Michael Paré
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 9 October 1958 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting 242
- 2028Manson's War as Detective Cody
- 2026Someone Dies Tonight as William 'Bill' Stephenson
- 2026Order of the Dragon as Henry Wyatt
- 2026The Apex Predators Club
- 2026Small Talk
- 2026How to Kill Your Coworkers and Get Away with it as Victor Claremont
- 2026Mayday Z as Stan Stone
- 2026Penny
- 2026A Perfect Christmas Kiss as Uncle Ed
- 2026Save the Last Bullet as Capt. Pete Lepart
- 2026Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins as Warrant
- 2026Dead Dogs Lying in the Sun as Chuck Simpson
- 2026Sundown Town as Hank
- 2026The Wrong Housemaid as James
- 2026Werewolf Hunt as Jackson
- 2026Sara Sarita
- 2026Mockbuster as Self
- 2026SYNC as Damien
- 2026dATE
- 2026Only Seven Days... as Charles
- 2026Long Lost as The Archivist
- 2026Cursed Waters as Captain Arnold
- 2025Water’s Edge as Sheriff Jake Wright
- 2025Rocky's Galaxy: A Totally Mundane Christmas Adventure as Col. Sublett
- 20253 as Father Joe
- 2025Helloween as John Parker
- 2025Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines as Dr. David Moore
- 2025The Last Outlaw as Sherrif Atherton
- 2025Shark Terror as Captain Schaeffer
- 2025Clutch as Marty
- 2025Bury 'Em Deep as Sheriff Sykes
- 2025Bloodstorm as Police Chief
- 2025Morgan: Killer Doll as Astrid's Father
- 2025Elite Target as Disappointed Man
- 2025Death 4 Dinner as Detective Noah Rafferty
- 2025Knightfall as Matthew
- 2025Kung Fu Slayers as Steven Steinberg
- 2025The Land That Time Forgot as Admiral Christopher Jackman
- 2025Mundije as CIA Chief
- 2024Desert Fiends as Leonard
- 2024Revival as Martin
- 2024The Christmas Chain as Tom
- 2024The Devil’s Trap as Father Gestas
- 2024Angel with a Gun
- 2024The Vampire and the Vigilante as Gabriel
- 20249 Windows as Agent Larry Thurgood
- 2024In Tenebras: Into the Darkness as Captain Shaw
- 2024Alien: Rubicon as President McCoy
- 2024Shark Island as Charlie
- 2024Steady as Rudy
- 2024Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate as Fortunato
- 2024Kill Craft as Thomas Delon
- 2024War of the Worlds: Extinction as General Alfaro
- 2024Wanted Man as Tinelli
- 2024Sentinel as President
- 2024Camp Pleasant Lake as Rick Rutherford
- 2024Tall, Dark and Dangerous as Bill
- 2024Planetquake as General West
- 2024The Wrong Life Coach as Detective Cloverdale
- 2023A Christmas Intern as William
- 2023Family Ornaments as Grandpa Pat
- 2023Alien Apocalypse as Director Storm
- 2023In The Shadows as Sam Hammonds
- 2023The Puppetman as Detective Al Rosen
- 2023Wrongful Death as Dr. David Moore
- 2023The Beast Comes At Midnight as Night
- 2023Buckle Up as Joseph McClory
- 2023Kings of L.A. as Artie
- 2023Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar as Kip
- 2023If I Can't Have You
- 2023End of Loyalty as Pops
- 2023Very Frightening Tales as Edward Barnes
- 2022Alabama Rose as Ethan
- 20222025 Armageddon
- 2022Renegades as Donovan
- 2022Headless Horseman as The Devil
- 2022They Crawl Beneath as Bill Mortiz
- 2022Attack on Titan as Citizen Prime Ortiz
- 2022Nix as Idres
- 2022Twisted Vines as Branson Wright
