Full Name | Michael Paré |
Net Worth | $13 Million |
Date Of Birth | October 9, 1958 |
Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Height | 1.85 m |
Profession | Actor |
Education | The Culinary Institute of America |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Marjolein Booy, Marisa Roebuck, Lisa Katselas |
Parents | Francis Paré, Joan Paré |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001595 |
Movies | Streets of Fire, Eddie and the Cruisers, Bad Moon, Traded, The Philadelphia Experiment, Village of the Damned, The Virgin Suicides, Hope Floats, Maximum Conviction, BloodRayne: The Third Reich, The Lincoln Lawyer, Rampage, Komodo vs. Cobra, Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!, Moon 44, Bone Toma... |
TV Shows | Starhunter, Houston Knights, The Greatest American Hero |
Star Sign | Libra |
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1 | [on Streets of Fire (1984)] They told me that it was going to be a trilogy. What happened was that all of the people that made Streets of Fire left Universal Studios and went to 20th Century Fox. It was made at Universal, so they owned the rights to the story. So it was left behind. I was told by Joel Silver that the sequel was going to be set in the snow, and the following film would be set in the desert. |
2 | [on Rick Moranis] Here is the thing... in movies you aren't supposed to do things for real. You can't really hit someone, you can't really stab someone. Someone will get hurt. A comedian can go at you full bore because he can't inflict any physical damage. He drove me nuts. Some people say that our relationship is the best work in the film. It was a very antagonistic relationship. When I looked at him, I had some very serious anger towards him. In reality, what I should've done was punched him right in the face the minute that he got into the car in that first scene. It would've been funny to have Rick wear a bandage across his nose the end film. |
3 | [on Bad Moon (1996)] I was living in Holland and I happened to be in L.A. and I got a call that Eric [Red] wanted to meet me. So I met him on the Warner Brothers lot and it was with his producer, I think. And I had read the script a couple times... especially the transformation sequence, you know, in the Blue Room or whatever that restaurant is on the lot. And I told him I loved it, I loved the story and I'd love to be in a werewolf movie. I then went on specifically about the transformation sequence and he's like, "Yep, yep, uh huh. We shoot in Vancouver." And so I said, "Okay, what's the next step, what do I have to do to get this?" and he said, "Just say yes.". |
4 | [on Streets of Fire (1984)] It was a big action movie that they were going to shoot in Hollywood. Eddie and the Cruisers had been made for five million dollars. So that wasn't really a big film budget wise. Streets of Fire was going to be a big studio movie. It had Walter Hill as director and Diane Lane had signed on and that was all I needed. |
5 | [on typecasting] You know, I think it's a mistake to not do what Hollywood wants to market you as. Because then they say, "Okay fine, we'll get someone else.". |
6 | [on director Walter Hill] I think Walter is a writer at heart. Writers aren't always that good at communicating in person. He's also a tough son-of-a-bitch. He's like a cowboy. His director's chair was made out of leather and on the back of it read "Lone Wolf". He used to frequent gun clubs and he wasn't a very delicate guy. I can remember on Streets of Fire, we were doing some ADR for the film. We were doing a love scene. When they said, "We need to ADR the love scene." I really freaked out. I had never done a love scene before Streets of Fire. I was really a new actor, and I really needed help to get through it. I panicked, and the producer on Streets of Fire, Joel Silver, called Walter and somehow persuaded him to come over and direct me through the ADR. Streets of Fire was a big picture for me, and I was overwhelmed. I think that bothered Walter. I think he thought that I was a needy guy. He was used to working with actors who had experience like Nick Nolte or David Carradine. I've always wondered why Walter has never wanted to work with me again. I think he was too much of gentlemen to tell me that I was too needy at the time. |
7 | [on working with John Carpenter] John is another one of these guys like David Lynch where nobody questioned or added or had anything to say except "Yes John." That's very comforting for an actor to be working for a director who knows exactly what he wants. |
