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...
Known For
Movies
- The Devil’s Trap
2024
- The Philadelphia Experi...
1984
- Moon 44
1990
- Tunnel Rats
2008
- Direct Contact
2009
- Sanctimony
2000
- Eddie and the Cruisers
1983
- Blackwoods
2001
- Christmas Collision
2021
- Far Cry
2008
- October 22
1998
- Eddie and the Cruisers ...
1989
- Village of the Damned
1995
- Hope Floats
1998
- End of Loyalty
2023
- Alone in the Dark 2
2008
- BloodRayne: The Third R...
2010
- Kinky Killers
2007
- Gargoyle: Wings of Dark...
2004
- Komodo vs. Cobra
2005
- Wanted Man
2024
- 100 Feet
2008
- They Crawl Beneath
2022
- Streets of Fire
1984
- Lunar Cop
1995
- Furnace
2007
- Seed
2006
- World Gone Wild
1987
- Rampage
2009
- BloodRayne II: Delivera...
2007
- Blubberella
2011
- Tales of an Ancient Emp...
2010
- Kings of L.A.
2023
- If I Can't Have You
2023
- Righteous Blood
2021
- Bad Moon
1996
- Triplecross
1995
- Cool Dog
2010
- Someone Dies Tonight
2026
- Buckle Up
2023
- The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
- The Perfect Sleep
2009
- Red Serpent
2002
- Twisted Vines
2022
- Point of Impact
1993
- Amphibious 3D
2010
- Sunset Heat
1992
- Beyond the Resonator
2022
- Fate
2003
- Headless Horseman
2022
- Crash Landing
2006
- Heart of America
2003
- Blink of an Eye
1992
- The Philadelphia Experi...
2012
- Road to Hell
2008
- Space Rage
1985
- Captors
2020
- Space Fury
1999
- Alabama Rose
2022
- Curse of the Re-Animator
2022
- Maximum Conviction
2012
- Merchant of Death
1997
- Falling Fire
1997
- How Sweet It Is
2013
- Assault on Wall Street
2013
- BloodRayne
2005
- Back to Even
1998
- The Beast Comes At Midn...
2023
- Into the Sun
1992
- Undercover
1984
- Warriors
1994
- Instant Justice
1986
- 2103: The Deadly Wake
1997
- The Dangerous
1995
- Mayday Z
- The Last Hour
1991
- Deadly Heroes
1993
- Men of Means
1999
- Saurian
2006
- Top Gunner: Danger Zone
2022
- The Puppetman
2023
- Space Wars: Quest for t...
2023
- Renegades
2022
- War of the Worlds: Exti...
2024
- Wrongful Death
2023
- The Women's Club
1987
- The Wrong Life Coach
2024
- In The Shadows
2023
- Bridge of the Doomed
2022
- Cursed Waters
- It Takes a Village: The...
2016
- Family Ornaments
2023
- Camp Pleasant Lake
2024
- Mundije
2025
- Dawn
2022
- Kung Fu Slayers
2025
- The Last Outlaw
- Pig Killer
2022
- A Christmas Intern
2023
- Manipulated
2019
- The Red Tide Massacre
2022
- The Closer
1990
- Seulement sept jours...
- Dragonfight
1990
- The Colony
1996
- Suddenly
2013
- Tall, Dark and Dangerous
2024
- Planetquake
2024
- Very Frightening Tales
2023
- Carver's Gate
1996
- Real Gangsters
2013
- Bone Tomahawk
2015
- Strip Search
1997
- The Come-Up
2012
- Awaken
2015
- The Shelter
2015
- The Vatican Tapes
2015
- Desert Fiends
2024
- Sentinel
2024
- Checkmate
2015
- Crazy Times
1981
- Operator
2015
- Swat: Unit 887
2015
- 4Got10
2015
- Weaponized
2016
- Kill Craft
2024
- Il sole buio
1990
- Traded
2016
- Chuck Hank and the San ...
- How to Kill Your Cowork...
- Nessie & Me
2016
- Decommissioned
2016
- The Big Fat Stone
2014
- Sicilian Vampire
2015
- No Deposit
2015
- Abattoir
2016
- The Infiltrator
2016
- Raging Angels
1995
- Alien: Rubicon
2024
- Wrongful Death 2: Blood...
2025
- Save the Last Bullet
- American Violence
2017
- Peril
2001
- Gone
2012
- Killing Streets
1991
- Postal
2007
- The Virgin Suicides
2000
- Puppet Master: The Litt...
2018
- The Neighborhood
2017
- Povratak
2017
- Gangster Land
2017
- The Hunt for Johnny Rin...
2014
- Battle Drone
2018
- The Debt Collector
2018
- Global Meltdown
2017
- Big Kill
2019
- City of Lies
2018
- The Wrong Man
2017
- Astro
2018
- Nature of the Beast: Ma...
2016
- The Wrong Friend
2018
- Reborn
2018
- A Christmas in Royal Fa...
2018
- Dark World
2008
- F. You All: The Uwe Bol...
2018
- Coyote Run
1997
- Empire City
1992
- Making a Deal with the ...
2019
- Hollow Point
2019
- A Month of Sundays
2001
- The Last Big Save
2019
- Mayday
2019
- Lockdown
2022
- Once Upon a Time in Dea...
2019
- Ninja Cheerleaders
2008
- Raging Boll
2010
- Emerald Run
2020
- South of Heaven
2021
- Rumble on the Lot: Walt...
2013
- Shotguns and Six String...
2017
- As Long As I'm Famous
2020
- The Insurrection
2020
- The Red Maple Leaf
2017
- Invincible
2020
- Middleton Christmas
2020
- The Wrong Fiancé
2021
- Shark Island
2024
- Triassic Hunt
2021
- The Penthouse
2021
- The Resonator: Miskaton...
2021
- Mummy Dearest
2021
- Painkiller
2021
- Deceived by My Mother-I...
2021
- Mommy's Deadly Con Arti...
2021
- Nix
2022
- Mind Games
2021
- Jason's Letter
2017
- Vatos
2002
- Jet Set
2013
- In Tenebras: Into the D...
2024
- SYNC
- 9 Windows
2024
- Helloween
2025
- The Vampire and the Vig...
2024
- Attack on Titan
2022
- Knightfall
2025
- Revival
2024
- The Christmas Chain
2024
- Snapshot
2014
- A Doggone Hollywood
2017
- Alien Apocalypse
2023
- The Apex Predators Club
- Death 4 Dinner
2025
- The Wild Man
2021
- Long Lost
- Clutch
- Elite Target
2025
- Morgan: Killer Doll
2025
- Bury 'Em Deep
2025
- Shark Terror
2025
- Order of the Dragon
2026
- The Land That Time Forg...
2025
- dATE
- Mister Mayfair: Serena'...
2021
- Angel with a Gun
2024
- Rocky's Galaxy: A Total...
2025
- Sara Sarita
- Bedtime Stories: Tales ...
2024
- The Looters
- Water’s Edge
- Werewolf Hunt
2026
TV Shows
- Houston Knights
1987
- The Greatest American H...
1981
- Cold Case
2003
- Starhunter
2000
- South Beach
2006
- Keeping Up with the Jon...
2021
- House
2004
- Starhunter ReduX
2018