- 2022The Red Tide Massacre as Sheriff Tom Fuller
- 2022Pig Killer as Detective Oppal
- 2022Dawn as Officer Barry
- 2022Top Gunner: Danger Zone as Air Marshal Tony Wilkes
- 2022Lockdown as Roger Kinkaid
- 2022Bridge of the Doomed as Colonel Charon
- 2022Curse of the Re-Animator as Professor Wallace
- 2022Beyond the Resonator as Professor Wallace
- 2021South of Heaven as Joey
- 2021Christmas Collision as Jagger Huntley
- 2021The Wild Man
- 2021Righteous Blood as Jericho
- 2021Mind Games as Colonel Reeder
- 2021Mister Mayfair: Serena's Game as Lister
- 2021Mommy's Deadly Con Artist as Ross
- 2021Deceived by My Mother-In-Law as Ross
- 2021Painkiller as Alan Rhodes
- 2021The Penthouse as Charles
- 2021Mummy Dearest as Dr. Jason
- 2021The Resonator: Miskatonic U as Professor Wallace
- 2021Triassic Hunt as Jordan Freedman
- 2021The Wrong Fiancé as Police Chief Sawyer
- 2020Middleton Christmas as Johnny
- 2020Captors
- 2020Invincible as Trevor Morgan
- 2020The Insurrection as Sergeant Major
- 2020As Long As I'm Famous as Older Sid
- 2020Emerald Run as Matteo Trino
- 2019Hollow Point as Damian Wakefield
- 2019Big Kill as Col. Granger
- 2019Once Upon a Time in Deadwood as Swearengen
- 2019Mayday as Air Marshall Adam Anderson
- 2019Making a Deal with the Devil as Pierre
- 2019The Last Big Save as Derek
- 2019Manipulated
- 2018A Christmas in Royal Fashion as Mr. Carson
- 2018Fuck You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018Reborn as Detective Mark Fox
- 2018The Wrong Friend as Lieutenant Forni
- 2018City of Lies as Varney
- 2018Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Detective Brown
- 2018Astro as Allen Smith
- 2018The Debt Collector as Mad Alex
- 2018Battle Drone as Karl Kess
- 2017The Wrong Man as Gary Moore
- 2017Jason's Letter as Brad Macaulay
- 2017Gangster Land as O'Connor
- 2017The Neighborhood as Johnny 3
- 2017Global Meltdown as Amos Cade
- 2017Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable as Self
- 2017The Red Maple Leaf as Ambassador Patrick Adams Jr.
- 2017The Return as Michael Shreder
- 2017American Violence as Martin Bigg
- 2017A Doggone Hollywood as Sheriff Evans
- 2016Abattoir as Richard Renshaw
- 2016Decommissioned as Detective Tom Weston
- 2016Nessie & Me as Dad
- 2016Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon as Self
- 2016The Infiltrator as Barry Seal
- 2016Traded as Clay
- 2016It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned as Self
- 2016Weaponized as Captain Doug Rice
- 2015Sicilian Vampire as Sammy
- 2015Bone Tomahawk as Mr. Wallington
- 2015Swat: Unit 887 as Captain Mike Ryan
- 20154Got10 as Sheriff Olson
- 2015The Shelter as Thomas
- 2015Operator as Howard
- 2015The Vatican Tapes as Det. Harris
- 2015Awaken as Xander
- 2015Checkmate as Captain Raymond Mitchell Howard
- 2015No Deposit as Mickey Ryan
- 2014The Last Outlaw as Sheriff Atherton
- 2014Snapshot as President
- 2014The Big Fat Stone as Detective Farinelli
- 2013Jet Set as Ryan
- 2013Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited as Self
- 2013Suddenly as Conklin
- 2013Assault on Wall Street as Frank
- 2013Real Gangsters as Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco
- 2013How Sweet It Is as Mike
