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Was born in Flushing, Queens to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father.

Graduate of Hofstra University.

He worked as a bouncer and bartender before landing a small part in Cruising (1980) in 1980.

Has two daughters and a son.

He is of Polish and Irish descent. His family's surname was originally Gwiazda, which means "star" in Polish.

Younger brother of Beau Starr.

Producer Bill Greene tapped Mike Starr to record an outgoing message greeting for Greene's real estate investment firm (ROI Proportunities) in character as Dumb & Dumber's "Joe Mental" and The Office's mafia insurance salesman, saying essentially "Leave a message after the world's most annoying sound...if it's 'Gabagool', I send it back!".