Biography for
Michael Paré More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

9 October 1958, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

Michael Kevin Pare

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Spouse

Marjolein Booy	(21 March 1992 - present) 1 child
Marisa Pare	(1986 - 1988) (divorced)
Lisa Katselas	(1980 - 1982) (divorced)

Trade Mark

Deep raspy voice

Hooded blue eyes and curled lip

Trivia

Studied at the Culinary Institute of America in his "salad" days and was working as a chef when his strikingly hunky looks opened the door for modeling work.

Trained with acting guru Uta Hagen in the early 1980s.

Has three brothers and six sisters. His father, who died of leukemia when Michael was about 5 years old, was French-Canadian and his mother is Irish.

Was on the wrestling team in high school.

Has made a lucrative living appearing on the side in Japanese commercials and in print ads.

Contrary to persistent rumors, he was not the original choice to play the Punisher/Frank Castle in The Punisher (1989).

When he is not working on films, he lives full time in California with his wife.

Best remembered for his role as 1960s rock icon Eddie Wilson in Eddie and the Cruisers (1983).

Personal Quotes

I always say it was 'Eddie and the Cruisers' because the director had come to me and said, "Listen, if you fuck this up we're gonna fire you. We'll get Rick Springfield, he's waiting to do the role." So there was a tremendous amount of pressure. (On his favorite movie role)

[on working with John Carpenter] John is another one of these guys like David Lynch where nobody questioned or added or had anything to say except "Yes John." That's very comforting for an actor to be working for a director who knows exactly what he wants.