Michael Paré

Born

Michael Kevin Pare , Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birthday

1958-10-09

Occupation

Actor

Spouse(s)

Marjolein Booy (21 March 1992 - present) (1 child)
Marisa Pare (1986 - 1988) (divorced)
Lisa Katselas (1980 - 1982) (divorced)

Years Active

1981–present

Michael Kevin Paré (born October 9, 1958) is an American actor.
Paré was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joan, a homemaker, and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. He has six sisters and three brothers. Paré's father was of French-Canadian ancestry and his mother of Irish ancestry. His father died from leukemia when Paré was five, leaving his mother to raise the large family of children. Paré was working as a chef in New York City when he met a talent agent, Yvette Bikoff, who convinced him to try acting.
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 Streets of Fire (1984)[3] and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). Other films included Moon 44 (1990), Village of the Damned (1995), Bad Moon (1996), Hope Floats (1998), and The Virgin Suicides (1999).
Paré won the best actor Award at PollyGrind Film Festival for the film Road to Hell playing again the role of Tom Cody.
On television, Paré starred with Michael Beck in the CBS police drama Houston Knights in 1987–88, as well as the short-lived 2001 science fiction television series Starhunter. Paré frequently appears in Uwe Boll's works.

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