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He has married three times. His first wife (1980-84) was film Producer Lisa Katselas; his second wife, Marisa Roebuck (1986-88); his present wife, Marjolein Booy (since 1992), a former fashion model, with whom he has one child.
His first starring role was as Tony Villicana on the television series The Greatest American Hero. His best-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 Streets of Fire (1984) and The Philadelphia Experiment (1984). (Paré also appeared in the 2012 remake of The Philadelphia Experiment.) Other films included Moon 44 (1990), Village of the Damned (1995), Bad Moon (1996), Hope Floats (1998), and The Virgin Suicides (1999).
On television, Paré starred with Michael Beck in the CBS police drama Houston Knights in 1987–88, as well as the short-lived 2001 science fiction television series Starhunter. The actor frequently appears in Uwe Boll's works.
