
Michael Paré
Department: Acting
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. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For

The Devil’s Trap
2024

The Philadelphia Experiment
1984

Moon 44
1990

Tunnel Rats
2008

Direct Contact
2009

Sanctimony
2000

Eddie and the Cruisers
1983

Blackwoods
2001

Christmas Collision
2021

Far Cry
2008

October 22
1998

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
1989

Village of the Damned
1995

Hope Floats
1998

End of Loyalty
2023

Alone in the Dark 2
2008

BloodRayne: The Third Reich
2010

Kinky Killers
2007

Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness
2004

Komodo vs. Cobra
2005

Wanted Man
2024

100 Feet
2008

They Crawl Beneath
2022

Streets of Fire
1984

Lunar Cop
1995

Furnace
2007

Seed
2006

World Gone Wild
1987

Rampage
2009

BloodRayne II: Deliverance
2007

Blubberella
2011

Tales of an Ancient Empire
2010

Kings of L.A.
2023

If I Can't Have You
2023

Righteous Blood
2021

Bad Moon
1996

Triplecross
1995

Cool Dog
2010

Someone Dies Tonight
2026

Buckle Up
2023

The Lincoln Lawyer
2011

The Perfect Sleep
2009

Red Serpent
2002

Twisted Vines
2022

Point of Impact
1993

Amphibious Creature of the Deep
2010

Sunset Heat
1992

Beyond the Resonator
2022

Fate
2003

Headless Horseman
2022

Crash Landing
2006

Heart of America
2003

Blink of an Eye
1992

The Philadelphia Experiment
2012

Road to Hell
2008

Space Rage
1985

Captors
2020

Space Fury
1999

Alabama Rose
2022

Curse of the Re-Animator
2022

Maximum Conviction
2012

Merchant of Death
1997

Falling Fire
1997

How Sweet It Is
2013

Assault on Wall Street
2013

BloodRayne
2005

Back to Even
1998

The Beast Comes At Midnight
2023

Into the Sun
1992

Undercover
1984

Warriors
1994

Instant Justice
1986

2103: The Deadly Wake
1997

The Dangerous
1995

Mayday Z
—

The Last Hour
1991

Deadly Heroes
1993

Men of Means
1999

Saurian
2006

Top Gunner: Danger Zone
2022

The Puppetman
2023

Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar
2023

Renegades
2022

War of the Worlds: Extinction
2024

Wrongful Death
2023

The Women's Club
1987

The Wrong Life Coach
2024

In The Shadows
2023

Bridge of the Doomed
2022

Cursed Waters
—

It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
2016

Family Ornaments
2023

Camp Pleasant Lake
2024

Mundije
2025

Dawn
2022

Kung Fu Slayers
2025

Pig Killer
2022

A Christmas Intern
2023

Manipulated
2019

The Red Tide Massacre
2022

The Closer
1990

Only Seven Days...
—

Dragonfight
1990

The Colony
1996

Suddenly
2013

Tall, Dark and Dangerous
2024

Planetquake
2024

Very Frightening Tales
2023

Carver's Gate
1996

Real Gangsters
2013

Bone Tomahawk
2015

Strip Search
1997

The Come-Up
2012

Awaken
2015

The Shelter
2015

The Vatican Tapes
2015

Desert Fiends
2024

Sentinel
2024

Checkmate
2015

Crazy Times
1981

Operator
2015

Swat: Unit 887
2015

4Got10
2015

Weaponized
2016

Kill Craft
2024

The Dark Sun
1990

Traded
2016

Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins
—

How to Kill Your Coworkers and Get Away with it
—

Nessie & Me
2016

Decommissioned
2016

The Big Fat Stone
2014

Sicilian Vampire
2015

No Deposit
2015

Abattoir
2016

The Infiltrator
2016

Raging Angels
1995

Alien: Rubicon
2024

Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines
2025

Save the Last Bullet
—

American Violence
2017

Peril
2001

Gone
2012

Killing Streets
1991

Postal
2007

The Virgin Suicides
2000

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
2018

The Neighborhood
2017

The Return
2017

Gangster Land
2017

The Last Outlaw
2014

Battle Drone
2018

The Debt Collector
2018

Global Meltdown
2017

Big Kill
2019

City of Lies
2018

The Wrong Man
2017

Astro
2018

Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon
2016

The Wrong Friend
2018

Reborn
2018

A Christmas in Royal Fashion
2018

Dark World
2008

Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story
2018

Coyote Run
1997

Empire City
1992

Making a Deal with the Devil
2019

Hollow Point
2019

A Month of Sundays
2001

The Last Big Save
2019

Mayday
2019

Lockdown
2022

Once Upon a Time in Deadwood
2019

Ninja Cheerleaders
2008

Raging Boll
2010

Emerald Run
2020

South of Heaven
2021

Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited
2013

Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable
2017

As Long As I'm Famous
2020

The Insurrection
2020

The Red Maple Leaf
2017

Invincible
2020

Middleton Christmas
2020

The Wrong Fiancé
2021

Shark Island
2024

Triassic Hunt
2021

The Penthouse
2021

The Resonator: Miskatonic U
2021

Mummy Dearest
2021

Painkiller
2021

Deceived by My Mother-In-Law
2021

Mommy's Deadly Con Artist
2021

Nix
2022

Mind Games
2021

Jason's Letter
2017

Vatos
2002

Jet Set
2013

In Tenebras: Into the Darkness
2024

SYNC
—

9 Windows
2024

Helloween
2025

The Vampire and the Vigilante
2024

Attack on Titan
2022

Knightfall
2025

Revival
2024

The Christmas Chain
2024

Snapshot
2014

A Doggone Hollywood
2017

Alien Apocalypse
2023

The Apex Predators Club
—

Death 4 Dinner
2025

The Wild Man
2021

Long Lost
—

Clutch
—

Elite Target
2025

Morgan: Killer Doll
2025

Bury 'Em Deep
2025

Shark Terror
2025

Order of the Dragon
2026

The Land That Time Forgot
2025

dATE
—

Mister Mayfair: Serena's Game
2021

Angel with a Gun
2024

Rocky's Galaxy: A Totally Mundane Christmas Adventure
2025

Sara Sarita
—

Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate
2024

Dead Dogs Lying in the Sun
—

Water’s Edge
2025

Werewolf Hunt
2026

2025 Armageddon
2022

Penny
—

Manson's War
2028

3: The Movie
2025

Houston Knights
1987

The Greatest American Hero
1981

Cold Case
2003

Starhunter
2000

South Beach
2006

Keeping Up with the Joneses
2021

House
2004

Starhunter ReduX
2018