Michael Paré

He was born in Brooklyn New York in October 9, 1958. He is the son of Francis Paré, an owner of print shops of French-Canadian Ancestry and Joan a homemaker from Irish ancestry. Sadly, when Michael was only 5 years old, his father died from leukemia. After that his mother had to take care of her big family by herself. While working as a chef in New York he met Yvette Bikoff, an agent who had him try acting. He got his first starring role in The Greatest American Hero, a television series, where he played Tony Villicana. After that, and in terms of Television productions, he starred in the CBS police drama called Houston Knights with Eddie Wilson, and a 2001 science fiction TV series called Starhunter. None of the two series lasted too long on the air. As far as movies go, the nmost relevant participations have been in The Virgin Suicides in 1999, Hope Floats in 1998, Bad Moon 1i 1996, Village Of The Damned in 1995, Moon 44 in 1990, The Philadelphia Experiment in 1984, Streets Of Fire in 1984, and Eddie and The Cruisers in 1983 and its sequel Eddie and The Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! In 1989. In terms of providing with a full spectrum on his work, we will list all his most relevant appearances in both TV and Films. His work includes The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983) as Tony Villicana, Eddie and The Cruisers (1983) as Eddie Wilson, Crazy Times (1981) as Harry, Undercover (1984) as Max, Streets of Fire (1984) as Tom Cody, The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) as David Herdeg, Space Rage (1985) as Grange, Instant Justice (1986) as Scott Youngblood, The Women's Club (1987) as Patrick, World Gone Wild (1988) as George Landon, Houston Knights (1987–1988) as Sgt. Joey La Fiamma, Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989) as Eddie Wilson / Joe West, Dragonfight (1990) as Moorpark, Moon 44 (1990) as Felix Stone, Il sole buio (1990) as Ruggero Brickman, The Closer (1990) as Larry Freed, Empire City (1991) as Joey Andre, Killing Streets (1991) as Chris/Craig Brandt, The Last Hour (1991) as Jeff, Into the Sun (1992) as Capt. Paul Watkins, Blink of an Eye (1992) as Sam Browning, Merchant of Death (1997) as Jim Randell, 2103: The Deadly Wake (1997) as Tarkis, Strip Search (1997) as Robby Durrell, Falling Fire (1997) as Daryl Boden, Men of Means (1999) as Rico, 'Bullet' Burke Peril (2000) as Vincent Sanctimony, Space Fury (2000) as Konrad, A Month of Sundays (2001) as Tomas McCabem and Red Serpent (2002) as Steve Nichols. In his role in Ninja Cheerleaders, he plays the villain, a mobster who has kidnapped the master of three female ninjas that happen to be gorgeous cheerleaders.