Michael Paré
Paré at the Chiller Theatre Expo in 2014
Born
Michael Kevin Paré[1]

(1958-10-09) October 9, 1958
New York City, U.S.
EducationThe Culinary Institute of America
Occupation(s)Actor, chef
Years active1981–present
Spouses
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(m. 1980; div. 1982)​
    Marisa Roebuck
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    (m. 1986; div. 1988)​
      Marjolein Booy
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      (m. 1992)​
      Children1

      I've been playing heroes, and heroes are not normal people. You can't find a leading man doing a nine-to-five job on Wall Street. And that hurt because they said, "You can't play a regular person Tom Cody was also bigger than life. And in The Philadelphia Experiment, I'm a time traveler for god's sake. So for a long time, all I played was cops, heroes and soldiers.[2]

      —Paré on being typecast as a macho man.

      Michael Kevin Paré (born October 9, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), Streets of Fire (1984), and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), and on the series Starhunter (2000–2004).

      Early life

      Paré was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joan and Francis Paré, who owned print shops.[3] He has six sisters and three brothers. Paré's father was of French-Canadian ancestry.[4] His father died from leukemia when Paré was five, leaving his mother to raise the large family of children.

      Growing up Paré was a fan of James Dean, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Paul Newman, and Robert Mitchum, and felt he was "a kindred spirit" to them.[5] He was working as a chef in New York City when he met talent agent Yvette Bikoff, who convinced him to try acting.[6] In the early 1980s, he studied acting under Uta Hagen.[7] He shot a series of television commercials in Japan.[7]

      He also worked as a model.[8] In August 1987, he appeared on the cover of the first issue of Men's Fitness.[8] In 2017, it was ranked among Men's Journal's thirty best magazine covers.[8]

      Career

      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),[9] as well as Streets of Fire (1984)[10] and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984).[11] Paré also appeared in the 2012 remake of The Philadelphia Experiment. He starred as a tortured soldier named Brad Cartowski in the 1993 action film Deadly Heroes, directed by Menahem Golan.[12][13] Other films included Moon 44 (1990), Village of the Damned (1995),[14] Bad Moon (1996),[15] Hope Floats (1998),[16] and The Virgin Suicides (1999).[17]

      Paré is best known for his deep, raspy voice,[18][13] muscular physique,[8][18][19] rugged screen presence,[20] and classic action hero demeanour. In his 2017 interview for Men's Journal he revealed that as a young actor he wasn't sure if he wanted to make a career as “the muscular leading guy", and instead tried to follow in the footsteps of his idols — Marlon Brando and James Dean.[8]

      Paré won the Best Actor award at PollyGrind Film Festival for the film Road to Hell, playing again the role of Tom Cody.[21]

      On television, Paré starred with Michael Beck in the drama Houston Knights in 1987–1988[3] as well as the 2001 television series Starhunter.[22] The actor frequently appears in Uwe Boll's works.[23][24]

      In 2022, it was announced that Paré will be starring in the horror film Camp Pleasant Lake with Jonathan Lipnicki.[25]

      Personal life

      He has married three times. His first wife (1980–1984) was film producer Lisa Katselas; his second wife, Marisa Roebuck (1986–1988); his present wife (since 1992) is Marjolein Booy, a former fashion model, with whom he has one child. Paré stated that he lives "a good, clean life", and trains frequently.[8] He lives in California.[8]

