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Podcast: Celebrity Interviews
Episode: Michael Paré - Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
Description: Neil Haley and Eric Couch will interview Actor, Director Michael Paré.
Michael Kevin Paré was born on October 9, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York City, to Joan (Moroney) and Francis Paré, who owned print shops. His father died of leukemia when Paré was five, leaving his mother to raise their large family of children. Paré was working as a chef in New York City when an agent, Yvette Bikoff, convinced him to try acting. Paré's first starring role was Tony Villicana in the television series The Greatest American Hero (1981). His well-known film roles were Eddie Wilson in Eddie and th...