Michael Ironside

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Known For

Acting

Born

1950-02-12

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Michael Ironside

Biography

Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor. He has worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He gained early widespread recognition for his terrifying portrayal of the deadly psychic Darryl Revok in David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981) and was equally chilling as the misogynistic psychopath Colt Hawker in Visiting Hours (1982). Ironside followed that up by playing Jester in Top Gun (1986). Recently, Ironside is known for his roles as Eddie Williams in Nobody (2021) and Charles Purdy in BlackBerry (2023).

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Acting History

2025
This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
2025
1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
2025
Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
2024
Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice)
2023
Confession
2023
BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
2023
Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
2023
The Family Circus as The Cop
2022
Pumpkin Everything as Tom
2022
Tin Can as Wayne
2022
The Fight Machine as Lou
2022
The Dropout as Don Lucas
2022
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire as Dr. Jack Seward
2021
Hidden Assets as Richard Melnick
2021
Skipping Stones as Mr. Travers
2021
American Desert as Uncle Bill
2021
Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
2021
Nobody as Eddie Williams
2020
The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
2019
Harley Quinn as Darkseid (voice)
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2018
Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
2018
The Convent as The Magistrate
2018
Knuckleball as Jacob
2018
Barry as Andrei
2018
Atropa as Captain Schreiber
2018
Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
2018
Still/Born
2018
The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
2018
The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
2017
Stegman is Dead as Don
2017
The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
2017
The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
2017
Lucky's Treasure as Henry Landis
2017
Ransom as Freddie Woods
2016
Tokyo Trial as General Douglas MacArthur
2016
The Encounter as Maximum Mike
2016
Patient Seven as Dr. Daniel Marcus
2016
This Is Us as Mr. Pearson
2016
Children of the Fall as Sam
2016
Element as Joe
2015
California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
2015
The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
2015
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid
2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
2015
Turbo Kid as Zeus
2015
88 as Sheriff Knowles
2015
Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
2015
Desecrated as Tom McClain
2014
Extraterrestrial as Travis
2014
The Flash as Lewis Snart
2014
A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
2014
Mental Saboteur as Self
2014
Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
2013
Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
2013
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
2013
Stay as Frank
2013
6:14 as Warden
2012
All God's Children as Peter
2012
Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
2011
Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
2011
Transgression as Matthew
2011
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
2011
X-Men: First Class as Captain
2010
Transformers: Prime as Ultra Magnus (voice)
2010
Beneath the Blue as Blaine
2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Margolin
2010
Dark Prophecy as Tom Riggins
2010
Lake Placid 3 as Sheriff Tony Willinger
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Robert Castor
2010
Eva as Alfonse
2010
Justified as Sarno
2010
The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
2010
The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
2009
Hardwired as Hal
2009
The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
2009
Community as Colonel Archwood
2009
The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
2009
The Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
2009
Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
2009
Castle as Victor Racine
2008
The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
2008
Mutants as Colonal Gauge
2008
The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
2008
Storm Cell as James
2008
Surveillance as Billings
2007
Burn Notice as Gregory Hart
2006
1st Bite as Theo
2006
The V Word as Mr. Chaney
2006
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
2006
The Veteran as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
2005
Masters of Horror as Mr. Chaney
2005
Criminal Minds as John
2005
Bloodsuckers as Muco
2005
Deepwater as Walnut
2005
Guy X as Guy X
2005
Reeker as Henry
2005
Young Blades
2004
The Failures as Depressor
2004
Desperate Housewives as Curtis Monroe
2004
The Machinist as Miller
2004
Medical Investigation as Ben Graybridge
2004
Justice League Unlimited as Darkseid (voice)
2004
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
2004
The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
2003
Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
2003
Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
2003
The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
2002
Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
2002
Fallen Angels as Sheriff Ed Rooney
2002
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
2002
The Last Chapter as Bob Durelle
2002
Ignition as Jake Russo
2001
Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
2001
The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
2001
Dead Awake as Skay
2001
Smallville as General Sam Lane
2001
Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
2001
Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
2001
Down as Gunter Steinberg
2001
Extreme Honor as Baker
2001
Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
2001
Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
2001
Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
2000
Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
2000
The District as Dmitri Putin
2000
Andromeda as The Patriarch
2000
Jackie Chan Adventures as Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
2000
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Fred Skolnick
2000
Nuremberg as Col. Burton C. Andrus
2000
The Perfect Storm as Bob Brown
2000
Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
1999
The Omega Code as Dominic
1999
Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
1999
A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
1999
Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
1999
Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
1999
Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
1999
The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
1998
Chicago Cab as Al
1998
Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
1998
One of Our Own as Det. Jack Cooper
1998
Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
1998
Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
1998
Cold Squad
1998
Voyage of Terror as McBride
1998
Captive as Detective Briscoe
1998
Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
1997
Starship Troopers as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
1997
Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
1997
The New Batman Adventures as 80's Batman (voice)
1997
Stargate SG-1 as Seevis
1997
The Arrow as CIA Director
1997
The Arrow as CIA Director
1996
FX: The Series as Montree
1996
Superman: The Animated Series as Darkseid (voice)
1996
One Way Out as Walt
1996
Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
1996
Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
1996
Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
1995
Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
1995
Bolt as Billy Niles
1995
The Outer Limits as Ambassador Prosser
1995
The Outer Limits as Gen. Quince
1995
Major Payne as Lt. Col. Stone
1995
Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
1995
The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
1994
Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
1994
Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
1994
ER as William Swift
1994
The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
1994
Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
1994
Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
1994
The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
1994
Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
1994
Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
1994
Save Me as Oliver
1993
Point of Impact as Roberto Largo
1993
Sweet Killing as Inspector Garcia
1993
seaQuest DSV as Captain Oliver Hudson
1993
Father Hood as Jerry
1993
Free Willy as Dial
1993
Night Trap as Bishop
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Nolan Pierce
1993
Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
1992
Black Ice as Quinn
1992
Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
1992
Cafe Romeo as Natino
1992
The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
1992
Killer Image as Luther Kane
1991
Neon City as Harry M. Stark
1991
Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
1991
McBain as Frank Bruce
1991
Deadly Surveillance as Fender
1991
Payback as Sheriff Pete
1991
Chaindance as J.T. Blake
1991
Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
1990
Total Recall as Richter
1990
Destiny To Order as Kenrick
1989
Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
1989
Hostile Takeover as Larry Gaylord
1989
Murder by Night as Det. Carl Madsen
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Sergeant Burrows
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Jerry
1988
Watchers as Lem Johnson
1987
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham
1987
Nowhere to Hide as Ben
1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
1987
Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett
1987
Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
1986
Top Gun as Jester
1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Detective Lawrence
1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lt. Rick Muldoon
1985
Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton
1985
The Cap as Dad
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
1984
V as Ham Tyler
1984
Best Revenge as Dealer
1984
The Surrogate as George Kyber
1984
V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
1983
The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
1983
Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
1983
The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
1983
V as Ham Tyler
1983
American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
1983
The A-Team as Miler Crane
1982
Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
1981
Clown White as Max
1981
Suzanne as Jimmy
1981
Surfacing as Wayne
1981
Scanners as Darryl Revok
1980
Coming Out Alive as Gateway
1980
Double Negative as Edgar
1979
The Family Man as Bartender
1979
The Littlest Hobo as Bill
1979
Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
1979
Summer's Children as Pimp
1978
Power Play as Torturer
1978
I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
1978
High-Ballin' as Butch
1977
Outrageous! as Drunk
1977
For The Record
1974
The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
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Super Dicks as Police Chief
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Liberty as Fischer