Michael Paré
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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mockbuster | Self | Film |
| 2026 | SYNC | Damien | Film |
| 2025 | Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines | Dr. David Moore | Film |
| 2025 | Bury 'Em Deep | Sheriff Sykes | Film |
| 2025 | The Land That Time Forgot | Admiral Christopher Jackman | Film |
| 2025 | Clutch | Marty | Film |
| 2025 | 3 | Father Joe | TV |
| 2025 | Kung Fu Slayers | Steven Steinberg | Film |
| 2024 | Steady | Rudy | Film |
| 2024 | Kill Craft | Thomas Delon | Film |
| 2024 | Sentinel | President | Film |
| 2024 | Desert Fiends | Leonard | Film |
| 2024 | Wanted Man | Tinelli | Film |
| 2024 | Revival | Martin | Film |
| 2024 | War of the Worlds: Extinction | General Alfaro | Film |
| 2024 | Alien: Rubicon | President McCoy | Film |
| 2023 | Wrongful Death | Dr. David Moore | Film |
| 2023 | If I Can't Have You | Film | |
| 2023 | The Puppetman | Detective Al Rosen | Film |
| 2022 | Attack on Titan | Citizen Prime Ortiz | Film |
| 2022 | They Crawl Beneath | Bill Mortiz | Film |
| 2022 | 2025 Armageddon | Film | |
| 2022 | Headless Horseman | The Devil | Film |
| 2021 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Sheldon | TV |
| 2021 | Painkiller | Alan Rhodes | Film |
| 2021 | The Resonator: Miskatonic U | Professor Wallace | Film |
| 2020 | Captors | Film | |
| 2020 | Emerald Run | Matteo Trino | Film |
| 2019 | Hollow Point | Damian Wakefield | Film |
| 2018 | Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich | Detective Brown | Film |
| 2018 | Reborn | Detective Mark Fox | Film |
| 2016 | Decommissioned | Detective Tom Weston | Film |
| 2016 | The Infiltrator | Barry Seal | Film |
| 2016 | Nessie & Me | Dad | Film |
| 2015 | The Vatican Tapes | Det. Harris | Film |
| 2015 | Awaken | Xander | Film |
| 2015 | Operator | Howard | Film |
| 2015 | Bone Tomahawk | Mr. Wallington | Film |
| 2013 | Assault on Wall Street | Frank | Film |
| 2013 | Suddenly | Conklin | Film |
| 2013 | How Sweet It Is | Mike | Film |
| 2012 | Maximum Conviction | Chris Blake | Film |
| 2012 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Hagan | Film |
| 2012 | Gone | Lt. Ray Bozeman | Film |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | Detective Kurlen | Film |
| 2011 | Blubberella | The Commandant | Film |
| 2010 | Amphibious Creature of the Deep | Jack Bowman | Film |
| 2010 | Tales of an Ancient Empire | Oda | Film |
| 2010 | Cool Dog | Dean Warner | Film |
| 2010 | BloodRayne: The Third Reich | Commandant Ekart Brand | Film |
| 2010 | Raging Boll | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Direct Contact | Clive Connelly | Film |
| 2009 | The Perfect Sleep | Officer Pavlovich | Film |
| 2009 | Rampage | Sheriff Melvoy | Film |
| 2008 | Ninja Cheerleaders | Victor Lazzaro | Film |
| 2008 | Far Cry | Paul Summer | Film |
| 2008 | Tunnel Rats | Sergeant Vic Hollowborn | Film |
| 2008 | Alone in the Dark 2 | Willson | Film |
| 2008 | Road to Hell | Cody | Film |
| 2008 | 100 Feet | Mike Watson / The Ghost | Film |
| 2007 | Furnace | Michael Turner | Film |
| 2007 | Kinky Killers | Detective Barry Harper | Film |
| 2007 | Postal | Panhandler | Film |
| 2007 | BloodRayne II: Deliverance | Pat Garret | Film |
| 2006 | Crash Landing | Captain Williams | Film |
| 2006 | Seed | Detective Matthew 'Matt' Bishop | Film |
| 2006 | Saurian | Jace Randall | Film |
| 2005 | BloodRayne | Iancu | Film |
| 2005 | Komodo vs. Cobra | Capt. Michael A. Stoddard | Film |
| 2004 | Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness | Ty Griffin | Film |
| 2003 | Heart of America | Will Prat | Film |
| 2003 | Fate | Detective Cody Martin | Film |
| 2002 | Red Serpent | Steve Nichols | Film |
| 2002 | Vatos | Film | |
| 2001 | A Month of Sundays | Tomas McCabe | Film |
| 2001 | Blackwoods | Sheriff Harding | Film |
| 2001 | Peril | Vincent | Film |
| 2000 | Sanctimony | Jim Renart | Film |
| 2000 | The Virgin Suicides | Adult Trip Fontaine | Film |
| 1999 | Men of Means | Rico 'Bullet' Burke | Film |
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