8 | [on his favorite movie role] I always say it was Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) because the director had come to me and said, "Listen, if you fuck this up we're gonna fire you. We'll get Rick Springfield, he's waiting to do the role." So there was a tremendous amount of pressure. |
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1 | His father, Francis Paré, owned print shops, and his mother, Joan Paré, was a homemaker. |
2 | Best known for his role as 1960s rock icon Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989). |
3 | When he is not working on films, he lives full time in Los Angeles, California with his wife Marjolein, a former fashion model. |
4 | Contrary to persistent rumors, he was not the original choice to play the Punisher/Frank Castle in The Punisher (1989). |
5 | Has made a lucrative living appearing on the side in Japanese commercials and in print ads. |
6 | Was on the wrestling team in high school. |
7 | Has three brothers and six sisters. His father died of leukemia when Michael was about five years old. Michael's paternal grandparents, who were from Quebec, were French-Canadian, and Michael's maternal grandparents were Irish. |
8 | Trained with acting guru Uta Hagen in the early 1980s. |
9 | Studied at the Culinary Institute of America in his "salad" days and was working as a chef when his strikingly hunky looks opened the door for modeling work. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Last Outlaw | 2014 | Video | Sheriff Atherton |
Suddenly | 2013 | | Conklin |
Assault on Wall Street | 2013 | | Frank |
Real Gangsters | 2013 | | Frank D'Cecco 'Frankie' |
How Sweet It Is | 2013 | | Mike |
Jet Set | 2013 | | Ryan |
The Come Up | 2012 | Short | Ron Zimmermann |
Maximum Conviction | 2012 | | Chris Blake (as Michael Pare) |
The Philadelphia Experiment | 2012 | TV Movie | Hagan |
Gone | 2012/I | | Lt. Ray Bozeman |
Leverage | 2012 | TV Series | FBI Special Agent Dennis Powell |
House M.D. | 2011 | TV Series | Warden Delaire |
Blubberella | 2011 | | The Commandant |
Memphis Beat | 2011 | TV Series | Dave Hargrove |
BloodRayne: The Third Reich | 2011 | | Commandant Ekart Brand |
The Lincoln Lawyer | 2011 | | Detective Kurlen |
Amphibious Creature of the Deep | 2010 | | Jack Bowman |
Cool Dog | 2010 | Video | Dean |
Abelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire | 2010 | | Oda |
Rampage | 2009 | | Sheriff Melvoy |
Direct Contact | 2009 | | Clive Connelly |
The Perfect Sleep | 2009 | | Officer Pavlovich |
Road to Hell | 2008 | | Cody |
Far Cry | 2008 | | Paul Summer (as Michael Pare) |
Alone in the Dark II | 2008 | Video | Willson |
100 Feet | 2008 | | The Ghost - Mike |
1968 Tunnel Rats | 2008 | | Sergeant Vic Hollowborn |
Ninja Cheerleaders | 2008 | | Victor Lazzaro |
Dark World | 2008 | | Harry |
Furnace | 2007 | | Detective Michael Turner |
BloodRayne II: Deliverance | 2007 | Video | Pat Garrett |
Postal | 2007 | | Panhandler |
Polycarp | 2007 | | Detective Barry Harper |
Seed | 2006 | | Detective Matt Bishop |
South Beach | 2006 | TV Series | Charlie Evans |
Saurian | 2006 | TV Movie | Jace Randall |
BloodRayne | 2005 | | Iancu |
Komodo vs. Cobra | 2005 | TV Movie | Mike A. Stoddard |
Crash Landing | 2005 | | Captain Williams |
Gargoyle | 2004 | Video | Ty "Griff" Griffin |
Cold Case | 2004 | TV Series | Randy Price |
Starhunter | 2000-2003 | TV Series | Dante Montana |
Red Serpent | 2003 | | Steve Nichols |
Fate | 2003 | | Detective Cody Martin |
Heart of America | 2002 | | Will Prat |
Blackwoods | 2001 | | Sheriff Harding |
A Month of Sundays | 2001 | | Tomas McCabe |
Peril | 2001 | | Vincent |
Sanctimony | 2000 | | Jim Renart (as Michael Pare) |
Space Fury | 1999 | Video | Konrad |
Men of Means | 1999 | | Rico 'Bullet' Burke |
The Virgin Suicides | 1999 | | Adult Trip Fontaine (as Michael Pare) |
October 22 | 1998 | | Gary (as Michael Pare) |
Back to Even | 1998 | | Boyle |
Hope Floats | 1998 | | Bill Pruitt |
Merchant of Death | 1997 | | Jim Randell |
Falling Fire | 1997 | | Daryl Boden |
Strip Search | 1997 | | Robby Durrell |
2103: The Deadly Wake | 1997 | | Tarkis |
Bad Moon | 1996 | | Uncle Ted (as Michael Pare) |
Carver's Gate | 1996 | TV Movie | Carver |
The Colony | 1996 | TV Movie | Alec Harken |
Coyote Run | 1996 | | Pershing Quinn |
Raging Angels | 1995 | | Colin |
Triplecross | 1995 | TV Movie | Teddy |
Village of the Damned | 1995 | | Frank McGowan |
Lunarcop | 1995 | | Joe Brody |
