Rick Parets is an avant-garde comedian, performing both live and in feature films. Parets grew up in

Tenafly, New Jersey Tenafly () is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,409, an increase of 921 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 14,488, which in turn reflected an ...

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. He rose to international fame with his portrayal of Mnester in the 1979 classic ''

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''. After a series of

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and outside projects following the

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, Parets earned a role as the Inquisitor on the TV show ''Witness''. Then, in 1999, Parets played a

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in the

Michael Chiklis Michael Charles Chiklis (; born August 30, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Detective Vic Mackey on the FX police drama ''The Shield'' (2002–2008), for which he won the Primet ...

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, and

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blockbuster ''Do Not Disturb''.

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male comedians 21st-century American comedians American male film actors Male actors from Tenafly, New Jersey Comedians from Bergen County, New Jersey {{US-film-actor-stub