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Michael Paré

Acting Born Oct 9, 1958 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

House

as Warden Delaire
Film

Wet Hot American Summer

as Randy Price
Film

The Lincoln Lawyer

as Detective Kurlen
Film

Bone Tomahawk

as Mr. Wallington
Film

The Virgin Suicides

as Adult Trip Fontaine

Full filmography

  • House (2004) as Warden Delaire
  • Cold Case (2003) as Randy Price
  • The Greatest American Hero (1981) as Tony Villicana
  • The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) as Detective Kurlen
  • Bone Tomahawk (2015) as Mr. Wallington
  • The Virgin Suicides (2000) as Adult Trip Fontaine
  • Houston Knights (1987) as Joey La Fiamma
  • Hope Floats (1998) as Bill Pruitt
  • South Beach (2006)
  • Starhunter ReduX (2018) as Dante Montana
  • The Infiltrator (2016) as Barry Seal
  • Streets of Fire (1984) as Tom Cody
  • Real Gangsters (2013) as Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco
  • Starhunter (2000) as Dante Montana
  • Wanted Man (2024) as Tinelli
  • The Vatican Tapes (2015) as Det. Harris
  • Village of the Damned (1995) as Frank McGowan
  • Gone (2012) as Lt. Ray Bozeman
  • City of Lies (2018) as Varney
  • The Debt Collector (2018) as Mad Alex
  • Keeping Up with the Joneses (2021) as Sheldon
  • Rampage (2009) as Sheriff Melvoy
  • Order of the Dragon (2026) as Henry Wyatt
  • Bad Moon (1996) as Uncle Ted