Pare originally wanted to be a chef until he met an agent in his native New York City who convinced him to try acting. His career since has spanned thirty years with featured roles on The Greatest American Hero, Eddie and the Cruisers, Streets of Fire, The Philadelphia Experiment, Houston Knights, Eddie and the Cruisers II Eddie Lives, Village of the Damned, The Virgin Suicides, Starhunter, Bloodrayne, South Beach, Polycarp, Bloodrayne II Deliverance, Ninja Cheerleaders and Rampage. Watch for him in several productions in 2011-2012, including a TV version of The Philadelphia Experiment.