
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. Some info from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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- 2025 · Knightfall as Matthew
- 2024 · Desert Fiends as Leonard
- 2024 · Alien: Rubicon as President McCoy
- 2024 · War of the Worlds: Extinction as General Alfaro
- 2024 · Wanted Man as Tinelli
- 2024 · Tall, Dark and Dangerous as Bill
- 2022 · Renegades as Donovan
- 2022 · Headless Horseman as The Devil
- 2022 · Nix as Idres
- 2022 · The Red Tide Massacre as Sheriff Tom Fuller
- 2022 · Top Gunner: Danger Zone as Air Marshal Tony Wilkes
- 2021 · Christmas Collision as Jagger Huntley
- 2020 · Invincible as Trevor Morgan
- 2020 · Emerald Run as Matteo Trino
- 2019 · Big Kill as Col. Granger
- 2019 · Once Upon a Time in Deadwood as Swearengen
- 2019 · Mayday as Air Marshall Adam Anderson
- 2018 · City of Lies as Varney
- 2018 · The Debt Collector as Mad Alex
- 2017 · Global Meltdown as Amos Cade
- 2017 · American Violence as Martin Bigg
- 2016 · The Infiltrator as Barry Seal
- 2016 · Traded as Clay
- 2016 · Weaponized as Captain Doug Rice
- 2015 · Bone Tomahawk as Mr. Wallington
- 2015 · Swat: Unit 887 as Captain Mike Ryan
- 2015 · The Vatican Tapes as Det. Harris
- 2013 · Jet Set as Ryan
- 2013 · Assault on Wall Street as Frank
- 2013 · Real Gangsters as Frank 'Frankie' D'Cecco
- 2012 · The Philadelphia Experiment as Hagan
- 2012 · Gone as Lt. Ray Bozeman
- 2011 · The Lincoln Lawyer as Detective Kurlen
- 2009 · Rampage as Sheriff Melvoy
- 2008 · Far Cry as Paul Summer
- 2008 · Tunnel Rats as Sergeant Vic Hollowborn
- 2007 · Postal as Panhandler
- 2007 · BloodRayne II: Deliverance as Pat Garret
- 2006 · Seed as Detective Matthew 'Matt' Bishop
- 2004 · House as Warden Delaire
- 2004 · Gargoyle: Wings of Darkness as Ty Griffin
- 2003 · Cold Case as Randy Price
- 2000 · The Virgin Suicides as Adult Trip Fontaine
- 1997 · Falling Fire as Daryl Boden
- 1997 · Coyote Run as Pershing Quinn
- 1996 · Bad Moon as Uncle Ted
- 1995 · Village of the Damned as Frank McGowan
- 1995 · Lunar Cop as Joe Brody
- 1993 · Deadly Heroes as Brad Cartowski
- 1990 · Moon 44 as Felix Stone
- 1987 · Houston Knights as Joey La Fiamma
- 1984 · The Philadelphia Experiment as David Herdeg
- Future · Only Seven Days... as Charles
- 1984 · Streets of Fire as Tom Cody
- 1981 · The Greatest American Hero as Tony Villicana
- Future · Cursed Waters as Captain Arnold
- 1993 · Point of Impact as Jack David
- Future · Clutch as Marty
- 2026 · Someone Dies Tonight as William 'Bill' Stephenson
- 2025 · Morgan: Killer Doll as Astrid's Father
- 2025 · Mundije as CIA Chief
- 2024 · Shark Island as Charlie
- 2024 · Camp Pleasant Lake as Rick Rutherford
- 2023 · Alien Apocalypse as Director Storm
- 2023 · The Puppetman as Detective Al Rosen
- 2022 · They Crawl Beneath as Bill Mortiz
- 2022 · Attack on Titan as Citizen Prime Ortiz
- 2022 · Twisted Vines as Branson Wright
- 2022 · Bridge of the Doomed as Colonel Charon
- 2022 · Curse of the Re-Animator as Professor Wallace
- 2021 · South of Heaven as Joey
- 2021 · Righteous Blood as Jericho
- 2021 · Triassic Hunt as Jordan Freedman
- 2020 · Middleton Christmas as Johnny
- 2020 · Captors as
- 2020 · The Insurrection as Sergeant Major
- 2019 · Hollow Point as Damian Wakefield
- 2018 · A Christmas in Royal Fashion as Mr. Carson
- 2018 · Reborn as Detective Mark Fox
- 2018 · Battle Drone as Karl Kess
- 2017 · The Wrong Man as Gary Moore
- 2017 · The Red Maple Leaf as Ambassador Patrick Adams Jr.
