A strikingly handsome, raspy-voiced former model, Michael Pare began his career in TV, made a couple of unsuccessful high profile features and was relegated to direct-to-video genre fare.Born and raised in Brooklyn, Pare originally studied at the Culinary Institute of America and was working as a chef when a modeling agent spotted him and signed him to a contract. He studied with the legendary acting teacher Uta Hagen and in 1981 landed his first professional jobs, the busted pilot "Crazy Times" (ABC) and a berth on the series "The Greatest American Hero" (ABC). In the latter, he was one of
