Michael Paré

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

House

Cold Case

The Greatest American Hero

The Lincoln Lawyer

Bone Tomahawk

The Virgin Suicides

Houston Knights

Starhunter

All Movies (234)

• Manson's War2028 · as Detective Cody
• Someone Dies Tonight2026 · as William 'Bill' Stephenson
• Order of the Dragon2026 · as Henry Wyatt
• Water’s Edge2025 · as Sheriff Jake Wright
• Rocky's Galaxy: A Totally Mundane Christmas Adventure2025 · as Col. Sublett
• 3: The Movie2025 · as Father Joe
• Helloween2025 · as John Parker
• Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines2025 · as Dr. David Moore
• Shark Terror2025 · as Captain Schaeffer
• Clutch2025 · as Marty
• Bury 'Em Deep2025 · as Sheriff Sykes
• Morgan: Killer Doll2025 · as Astrid's Father
• Elite Target2025 · as Disappointed Man
• Death 4 Dinner2025 · as Detective Noah Rafferty
• Knightfall2025 · as Matthew
• Kung Fu Slayers2025 · as Steven Steinberg
• The Land That Time Forgot2025 · as Admiral Christopher Jackman
• Mundije2025 · as CIA Chief
• Desert Fiends2024 · as Leonard
• Revival2024 · as Martin
• The Christmas Chain2024 · as Tom
• The Devil’s Trap2024 · as Father Gestas
• Angel with a Gun2024
• The Vampire and the Vigilante2024 · as Gabriel
• 9 Windows2024 · as Agent Larry Thurgood
• In Tenebras: Into the Darkness2024 · as Captain Shaw
• Alien: Rubicon2024 · as President McCoy
• Shark Island2024 · as Charlie
• Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate2024 · as Fortunato
• Kill Craft2024 · as Thomas Delon
• War of the Worlds: Extinction2024 · as General Alfaro
• Wanted Man2024 · as Tinelli
• Sentinel2024 · as President
• Camp Pleasant Lake2024 · as Rick Rutherford
• Tall, Dark and Dangerous2024 · as Bill
• Planetquake2024 · as General West
• The Wrong Life Coach2024 · as Detective Cloverdale
• A Christmas Intern2023 · as William
• Family Ornaments2023 · as Grandpa Pat
• Alien Apocalypse2023 · as Director Storm
• In The Shadows2023 · as Sam Hammonds
• The Puppetman2023 · as Detective Al Rosen
• Wrongful Death2023 · as Dr. David Moore
• The Beast Comes At Midnight2023 · as Night
• Buckle Up2023 · as Joseph McClory
• Kings of L.A.2023 · as Artie
• Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar2023 · as Kip
• If I Can't Have You2023
• End of Loyalty2023 · as Pops
• Very Frightening Tales2023 · as Edward Barnes
• Alabama Rose2022 · as Ethan
• 2025 Armageddon2022
• Renegades2022 · as Donovan
• They Crawl Beneath2022 · as Bill Mortiz
• Headless Horseman2022 · as The Devil
• Nix2022 · as Idres
• Attack on Titan2022 · as Citizen Prime Ortiz
• Twisted Vines2022 · as Branson Wright
• The Red Tide Massacre2022 · as Sheriff Tom Fuller
• Pig Killer2022 · as Detective Oppal
• Dawn2022 · as Officer Barry
• Top Gunner: Danger Zone2022 · as Air Marshal Tony Wilkes
• Lockdown2022 · as Roger Kinkaid
• Bridge of the Doomed2022 · as Colonel Charon
• Curse of the Re-Animator2022 · as Professor Wallace
• Beyond the Resonator2022 · as Professor Wallace
• South of Heaven2021 · as Joey
• Christmas Collision2021 · as Jagger Huntley
• The Wild Man2021
• Righteous Blood2021 · as Jericho
• Mind Games2021 · as Colonel Reeder
• Mister Mayfair: Serena's Game2021 · as Lister
• Mommy's Deadly Con Artist2021 · as Ross
• Deceived by My Mother-In-Law2021 · as Ross