- 2017 · A Doggone Hollywood as Sheriff Evans
- 2016 · Abattoir as Richard Renshaw
- 2016 · Decommissioned as Detective Tom Weston
- 2016 · Nessie & Me as Dad
- 2016 · Nature of the Beast: Making Bad Moon as Self
- 2015 · 4Got10 as Sheriff Olson
- 2015 · The Shelter as Thomas
- 2015 · Operator as Howard
- 2013 · Suddenly as Conklin
- 2012 · Maximum Conviction as Chris Blake
- 2011 · Blubberella as The Commandant
- 2010 · Tales of an Ancient Empire as Oda
- 2010 · BloodRayne: The Third Reich as Commandant Ekart Brand
- 2009 · Direct Contact as Clive Connelly
- 2009 · The Perfect Sleep as Officer Pavlovich
- 2008 · 100 Feet as Mike Watson / The Ghost
- 2007 · Furnace as Michael Turner
- 2005 · BloodRayne as Iancu
- 2005 · Komodo vs. Cobra as Capt. Michael A. Stoddard
- 2000 · Starhunter as Dante Montana
- 2000 · Sanctimony as Jim Renart
- 1998 · October 22 as Gary
- 1998 · Hope Floats as Bill Pruitt
- 1997 · 2103: The Deadly Wake as Tarkis
- 1995 · Raging Angels as Colin
- 1995 · Triplecross as Teddy 'T.C' Cooper
- 1992 · Blink of an Eye as Sam Browning
- 1991 · Killing Streets as Chris / Craig Brandt
- 1990 · The Dark Sun as Ruggero Brickman
- 1990 · The Closer as Larry Freed
- Future · Save the Last Bullet as Capt. Pete Lepart
- 2025 · Wrongful Death 2: Bloodlines as Dr. David Moore
- 2025 · Bury 'Em Deep as Sheriff Sykes
- 2025 · Elite Target as Disappointed Man
- 2025 · Kung Fu Slayers as Steven Steinberg
- 2025 · The Land That Time Forgot as Admiral Christopher Jackman
- 2024 · The Christmas Chain as Tom
- 2024 · The Vampire and the Vigilante as Gabriel
- 2024 · Sentinel as President
- 2024 · Planetquake as General West
- 2023 · Buckle Up as Joseph McClory
- 2023 · Kings of L.A. as Artie
- 2023 · Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar as Kip
- 2022 · Lockdown as Roger Kinkaid
- 2022 · Beyond the Resonator as Professor Wallace
- 2021 · Keeping Up with the Joneses as Sheldon
- 2021 · The Penthouse as Charles
- 2021 · Mummy Dearest as Dr. Jason
- 2021 · The Wrong Fiancé as Police Chief Sawyer
- 2019 · Making a Deal with the Devil as Pierre
- 2018 · Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich as Detective Brown
- 2018 · Astro as Allen Smith
- 2018 · Starhunter ReduX as Dante Montana
- 2017 · Gangster Land as O'Connor
- 2017 · Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable as Self
- 2017 · The Return as Michael Shreder
- 2016 · It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned as Self
- 2015 · Awaken as Xander
- 2015 · Checkmate as Captain Raymond Mitchell Howard
- 2014 · The Hunt for Johnny Ringo as Sheriff Atherton
- 2014 · Snapshot as President
- 2014 · The Big Fat Stone as Detective Farinelli
- 2013 · How Sweet It Is as Mike
- 2010 · Amphibious Creature of the Deep as Jack Bowman
- 2010 · Cool Dog as Dean Warner
- 2008 · Road to Hell as Cody
- 2008 · Alone in the Dark 2 as Willson
- 2008 · Ninja Cheerleaders as Victor Lazzaro
- 2007 · Kinky Killers as Detective Barry Harper
- 2006 · Crash Landing as Captain Williams
- 2006 · South Beach as
