Biography
Michael Paré is an American actor. Born on 9 October 1958 in Brooklyn, New York City, he trained at the Culinary Institute of America and worked as a chef before entering acting after being scouted by an agent.
His first starring role was as Tony Villicana in the television series The Greatest American Hero (1981). He is known for film roles including Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and its sequel Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989), Tom Cody in Streets of Fire (1984), David Herdeg in The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Frank McGowan in Village of the Damned (1995), Adult Trip Fontaine in The Virgin Suicides (1999), and Detective Kurlen in The Lincoln Lawyer (2011). Television work includes Joey La Fiamma in Houston Knights (1987–1988) and Dante Montana in Starhunter (2000–2001).