      Filmography

      Film

      Year Title Role Notes
      1981 Crazy Times Harry TV movie
      1983 Eddie and the Cruisers Eddie Wilson
      Undercover Max
      1984 Streets of Fire Tom Cody Short
      The Philadelphia Experiment David Herdeg
      1985 Space Rage Grange
      1986 Instant Justice Scott Youngblood
      1987 The Women's Club Patrick
      1988 World Gone Wild George Landon
      1989 Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! Eddie Wilson/Joe West
      1990 Il sole buio Ruggero Brickman
      Moon 44 Felix Stone
      The Closer Larry Freed
      Dragonfight Moorpark
      1991 Concrete War Jeff
      Killing Streets Chris Brandt/Craig Brandt
      1992 Into the Sun Captain Paul Watkins
      Sunset Heat Eric Wright
      Blink of an Eye Sam Browning
      Empire City Joey Andre TV movie
      1993 Point of Impact Jack Davis
      Deadly Heroes Brad Cartowski
      1994 Warriors Colin
      1995 The Dangerous Random
      Lunarcop Joe Brody
      Village of the Damned Frank McGowan
      Triplecross Teddy "T.C." Cooper TV movie
      Raging Angels Colin
      1996 Coyote Run Pershing
      The Colony Alec Harken TV movie
      Carver's Gate Carver TV movie
      Bad Moon Ted Harrison
      1997 2103: The Deadly Wake Tarkis
      Falling Fire Daryl Boden
      Strip Search Robby Durrell
      Merchant of Death Jim Randell
      1998 Hope Floats Bill Pruitt
      Back to Even Boyle
      October 22 Gary
      Men of Means Rico "Bullet" Burke
      1999 The Virgin Suicides Adult Trip Fontaine
      Space Fury Konrad Video
      2000 Peril Vincent Video
      Sanctimony Jim Renart
      2001 A Month of Sundays Tomas McCabe
      Blackwoods Sheriff Harding
      2002 Heart of America Will Prat
      2003 Fate Detective Cody Martin
      Red Serpent Steve Nichols
      2004 Gargoyle Ty "Griff" Griffin Video
      2005 Crash Landing Captain Williams
      Komodo vs. Cobra Mike A. Stoddard TV movie
      BloodRayne Iancu
      2006 Saurian Jace Randall TV movie
      2007 Seed Detective Matt Bishop
      Polycarp Detective Barry Harper
      Postal Panhandler
      BloodRayne II: Deliverance Pat Garrett Video
      Furnace Detective Michael Turner
      2008 Ninja Cheerleaders Victor Lazzaro
      1968 Tunnel Rats Sergeant Vic Hollowborn
      100 Feet Mike Watson
      Alone in the Dark II Willson Video
      Far Cry Paul Summers
      Dark World Harry
      Road to Hell Tom Cody
      2009 The Perfect Sleep Officer Pavlovich
      Direct Contact Clive Connelly
      Rampage Sheriff Melvoy
      2010 Tales of an Ancient Empire Oda
      Cool Dog Dean Warner Video
      Amphibious Jack Bowman
      2011 The Lincoln Lawyer Detective Kurlen
      Bloodrayne: The Third Reich Capt. Ekart Brand
      Blubberella Commandant
      2012 Gone Lieutenant Ray Bozeman
      Maximum Conviction Chris Blake
      The Philadelphia Experiment Hagan TV movie
      The Come Up Ron Zimmermann Short
      2013 How Sweet It Is Mike Cicero
      Real Gangsters Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco
      Assault on Wall Street Frank
      Suddenly Conklin
      Jet Set Ryan
      2014 The Last Outlaw Sheriff Atherton Video
      Snapshot President
      Wings of the Dragon Jackson Lee
      The Big Fat Stone Detective Farinelli
      2015 24 Hours Captain Mike Ryan
      A Perfect Vacation Xander
      No Deposit Mickey Ryan