• Painkiller2021 · as Alan Rhodes
• The Penthouse2021 · as Charles
• Mummy Dearest2021 · as Dr. Jason
• The Resonator: Miskatonic U2021 · as Professor Wallace
• Triassic Hunt2021 · as Jordan Freedman
• The Wrong Fiancé2021 · as Police Chief Sawyer
• Middleton Christmas2020 · as Johnny
• Captors2020
• Invincible2020 · as Trevor Morgan
• The Insurrection2020 · as Sergeant Major
• As Long As I'm Famous2020 · as Older Sid
• Emerald Run2020 · as Matteo Trino
• Big Kill2019 · as Col. Granger
• Once Upon a Time in Deadwood2019 · as Swearengen
• Mayday2019 · as Air Marshall Adam Anderson
• Making a Deal with the Devil2019 · as Pierre
• Hollow Point2019 · as Damian Wakefield
• The Last Big Save2019 · as Derek
• Manipulated2019
• A Christmas in Royal Fashion2018 · as Mr. Carson
• Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story2018 · as Self
• Reborn2018 · as Detective Mark Fox
• The Wrong Friend2018 · as Lieutenant Forni
• City of Lies2018 · as Varney
• Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich2018 · as Detective Brown
• Astro2018 · as Allen Smith
• The Debt Collector2018 · as Mad Alex
• Battle Drone2018 · as Karl Kess
• The Wrong Man2017 · as Gary Moore
• Jason's Letter2017 · as Brad Macaulay
• Gangster Land2017 · as O'Connor
• The Neighborhood2017 · as Johnny 3
• Global Meltdown2017 · as Amos Cade
• Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable2017 · as Self
• The Red Maple Leaf2017 · as Ambassador Patrick Adams Jr.
• The Return2017 · as Michael Shreder
• American Violence2017 · as Martin Bigg
• A Doggone Hollywood2017 · as Sheriff Evans
• Abattoir2016 · as Richard Renshaw
• Decommissioned2016 · as Detective Tom Weston
• Nessie & Me2016 · as Dad
• Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon2016 · as Self
• The Infiltrator2016 · as Barry Seal
• Traded2016 · as Clay
• It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned2016 · as Self
• Weaponized2016 · as Captain Doug Rice
• Sicilian Vampire2015 · as Sammy
• Bone Tomahawk2015 · as Mr. Wallington
• Swat: Unit 8872015 · as Captain Mike Ryan
• 4Got102015 · as Sheriff Olson
• The Shelter2015 · as Thomas
• Operator2015 · as Howard
• The Vatican Tapes2015 · as Det. Harris
• Awaken2015 · as Xander
• Checkmate2015 · as Captain Raymond Mitchell Howard
• No Deposit2015 · as Mickey Ryan
• The Last Outlaw2014 · as Sheriff Atherton
• Snapshot2014 · as President
• The Big Fat Stone2014 · as Detective Farinelli
• Jet Set2013 · as Ryan
• Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited2013 · as Self
• Suddenly2013 · as Conklin
• Assault on Wall Street2013 · as Frank
• Real Gangsters2013 · as Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco
• How Sweet It Is2013 · as Mike
• Maximum Conviction2012 · as Chris Blake
• The Come-Up2012 · as Ron Zimmerman
• The Philadelphia Experiment2012 · as Hagan
• Gone2012 · as Lt. Ray Bozeman
• Blubberella2011 · as The Commandant
• The Lincoln Lawyer2011 · as Detective Kurlen
• Raging Boll2010 · as Self
• Amphibious Creature of the Deep2010 · as Jack Bowman
• Cool Dog2010 · as Dean Warner
• Tales of an Ancient Empire2010 · as Oda
• BloodRayne: The Third Reich2010 · as Commandant Ekart Brand
• Rampage2009 · as Sheriff Melvoy
• Direct Contact2009 · as Clive Connelly
• The Perfect Sleep2009 · as Officer Pavlovich
• Far Cry2008 · as Paul Summer
