Michael Paré
Biography
Michael Paré is an American actor from Brooklyn, New York, who was working as a chef when a talent agent urged him to try acting; he went on to study with Uta Hagen. His first starring part came as Tony Villicana on the television series The Greatest American Hero. He is best known for playing Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) and its sequel Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989), and for Streets of Fire (1984) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), with a later appearance in the 2012 remake of that film. His other credits include Moon 44 (1990), Village of the Damned (1995), Bad Moon (1996), Hope Floats (1998) and The Virgin Suicides (1999). On television he starred in Houston Knights and Starhunter, he has worked often in Uwe Boll's films, and he won a Best Actor award at the PollyGrind Film Festival for Road to Hell.
68years old
Turns 69 on October 9in 338 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Michael Pare and Michael Kevin Paré
Movie Career
- Films
- 87
- Career span
- 42 years1983 to 2025
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A change of course
While employed as a chef in New York City, Paré met the talent agent Yvette Bikoff, and she convinced him to give acting a try.
First role
Michael Paré landed his first starring part as Tony Villicana, a role on the television series The Greatest American Hero.
A first
In August 1987, Paré was picked as the cover model for the debut issue of Men's Fitness. After Men's Journal absorbed the magazine in 2017, it ranked his cover as the No. 1 among more than 300 issues.
Michael Paré movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Uwe Boll directed thirteen of these films, Timothy Woodward Jr. seven and Jim Wynorski three. Brendan Fletcher appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Brendan Fletcher's page
Johnny Messner's page
Natassia Malthe's page
Ralf Moeller's page
Eric Roberts's page
Danny Trejo's page
All films by Uwe Boll
All films by Timothy Woodward Jr.
All films by Jim Wynorski
Also four films together6 more actors
- Clint HowardAssault on Wall Street (2013), BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011) and Heart of America (2003)
- Louis MandylorRenegades (2022), Astro (2018), Battle Drone (2018) and The Debt Collector (2018)
- Mike DopudAssault on Wall Street (2013), Far Cry (2008), BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007) and Seed (2006)
- Robert LaSardoMundije (2025), Camp Pleasant Lake (2024), Bridge of the Doomed (2022) and Mind Games (2021)
- Tyron LeitsoAssault on Wall Street (2013), Suddenly (2013), BloodRayne 2: Deliverance (2007) and Seed (2006)
- Steffen MennekesBloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Rampage (2009) and Far Cry (2008)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Michael Paré's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$240 million
21 of the 87 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 87 films: 21 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 19 never in cinemas; 44 figure not found.
- 21Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 19Never in cinemas
- 44Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$85M35.6% of the total
- 2$81M33.9% of the total
- 3$18M7.5% of the total
- 4$10M4.3% of the total
- 5$9.4M3.9% of the total
- 6$8.1M3.4% of the total
- 7$8.1M3.4% of the total
- 8$4.8M2.0% of the total
$14.2 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.