After that he entered the Los Angeles theatre scene in a string of plays, including Jerusalem Avenue, written and directed by Christopher Joyce.

In 2007, he landed a lead role of Tony in Callback: the Unmaking of Bloodstain, directed by Eric M. Wolfson, for which he won three Best Actor awards for his performance.

He played Nick on the television series Cupid from 1998 to 1999, and he has guest-starred on Turks, Millennium, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI:NY (playing two different characters five years apart), Walker, Texas Ranger, Titans, NYPD Blue, Monk, Judging Amy, The District, Veronica Mars, Party Down, Burn Notice, and Castle.

[6] Parise joined the cast of General Hospital in 2013, playing the role of bad boy Carlos Rivera.

He made his debut on September 19, 2013, and continued his run through 2016, after which he returned to the series as Carlos' twin brother, Joe Rivera.