Michael Paré Biography
Michael Paré is an American actor best known for his portrayal of “Eddie Wilson” in the cult classic “Eddie and the Cruisers.” On the television series The Greatest American Hero, he made his debut as Tony Villicana.
Michael Paré Age
Mike was born Michael Kevin Paré, on October 9, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America. He is 64 years old as of October 2022.
Michael Paré Family
He was born Michael Kevin Paré, the eighth of ten children to a French-Canadian father and an Irish mother. He is the youngest of three brothers and six sisters. His father, Francis, who owned and ran a number of print shops in the city, passed away due to leukemia when young Paré was just over 5 years old, leaving his mother, Joan, a housewife, to single-handedly raise a large family.
Michael Paré Wife
Paré has three marriages. From 1980 to 1984, he was married to film producer Lisa Katselas. He dated Nancy Allen for a year before his second marriage, to Marisa Roebuck, which lasted only 2 years (1986–1988).In 1992, he married former fashion model Marjolein Booy. The two have a child.
Michael Paré Career
He began his first starring role 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) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). Paré also appeared in the 2012 remake of The Philadelphia Experiment. He starred as a tortured soldier named Brad Cartowski in the 1993 action film Deadly Heroes, directed by Menahem Golan. Other films included Moon 44 (1990), Village of the Damned (1995), Bad Moon (1996), Hope Floats (1998), and The Virgin Suicides (1999). (1999).
Paré is best known for his deep, raspy voice, muscular physique, rugged screen presence, and traditional action hero demeanor. In a 2017 Men’s Journal interview, he revealed that as a young actor, he wasn’t sure if he wanted to be “the muscular leading guy.” 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 drama Houston Knights in 1987–1988 as well as the 2001 television series Starhunter. The actor appears frequently in Uwe Boll’s works. In 2022, it was announced that Paré will co-star with Jonathan Lipnicki in the horror film Camp Pleasant Lake.
Michael Paré Net Worth
Pare has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars as of 2023.
Paré Movies and TV Shows
Sicilian Vampire (2015)
The Good, the Bad and the Dead (2015)
The Infiltrator (2016)
Traded (2016)
The Red Maple Leaf (2016)
Nessie & Me (2016)
Jason’s Letter (2017)
The Neighborhood (2017)
Global Meltdown (2017)
Battle of the Drones (2017)
Reborn (2018)
A Christmas in Royal Fashion (2018)
City of Lies (2018)
Mayday (2019)
Once Upon a Time in Deadwood (2019)
Shark Island (2021)
Painkiller (2021)
The Penthouse (2021)
South of Heaven (2021)
Renegades as Donovan
The Beast Comes
Supersonic (TBA)
Camp Pleasant Lake (TBA)