Has made a lucrative living appearing on the side in Japanese commercials.
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.
Has three brothers and six sisters. His father died of leukemia when Michael was about five years old. Michael's paternal grandparents, who were from Quebec, were French-Canadian, and Michael's maternal grandparents were Irish.
When he is not working on films, he lives full time in Los Angeles, California with his wife Marjolein, a former fashion model.
Trained with acting guru Uta Hagen in the early 1980s.
His father, Francis Paré, owned print shops, and his mother, Joan Paré, was a homemaker.