- 2012Maximum Conviction as Chris Blake
- 2012The Come-Up as Ron Zimmerman
- 2012The Philadelphia Experiment as Hagan
- 2012Gone as Lt. Ray Bozeman
- 2011Blubberella as The Commandant
- 2011The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Kurlen
- 2010Raging Boll as Self
- 2010Amphibious Creature of the Deep as Jack Bowman
- 2010Cool Dog as Dean Warner
- 2010Tales of an Ancient Empire as Oda
- 2010BloodRayne: The Third Reich as Commandant Ekart Brand
- 2009Rampage as Sheriff Melvoy
- 2009Direct Contact as Clive Connelly
- 2009The Perfect Sleep as Officer Pavlovich
- 2008Far Cry as Paul Summer
- 2008Road to Hell as Cody
- 2008Alone in the Dark 2 as Willson
- 2008100 Feet as Mike Watson / The Ghost
- 2008Tunnel Rats as Sergeant Vic Hollowborn
- 2008Ninja Cheerleaders as Victor Lazzaro
- 2008Dark World as Harry
- 2007Furnace as Michael Turner
- 2007Postal as Panhandler
- 2007BloodRayne II: Deliverance as Pat Garret
- 2007Kinky Killers as Detective Barry Harper
- 2006Seed as Detective Matthew 'Matt' Bishop
- 2006Crash Landing as Captain Williams
- 2006BloodRayne as Iancu
- 2006Saurian as Jace Randall
- 2005Komodo vs. Cobra as Capt. Michael A. Stoddard
- 2004Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness as Ty Griffin
- 2003Fate as Detective Cody Martin
- 2003Heart of America as Will Prat
- 2002Vatos
- 2002Red Serpent as Steve Nichols
- 2001Blackwoods as Sheriff Harding
- 2001A Month of Sundays as Tomas McCabe
- 2001Peril as Vincent
- 2000Sanctimony as Jim Renart
- 2000The Virgin Suicides as Adult Trip Fontaine
- 1999Space Fury as Argy
- 1999Men of Means as Rico 'Bullet' Burke
- 1998October 22 as Gary
- 1998Hope Floats as Bill Pruitt
- 1998Back to Even as Boyle
- 1997Falling Fire as Daryl Boden
- 19972103: The Deadly Wake as Tarkis
- 1997Merchant of Death as Jim Rendall
- 1997Coyote Run as Pershing Quinn
- 1997Strip Search as Robby Durrell
- 1996Bad Moon as Uncle Ted
- 1996Carver's Gate as Carver
- 1996The Colony as Alec Harken
- 1995Raging Angels as Colin
- 1995Triplecross as Teddy 'T.C' Cooper
- 1995Village of the Damned as Frank McGowan
- 1995Lunar Cop as Joe Brody
- 1995The Dangerous as Random
- 1994Warriors as Colin Neal
- 1993Point of Impact as Jack David
- 1993Deadly Heroes as Brad Cartowski
- 1992Empire City as Joey Andre
- 1992Blink of an Eye as Sam Browning
- 1992Sunset Heat as Eric Wright
- 1992Into the Sun as Capt. Paul Watkins
- 1991Killing Streets as Chris / Craig Brandt
- 1991The Last Hour as Jeff
- 1990Dragonfight as Moorpark
- 1990Moon 44 as Felix Stone
- 1990The Dark Sun as Ruggero Brickman
- 1990The Closer as Larry Freed
- 1989Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! as Eddie Wilson / Joe West
- 1987World Gone Wild as George Landon
- 1987The Women's Club as Patrick
- 1986Instant Justice as Scott Youngblood
- 1985Space Rage as Grange
- 1984The Philadelphia Experiment as David Herdeg
- 1984Streets of Fire as Tom Cody
- 1984Undercover as Max
- 1983Eddie and the Cruisers as Eddie Wilson
- 1981Crazy Times as Harry
Directing 2
- 2026Mayday Z · director
- 2012Os 12 Desastres de Natal · director
Production 2
- 2026SYNC · producer
- 2005Komodo vs. Cobra · executive producer
Writing 1
- 2022Black Warrant · story