• Road to Hell2008 · as Cody
• Alone in the Dark 22008 · as Willson
• 100 Feet2008 · as Mike Watson / The Ghost
• Tunnel Rats2008 · as Sergeant Vic Hollowborn
• Ninja Cheerleaders2008 · as Victor Lazzaro
• Dark World2008 · as Harry
• Furnace2007 · as Michael Turner
• Postal2007 · as Panhandler
• BloodRayne II: Deliverance2007 · as Pat Garret
• Kinky Killers2007 · as Detective Barry Harper
• Seed2006 · as Detective Matthew 'Matt' Bishop
• Crash Landing2006 · as Captain Williams
• Saurian2006 · as Jace Randall
• BloodRayne2005 · as Iancu
• Komodo vs. Cobra2005 · as Capt. Michael A. Stoddard
• Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness2004 · as Ty Griffin
• Fate2003 · as Detective Cody Martin
• Heart of America2003 · as Will Prat
• Vatos2002
• Red Serpent2002 · as Steve Nichols
• Blackwoods2001 · as Sheriff Harding
• A Month of Sundays2001 · as Tomas McCabe
• Peril2001 · as Vincent
• Sanctimony2000 · as Jim Renart
• The Virgin Suicides2000 · as Adult Trip Fontaine
• Space Fury1999 · as Argy
• Men of Means1999 · as Rico 'Bullet' Burke
• October 221998 · as Gary
• Hope Floats1998 · as Bill Pruitt
• Back to Even1998 · as Boyle
• Falling Fire1997 · as Daryl Boden
• 2103: The Deadly Wake1997 · as Tarkis
• Merchant of Death1997 · as Jim Rendall
• Coyote Run1997 · as Pershing Quinn
• Strip Search1997 · as Robby Durrell
• Bad Moon1996 · as Uncle Ted
• Carver's Gate1996 · as Carver
• The Colony1996 · as Alec Harken
• Raging Angels1995 · as Colin
• Triplecross1995 · as Teddy 'T.C' Cooper
• Village of the Damned1995 · as Frank McGowan
• Lunar Cop1995 · as Joe Brody
• The Dangerous1995 · as Random
• Warriors1994 · as Colin Neal
• Point of Impact1993 · as Jack David
• Deadly Heroes1993 · as Brad Cartowski
• Empire City1992 · as Joey Andre
• Blink of an Eye1992 · as Sam Browning
• Sunset Heat1992 · as Eric Wright
• Into the Sun1992 · as Capt. Paul Watkins
• Killing Streets1991 · as Chris / Craig Brandt
• The Last Hour1991 · as Jeff
• Dragonfight1990 · as Moorpark
• Moon 441990 · as Felix Stone
• The Dark Sun1990 · as Ruggero Brickman
• The Closer1990 · as Larry Freed
• Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!1989 · as Eddie Wilson / Joe West
• World Gone Wild1987 · as George Landon
• The Women's Club1987 · as Patrick
• Instant Justice1986 · as Scott Youngblood
• Space Rage1985 · as Grange
• The Philadelphia Experiment1984 · as David Herdeg
• Streets of Fire1984 · as Tom Cody
• Undercover1984 · as Max
• Eddie and the Cruisers1983 · as Eddie Wilson
• Crazy Times1981 · as Harry
• Mayday Z— · as Stan Stone
• Cursed Waters— · as Captain Arnold
• Only Seven Days...— · as Charles
• Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins— · as Warrant
• How to Kill Your Coworkers and Get Away with it— · as Victor Claremont
• Save the Last Bullet— · as Capt. Pete Lepart
• SYNC—
• The Apex Predators Club—
• Long Lost— · as The Archivist
• dATE—
• Sara Sarita—
• Dead Dogs Lying in the Sun— · as Chuck Simpson
• Werewolf Hunt— · as Jackson
• Penny—

All TV Shows (8)

• Keeping Up with the Joneses2021 · as Sheldon
• Starhunter ReduX2018 · as Dante Montana
• South Beach2006
• House2004 · as Warden Delaire
• Cold Case2003 · as Randy Price
• Starhunter2000 · as Dante Montana
• Houston Knights1987 · as Joey La Fiamma
• The Greatest American Hero1981 · as Tony Villicana