- 2006 · Saurian as Jace Randall
- 2003 · Heart of America as Will Prat
- 2002 · Red Serpent as Steve Nichols
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Tomas McCabe
- 1998 · Back to Even as Boyle
- 1997 · Merchant of Death as Jim Rendall
- 1996 · The Colony as Alec Harken
- 1995 · The Dangerous as Random
- 1994 · Warriors as Colin Neal
- 1992 · Empire City as Joey Andre
- 1992 · Into the Sun as Capt. Paul Watkins
- 1991 · The Last Hour as Jeff
- 1987 · World Gone Wild as George Landon
- 1987 · The Women's Club as Patrick
- 1985 · Space Rage as Grange
- 1983 · Eddie and the Cruisers as Eddie Wilson
- Future · Long Lost as The Archivist
- 2026 · Order of the Dragon as Henry Wyatt
- 2025 · 9 Windows as Agent Larry Thurgood
- 2025 · Shark Terror as
- 2025 · Helloween as John Parker
- 2025 · Death 4 Dinner as Detective Noah Rafferty
- 2024 · Revival as Martin
- 2024 · The Devil’s Trap as Father Gestas
- 2024 · In Tenebras: Into the Darkness as Captain Shaw
- 2024 · Kill Craft as Thomas Delon
- 2024 · The Wrong Life Coach as Detective Cloverdale
- 2023 · A Christmas Intern as William
- 2023 · Family Ornaments as Grandpa Pat
- 2023 · In The Shadows as Sam Hammonds
- 2023 · Wrongful Death as Dr. David Moore
- 2023 · The Beast Comes At Midnight as Night
- 2023 · If I Can't Have You as
- 2023 · End of Loyalty as Pops
- 2023 · Very Frightening Tales as Edward Barnes
- 2022 · Alabama Rose as Ethan
- 2022 · Pig Killer as Detective Oppal
- 2022 · Dawn as Officer Barry
- 2021 · The Wild Man as
- 2021 · Mind Games as Colonel Reeder
- 2021 · Mommy's Deadly Con Artist as Ross
- 2021 · Deceived by My Mother-In-Law as Ross
- 2021 · Painkiller as Alan Rhodes
- 2021 · The Resonator: Miskatonic U as Professor Wallace
- 2020 · As Long As I'm Famous as Older Sid
- 2019 · The Last Big Save as Derek
- 2019 · Manipulated as
- 2018 · F. You All: The Uwe Boll Story as Self
- 2018 · The Wrong Friend as Lieutenant Forni
- 2017 · Jason's Letter as Brad Macaulay
- 2017 · The Neighborhood as Johnny 3
- 2015 · Sicilian Vampire as Sammy
- 2015 · No Deposit as Mickey Ryan
- 2013 · Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited as Self
- 2012 · The Come-Up as Ron Zimmerman
- 2010 · Raging Boll as Self
- 2008 · Dark World as Harry
- 2003 · Fate as Detective Cody Martin
- 2002 · Vatos as
- 1999 · Men of Means as Rico 'Bullet' Burke
- 1986 · Instant Justice as Scott Youngblood
- 1984 · Undercover as Max
- Future · The Apex Predators Club as
- Future · Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins as Warrant
- Future · Mayday Z as Stan Stone
- Future · SYNC as
- 2001 · Blackwoods as Sheriff Harding
- 2001 · Peril as Vincent
- 1999 · Space Fury as Argy
- 1997 · Strip Search as Robby Durrell
- 1996 · Carver's Gate as Carver
- 1992 · Sunset Heat as Eric Wright
- 1990 · Dragonfight as Moorpark
- 1989 · Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! as Eddie Wilson / Joe West
- 1981 · Crazy Times as Harry
- Future · How to Kill Your Coworkers and Get Away with it as Victor Claremont
- Future · The Last Outlaw as Sherrif Atherton