      Checkmate Captain Raymond Mitchell Howard
      The Cask of Amontillado Fortunato Short
      The Vatican Tapes Detective Harris
      Operator Howard
      The Shelter Thomas Jacob
      Sicilian Vampire Sammy
      The Good, the Bad and the Dead Sheriff Olson
      Bone Tomahawk Mr. Wallington
      2016 Decommissioned Detective Tom Weston
      Swap Captain Doug Rice
      Abattoir Richard Renshaw
      Traded Clay Travis
      The Infiltrator Barry Seal
      Nessie & Me Dad
      The Red Maple Leaf Ambassador Patrick Adams Jr.
      2017 Povratak Michael Shreder
      A Doggone Hollywood Sheriff Evans
      American Violence Martin Bigg
      Global Meltdown Amos Cade TV movie
      The Neighborhood Johnny 3
      In the Absence of Good Men O'Connor
      The Wrong Man Gary Moore TV movie
      Jason's Letter Brad Macaulay
      2018 Battle Drone Karl Kess
      Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Detective Brown
      The Debt Collector Mad Alex
      Astro Allen Smith
      The Wrong Friend Lt. Forni TV movie
      Talk to the Animals Ted Short
      Reborn Detective Marc Fox
      City of Lies Detective Varney
      A Christmas in Royal Fashion Dan Carson TV movie
      2019 The Last Big Save Derek
      Making a Deal with the Devil Pierre
      Hollow Point Damian Wakefield
      Mayday Adam Anderson
      Once Upon a Time in Deadwood Swearengen
      Manipulated Roger 'Duke' Brown
      Big Kill Col. Granger
      2020 Emerald Run Matteo Trino
      The Insurrection Sergeant Major
      Invincible Trevor Morgan
      Captors Charles Dusker
      Middleton Christmas Johnny
      2021 The Wrong Fiancé Police Chief Sawyer TV movie
      Triassic Hunt Jordan Freedman
      The Resonator: Miskatonic U Professor Wallace
      The Penthouse Charles [26]
      Mummy Dearest Dr. Jason
      Painkiller Dr. Alan Rhodes
      Deceived by My Mother-In-Law Ross TV movie
      Mommy's Deadly Con Artist Ross TV movie
      Raunch and Roll Carl Weinstein
      Mind Games Colonel Reeder
      Righteous Blood Jericho
      Bed Bug The Killer Short
      The Wild Man: Skunk Ape Captain Stryker
      South of Heaven Joey
      Christmas Collision Jaggar Huntley
      2022 Beyond the Resonator Professor Wallace
      Curse of the Re-Animator Professor Wallace
      Lockdown Roger Kinkaid
      Top Gunner: Danger Zone Air Marshall Tony Wilkes
      Shooting Star Sheriff Wiley
      As Long As I'm Famous Older Sid
      Dawn Officer Barry
      Pig Killer Detective Oppal
      The Red Tide Massacre Sheriff Tom Fuller
      They Crawl Beneath Bill Moritz
      Nix Idres
      Attack on Titan Citizen Prime Ortiz
      Renegades Donovan
      Headless Horseman Devil
      Sacred Grounds: Forbidden Special Agent Jack Wilson
      Bridge of the Doomed Colonel Charon
      Vampire Penance: The Atonement of John Wolf John Wolf
      Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar Kip
      2025 Armageddon Thomas Ramsey
      3.3 Miles Ray
      Twisted Vines Branson Wright
      Alabama Rose Ethan
      2023 End of Loyalty Pops
      If I Can't Have You Mr. Sklar TV movie
      Kings of L.A. Artie
      Buckle Up Joseph McClory
      The Beast Comes at Midnight Night
      Wrongful Death Dr. David Moore
      The Puppetman Detective Al
      Family Ornaments Grandpa Pat
      In the Shadows Sam Hammonds
      The Stairwell Hollister Short
      A Christmas Intern William TV movie