The Dangerous | 1995 | | Random |
Warriors | 1994 | | Colin Neal |
Deadly Heroes | 1993 | | Brad Cartowski |
Point of Impact | 1993 | | Jack Davis |
Empire City | 1992 | TV Movie | Joey Andre |
Blink of an Eye | 1992 | | Sam Browning |
Sunset Heat | 1992 | | Eric Wright |
Into the Sun | 1992 | | Capt. Paul Watkins |
The Last Hour | 1991 | | Jeff |
Killing Streets | 1991 | | Chris / Craig Brandt |
Dragonfight | 1990 | | Moorpark |
The Closer | 1990 | | Larry Freed |
Moon 44 | 1990 | | Felix Stone |
Il sole buio | 1990 | | Ruggero Brickman |
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! | 1989 | | Eddie Wilson / Joe West |
Houston Knights | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Sgt. Joey La Fiamma |
World Gone Wild | 1987 | | George Landon |
The Women's Club | 1987 | | Patrick |
Instant Justice | 1986 | | Sgt. Scott Youngblood |
Space Rage | 1985 | | Grange |
The Philadelphia Experiment | 1984 | | David Herdeg |
Streets of Fire | 1984 | | Tom Cody |
Undercover | 1984 | | Max |
Eddie and the Cruisers | 1983 | | Eddie Wilson |
The Greatest American Hero | 1981-1983 | TV Series | Tony Villicana |
Crazy Times | 1981 | TV Movie | Harry |
American Violence | 2017 | post-production | Martin Bigg |
Battle of the Drones | 2017 | post-production | Karl Kess |
Povratak | 2017 | post-production | Michael Shreder |
Raunch and Roll | 2016 | filming | Carl Weinstein |
The Chameleon | 2016 | TV Movie pre-production | Boots |
Worth Avenue | 2016 | TV Mini-Series announced | Richard Madison |
Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins | 2016 | post-production | Warrant |
The Cask of Amontillado | 2015 | Short completed | Fortunato |
Nessie & Me | 2016 | | Dad |
The Red Maple Leaf | 2016 | | Patrick Adams |
The Infiltrator | 2016 | | Barry Seal |
Traded | 2016 | | Clay |
Abattoir | 2016 | | Richard Renshaw |
WEAPONiZED | 2016/I | | Captain Doug Rice |
Decommissioned | 2016 | | Detective Tom Weston |
Starhunter Transformation | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | Dante Montana |
Bone Tomahawk | 2015 | | Mr. Wallington (as Michael Pare) |
4Got10 | 2015 | | Sheriff Olson |
Sicilian Vampire | 2015 | | Sammy |
The Shelter | 2015/I | | Thomas |
Operator | 2015/I | | Howard |
The Vatican Tapes | 2015 | | Det. Harris |
Checkmate | 2015/I | | Captain Raymond Mitchell Howard |
La Trattoria Sitcom | 2015 | TV Movie | Mikey Valentino |
No Deposit | 2015 | | Mickey Ryan |
Awaken | 2015 | | Xander |
SWAT: Unit 887 | 2015 | | Captain Mike Ryan |
Evil Within | 2015 | | Detective Lancaster |
The Big Fat Stone | 2014 | | Detective Farinelli |
Wings of the Dragon | 2014 | | Jackson Lee |
Snapshot | 2014/II | | President |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned | 2016 | Video documentary | Himself |
Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited | 2013 | Video documentary | Himself |
Hello! Hollywood | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
The Making of 'Bailout: The Age of Greed' | 2013 | Short | Himself |
Tales of an Ancient Empire: Behind the Scenes | 2012 | Video documentary | Himself |
Raging Boll | 2010 | Documentary | Ring announcer |
Making of 'Direct Contact' | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself |
1968: Tunnel Rats - Behind the Scenes | 2009 | Video short | Himself - Lieutenant Vic Hollowborn |
Saturday Night Live 25 | 1999 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
The Pat Sajak Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
Deja View | 1986 | Video | Himself |
The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1985 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Music Videos and Inside 'Streets of Fire' | 1984 | TV Special documentary | Himself (Tom Cody) |
The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2016 | Action on Film Award | Action on Film International Film Festival, USA | Outstanding Cast Performance - Feature | The Red Maple Leaf (2016) |
2016 | Action on Film Award | Action on Film International Film Festival, USA | Male Action Performer of the Year | Traded (2016) |
2015 | Career Achievement Award | A Night of Horror International Film Festival | Best Actor | The Shelter (2015) |
2015 | Best Actor | Burbank International Film Festival | Best Actor | 4Got10 (2015) |
2013 | Half-Life Award | Action on Film International Film Festival, USA | Actor | |
2012 | Acting Awards | PollyGrind Underground Film Festival of Las Vegas | Best Actor | Road to Hell (2008) |
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