Michael Paré

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
October 9, 1958 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Popular Genres
Thriller Action Drama
Career Span
– Present

Michael Paré

42 nominations
215 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
Oct 9, 1958
From
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
– Present

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42
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2025

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

2024

Wanted Man as Tinelli Award
Camp Pleasant Lake as Rick Rutherford Award
Desert Fiends as Leonard
The Wrong Life Coach as Detective Cloverdale
Planetquake as General West
War of the Worlds: Extinction as General Alfaro
Alien: Rubicon as President McCoy
Tall, Dark and Dangerous as Bill
The Devil’s Trap as Father Gestas
In Tenebras: Into the Darkness as Captain Shaw
9 Windows as Agent Larry Thurgood
Sentinel as President
The Vampire and the Vigilante as Gabriel
Kill Craft as Thomas Delon
The Christmas Chain as Tom
Revival as Martin
Shark Island as Charlie

2023

The Puppetman as Detective Al Rosen
Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar as Kip
Buckle Up as Joseph McClory
The Beast Comes At Midnight as Night
If I Can't Have You
Alien Apocalypse as Director Storm
End of Loyalty as Pops
A Christmas Intern as William
Family Ornaments as Grandpa Pat
Kings of L.A. as Artie
Very Frightening Tales as Edward Barnes
In The Shadows as Sam Hammonds
Wrongful Death as Dr. David Moore

2022

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

2021

South of Heaven as Joey
Mind Games as Colonel Reeder
Deceived by My Mother-In-Law as Ross
The Penthouse as Charles
Mommy's Deadly Con Artist as Ross
The Wrong Fiancé as Police Chief Sawyer
Triassic Hunt as Jordan Freedman
The Resonator: Miskatonic U as Professor Wallace
Painkiller as Alan Rhodes
Mummy Dearest as Dr. Jason
The Wild Man
Righteous Blood as Jericho
Christmas Collision as Jagger Huntley

2020

Emerald Run as Matteo Trino
Captors
As Long As I'm Famous as Older Sid
Middleton Christmas as Johnny
Invincible as Trevor Morgan
The Insurrection as Sergeant Major

2019

Big Kill as Col. Granger
Hollow Point as Damian Wakefield
Making a Deal with the Devil as Pierre
Manipulated
The Last Big Save as Derek
Mayday as Air Marshall Adam Anderson
Once Upon a Time in Deadwood as Swearengen

2018

The Debt Collector as Mad Alex Award
City of Lies as Varney Award
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Detective Brown
Battle Drone as Karl Kess
Reborn as Detective Mark Fox
Astro as Allen Smith
The Wrong Friend as Lieutenant Forni
A Christmas in Royal Fashion as Mr. Carson
F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self

2017

Gangster Land as O'Connor Award
American Violence as Martin Bigg
The Red Maple Leaf as Ambassador Patrick Adams Jr.
The Neighborhood as Johnny 3
A Doggone Hollywood as Sheriff Evans
The Wrong Man as Gary Moore
Global Meltdown as Amos Cade
Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable as Self
Jason's Letter as Brad Macaulay
The Return as Michael Shreder

2016

The Infiltrator as Barry Seal Award
Abattoir as Richard Renshaw
Traded as Clay
Weaponized as Captain Doug Rice
Decommissioned as Detective Tom Weston
It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned as Self
Nessie & Me as Dad
Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon as Self

2015

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

2014

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

2013

Real Gangsters as Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco Award
Suddenly as Conklin
Assault on Wall Street as Frank
How Sweet It Is as Mike
Jet Set as Ryan
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited as Self

2012

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

2011

The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Kurlen Award
Blubberella as The Commandant

2010

Cool Dog as Dean Warner
Tales of an Ancient Empire as Oda
BloodRayne: The Third Reich as Commandant Ekart Brand
Amphibious Creature of the Deep as Jack Bowman
Raging Boll as Self

2009

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

2008

Tunnel Rats as Sergeant Vic Hollowborn Award
Far Cry as Paul Summer Award
Alone in the Dark 2 as Willson
Ninja Cheerleaders as Victor Lazzaro
100 Feet as Mike Watson / The Ghost
Dark World as Harry
Road to Hell as Cody

2007

Postal as Panhandler Award
BloodRayne II: Deliverance as Pat Garret
Furnace as Michael Turner
Kinky Killers as Detective Barry Harper

2006

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

2005

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

2004

Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness as Ty Griffin

2003

Heart of America as Will Prat
Fate as Detective Cody Martin

2002

Red Serpent as Steve Nichols
Vatos

2001

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

2000

The Virgin Suicides as Adult Trip Fontaine
Sanctimony as Jim Renart

1999

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

1998

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

1997

Falling Fire as Daryl Boden
2103: The Deadly Wake as Tarkis
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 Award
Raging Angels as Colin
The Dangerous as Random
Triplecross as Teddy 'T.C' Cooper
Warriors as Colin Neal
Lunar Cop as Joe Brody

1993

Point of Impact as Jack David
Deadly Heroes as Brad Cartowski

1992

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

1991

The Last Hour as Jeff
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

1986

Instant Justice as Scott Youngblood

1985

Space Rage as Grange

1984

Streets of Fire as Tom Cody
The Philadelphia Experiment as David Herdeg
Undercover as Max

1983

Eddie and the Cruisers as Eddie Wilson

1981

Crazy Times as Harry

Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins as Warrant
The Apex Predators Club
Save the Last Bullet as Capt. Pete Lepart
Mayday Z as Stan Stone
Cursed Waters as Captain Arnold
Only Seven Days... as Charles
How to Kill Your Coworkers and Get Away with it as Victor Claremont
SYNC
The Last Outlaw as Sherrif Atherton
Long Lost as The Archivist

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The Lincoln Lawyer
Hope Floats
Bone Tomahawk
Wanted Man
The Debt Collector
The Virgin Suicides
Top Gunner: Danger Zone
City of Lies
Real Gangsters
Gangster Land

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