 | How Sweet It Is | Actor | Mike | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Maximum Conviction | Actor | Chris Blake | 56 Average |
| 2012 | The Come-Up | Actor | Ron Zimmerman | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Actor | Hagan | 56 Average |
| 2012 | Gone | Actor | Lt. Ray Bozeman | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Blubberella | Actor | The Commandant | 56 Average |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Actor | Detective Kurlen | 70 Good |
| 2010 | Raging Boll | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Amphibious Creature of the Deep | Actor | Jack Bowman | 57 Average |
| 2010 | Cool Dog | Actor | Dean Warner | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Tales of an Ancient Empire | Actor | Oda | 57 Average |
| 2010 | BloodRayne: The Third Reich | Actor | Commandant Ekart Brand | 52 Average |
| 2009 | Rampage | Actor | Sheriff Melvoy | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Direct Contact | Actor | Clive Connelly | 57 Average |
| 2009 | The Perfect Sleep | Actor | Officer Pavlovich | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Far Cry | Actor | Paul Summer | 50 Average |
| 2008 | Road to Hell | Actor | Cody | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Alone in the Dark 2 | Actor | Willson | 55 Average |
| 2008 | 100 Feet | Actor | Mike Watson / The Ghost | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Tunnel Rats | Actor | Sergeant Vic Hollowborn | 57 Average |
| 2008 | Ninja Cheerleaders | Actor | Victor Lazzaro | 57 Average |
| 2008 | Dark World | Actor | Harry | 58 Average |
| 2007 | Furnace | Actor | Michael Turner | 57 Average |
| 2007 | Postal | Actor | Panhandler | 54 Average |
| 2007 | BloodRayne II: Deliverance | Actor | Pat Garret | 52 Average |
| 2007 | Kinky Killers | Actor | Detective Barry Harper | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Seed | Actor | Detective Matthew 'Matt' Bishop | 54 Average |
| 2006 | Crash Landing | Actor | Captain Williams | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Saurian | Actor | Jace Randall | 58 Average |
| 2005 | BloodRayne | Actor | Iancu | 49 Bad |
| 2005 | Komodo vs. Cobra | Actor | Capt. Michael A. Stoddard | 56 Average |
| 2004 | Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness | Actor | Ty Griffin | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Fate | Actor | Detective Cody Martin | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Heart of America | Actor | Will Prat | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Vatos | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2002 | Red Serpent | Actor | Steve Nichols | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Blackwoods | Actor | Sheriff Harding | 57 Average |
| 2001 | A Month of Sundays | Actor | Tomas McCabe | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Peril | Actor | Vincent | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Sanctimony | Actor | Jim Renart | 58 Average |
| 2000 | The Virgin Suicides | Actor | Adult Trip Fontaine | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | Men of Means | Actor | Rico 'Bullet' Burke | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Merchant of Death | Actor | Jim Rendall | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Space Fury | Actor | Argy | 58 Average |
| 1998 | October 22 | Actor | Gary | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Hope Floats | Actor | Bill Pruitt | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Back to Even | Actor | Boyle | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Falling Fire | Actor | Daryl Boden | 58 Average |
| 1997 | 2103: The Deadly Wake | Actor | Tarkis | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Coyote Run | Actor | Pershing Quinn | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Strip Search | Actor | Robby Durrell | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Bad Moon | Actor | Uncle Ted | 61 Fair |
| 1996 | Carver's Gate | Actor | Carver | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Colony | Actor | Alec Harken | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Raging Angels | Actor | Colin | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Warriors | Actor | Colin Neal | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Triplecross | Actor | Teddy 'T.C' Cooper | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Village of the Damned | Actor | Frank McGowan | 60 Fair |
| 1995 | Lunar Cop | Actor | Joe Brody | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Dangerous | Actor | Random | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Point of Impact | Actor | Jack David | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Deadly Heroes | Actor | Brad Cartowski | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Empire City | Actor | Joey Andre | N/A N/A |
| 1992 | Blink of an Eye | Actor | Sam Browning | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Sunset Heat | Actor | Eric Wright | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Into the Sun | Actor | Capt. Paul Watkins | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Killing Streets | Actor | Chris / Craig Brandt | 58 Average |
| 1991 | The Last Hour | Actor | Jeff | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Dragonfight | Actor | Moorpark | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Moon 44 | Actor | Felix Stone | 57 Average |
| 1990 | The Dark Sun | Actor | Ruggero Brickman | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Closer | Actor | Larry Freed | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | Actor | Eddie Wilson / Joe West | 59 Average |
| 1987 | World Gone Wild | Actor | George Landon | 58 Average |
| 1987 | Houston Knights | Actor | Joey La Fiamma | 69 Fair |
| 1987 | The Women's Club | Actor | Patrick | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Instant Justice | Actor | Scott Youngblood | 58 Average |
| 1985 | Space Rage | Actor | Grange | 58 Average |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Actor | David Herdeg | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire | Actor | Tom Cody | 63 Fair |
| 1984 | Undercover | Actor | Max | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Eddie and the Cruisers | Actor | Eddie Wilson | 60 Fair |
| 1981 | Crazy Times | Actor | Harry | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | Actor | Tony Villicana | 71 Good |
| Mayday Z | Actor | Stan Stone | N/A N/A |
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| Cursed Waters | Actor | Captain Arnold | N/A N/A |
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| Save the Last Bullet | Actor | Capt. Pete Lepart | N/A N/A |
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| Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins | Actor | Warrant | 58 Average |
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| The Last Outlaw | Actor | Sherrif Atherton | N/A N/A |
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| Only Seven Days... | Actor | Charles | N/A N/A |
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| SYNC | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| How to Kill Your Coworkers and Get Away with it | Actor | Victor Claremont | N/A N/A |
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| 2012 | Os 12 Desastres de Natal | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
| Mayday Z | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 2022 | Black Warrant | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
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| 2005 | Komodo vs. Cobra | Production | Executive Producer | 56 Average |