Michael Paré
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| Born | October 9, 1958 Brooklyn, New York |
| Occupation | Film, television actor |
Michael Kevin Paré[1] (born October 9, 1958) is an American actor.
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[edit] Early life
Paré was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Joan, a homemaker, and Francis Paré, who owned print shops.[1] He had six sisters and three brothers. Paré's father was of French-Canadian ancestry[2] and his mother of Irish ancestry.[citation needed] His father died from leukemia when Paré was 5 years old, leaving his mother to raise the large family of children. A good athlete, his primary sport in high school was wrestling. Paré first studied to be a chef at the Culinary Institute of America, and was working in that trade when he was approached to work as a male model. This opened the door into acting, having been discovered by agent and casting director Joyce Selznick, and in the 1980s he studied acting under Uta Hagen.
[edit] Acting career
His first starring role was as Tony Villicana on the television series The Greatest American Hero. He developed a cult following for his B movie roles, with several of these films developing into cult classics. His most well 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 his lead role in The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). Other films included Streets of Fire (1984), Moon 44 (1990), Deadly Heroes (1994), Village of the Damned (1995), Bad Moon (1996), 2103:The Deadly Wake (1997), Hope Floats (1998), The Virgin Suicides (1999) and Gargoyles: Wings of Darkness (2004).
Despite the rumor, he was not the original choice to portray the Marvel Comics character Frank Castle (also known as The Punisher), in the 1989 film adaptation The Punisher (the part eventually went to Dolph Lundgren). He starred in the short-lived science fiction TV series called Starhunter in 2001, and appeared in the 2006 film BloodRayne, and it's 2007 direct to DVD sequel BloodRayne II: Deliverance. He is set to appear in Uwe Boll's film adaptation of the video game Far Cry as well as Seed and Postal. He recently appeared against Dolph Lundgren in Direct Contact set for release in 2009. Paré works currently in the Brian Yuzna project Amphibious 3D.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Having developed a considerable popularity in some countries outside the US, he has starred in numerous television commercials in Japan. He has married three times. His first wife, from 1980 to 1982 was film producer Lisa Katselas Paré. He was married to Marisa Roebuck from 1986 to 1988, and in 1992 married his present wife, Marjolein, a former fashion model. Between filming, he lives in Amsterdam.
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.filmreference.com/film/46/Michael-Pare.html
- ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB296412C36D44C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- ^ AFM '09: Brian Yuzna Directing 'Amphibious 3D'