      Television

      Year Title Role Notes
      1981-83 The Greatest American Hero Tony Villicana Main Cast: Season 1-2, Guest: Season 3
      1987-88 Houston Knights Sergeant Joey La Fiamma Main Cast
      2000-03 Starhunter Dante Montana Main Cast: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2
      2004 Cold Case Randy Price Episode: "Greed"
      2006 South Beach Charlie Evans Recurring Cast
      2007 Whatever Happened To? Himself Episode: "Rebels"
      2011 Memphis Beat Dave Hargrove Episode: "Things We Carry"
      House Warden Delaire Episode: "Twenty Vicodin"
      2012 Leverage FBI Special Agent Dennis Powell Episode: "The Radio Job"
      2017 Starhunter Transformation Dante Montana Main Cast
      2017-18 Starhunter ReduX Dante Montana Main Cast
      2019 Seven Days O'Donnell Episode: "Episode #1.1"
      2021-22 Keeping Up with the Joneses Sheldon Main Cast

      Music Video

      Year Artist Song Role
      1983 Eddie and the Cruisers "On the Dark Side" Eddie Wilson

      Awards and nominations

      Awards

      PollyGrind Film Festival

      • Best Actor: 2012

      References

      1. ↑ "Michael Pare Biography (1959-)". Film Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2008.
      2. ↑ "Mr. Beaks Talks THE LINCOLN LAWYER, EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS and STREETS OF FIRE With Michael Paré!". Ain't It Cool News. March 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
      3. 1 2 Bobbin, Jay; Lawler, Sylvia (August 16, 1987). "HOUSTON KNIGHTS' TRIES AGAIN AT 8 P.M. TUESDAYS". The Morning Call. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      4. ↑ Lyman, Rick (September 28, 1983). "MICHAEL PARE: COOKING ON SCREEN, NOT IN THE KITCHEN". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D01.
      5. ↑ "Tom Cody, Pleased To Meet Ya! INTERVIEW: Michael Paré talks with TV STORE ONLINE about the cult classic STREETS OF FIRE". TV Store Online. October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
      6. ↑ Price, Jason (May 25, 2016). "BACK IN THE SADDLE: Michael Paré On His Career, Longevity and Role In 'Traded'". Icon Vs. Icon. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      7. 1 2 Frank Garcia; Mark Phillips (2013). Science Fiction Television Series, 1990-2004: Histories, Casts and Credits for 58 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 321–322. ISBN 978-0-7864-2483-2.
      8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Perine, Shawn. "Our 30 Favorite 'Men's Fitness' Magazine Covers of All Time: Michael Paré". Men's Journal. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
      9. ↑ James, Caryn (August 18, 1989). "REVIEW/FILM; EDDIE DIDN'T DIE: HE JUST WENT FOR A SWIM". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      10. ↑ Maslin, Janet (June 1, 1984). "SCREEN: 'STREETS OF FIRE'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 17, 2007.
      11. ↑ Maslin, Janet (August 17, 1984). "SCREEN: 'EXPERIMENT,' ON PHILADELPHIA PROJECT". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      12. ↑ "Dead Heroes – Full Cast & Crew – TV Guide". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
      13. 1 2 "Zabili go i uciekł ('Komandosi śmierci', 1993)". Yippee-ki-yay, Moviegoer. July 5, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-08-28. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
      14. ↑ Maslin, Janet (April 28, 1995). "FILM REVIEW; Demons' Eye Problems Compound Creepiness". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      15. ↑ Thomas, Kevin (November 2, 1996). "'Bad Moon' a Straight-Ahead Werewolf Film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      16. ↑ Thomas, Kevin (May 29, 1998). "Buoyant 'Hope'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      17. ↑ Thomas, Kevin (April 21, 2000). "'The Virgin Suicides' an Affecting, Somber Tale of Repressed Lives". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      18. 1 2 Thomas, Kevin (August 18, 1989). "MOVIE REVIEW : Michael Pare Takes 'Eddie II' for a Pleasure Cruise". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
      19. ↑ Gene Freese (2017). Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914–1989. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 289. ISBN 978-1-4766-6943-4.
      20. ↑ "Elusive 'Eddie' – The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Nash Holdings. September 30, 1983. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
      21. ↑ Moore, Debi (October 22, 2012). "Road to Hell Wins Nine Awards at PollyGrind Film Festival 2012". Dread Central. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      22. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (September 16, 2013). "Canadian Sci-Fi Series 'Starhunter' to Relaunch as Web Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      23. ↑ Child, Ben (October 28, 2016). "The 'world's worst director': are Uwe Boll's movies really that bad?". The Guardian. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      24. ↑ Martin, Brett (May 14, 2008). "And the Award for Worst Director Ever Goes to…". GQ. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
      25. ↑ Whittock, Jesse (2022-08-25). "'Camp Pleasant Lake' Adds Jonathan Lipnicki (Exclusive); Prime Video 'How To Date Billy Walsh'; Pinewood Sean Connery — Global Briefs". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
      26. ↑ Schaefer, Stephen (April 17, 2021). "Stephen Schaefer's Hollywood & Mine". Boston Herald. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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