Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 12, 1950
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).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1242: Gateway to the West | Narrator / Mihaly |
| 2025 | This Too Shall Pass | |
| 2025 | Talking About the Sky | Officer Alfred Henry(voz) |
| 2024 | Late Night with the Devil | The Narrator (voice) |
| 2023 | Confession | |
| 2023 | BlackBerry | Charles Purdy |
| 2023 | The Family Circus | The Cop |
| 2023 | Condor's Nest | Agent Astakhov |
| 2022 | Dracula: The Original Living Vampire | Dr. Jack Seward |
| 2022 | Pumpkin Everything | Tom |
| 2022 | The Fight Machine | Lou |
| 2022 | Tin Can | Wayne |
| 2021 | Skipping Stones | Mr. Travers |
| 2021 | Bloodthirsty | Dr. Swan |
| 2021 | Nobody | Eddie Williams |
| 2021 | American Desert | Uncle Bill |
| 2020 | The Jester from Transylvania | Charles Pennington |
| 2018 | Alterscape | Dr. Julian Loro |
| 2018 | The Convent | The Magistrate |
| 2018 | Knuckleball | Jacob |
| 2018 | Still/Born | |
| 2018 | Hellmington | Rupert Woodhouse |
| 2017 | Lucky's Treasure | Henry Landis |
| 2017 | The Harrowing | Lt. Logan |
| 2017 | Stegman is Dead | Don |
| 2017 | The Greatest Show on Turf | Narrator |
| 2016 | Children of the Fall | Sam |
| 2016 | Element | Joe |
| 2016 | Patient Seven | Dr. Daniel Marcus |
| 2015 | California Winter | Sheriff Hillman |
| 2015 | 88 | Sheriff Knowles |
| 2015 | Turbo Kid | Zeus |
| 2015 | Desecrated | Tom McClain |
| 2015 | Synchronicity | Klaus Meisner |
| 2015 | The Sin Seer | Alexander Rachet |
| 2015 | Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid | |
| 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Self |
| 2014 | Mental Saboteur | Self |
| 2014 | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Xanar (voice) |
| 2014 | Extraterrestrial | Travis |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man | Max Wynn |
| 2013 | Stay | Frank |
| 2013 | Ice Soldiers | Col. Desmond Trump |
| 2013 | Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising | Ultra Magnus (voice) |
| 2013 | 6:14 | Warden |
| 2012 | Burden of Evil | Senator Pitfield |
| 2012 | All God's Children | Peter |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Captain |
| 2011 | Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back | Col. Haggard |
| 2011 | Transgression | Matthew |
| 2011 | Conduct Unbecoming | Col. Dodd |
| 2010 | Beneath the Blue | Blaine |
| 2010 | Dark Prophecy | Tom Riggins |
| 2010 | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen |
| 2010 | Lake Placid 3 | Sheriff Tony Willinger |
| 2010 | Eva | Alfonse |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | General Ashdown |
| 2009 | Hardwired | Hal |
| 2009 | The Beacon | Oficer Ned Hutton |
| 2009 | The Butcher | Teddy Carmichael |
| 2009 | The Jazzman | Bernie Kaddly |
| 2008 | Surveillance | Billings |
| 2008 | Mutants | Colonal Gauge |
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Captain Nathan Norcross |
| 2008 | The Terrorist Next Door | Wade |
| 2008 | Storm Cell | James |
| 2006 | The Veteran | Mark 'Doc' Jordan |
| 2006 | Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York | Levering |
| 2006 | The V Word | Mr. Chaney |
| 2006 | 1st Bite | Theo |
| 2005 | Bloodsuckers | Muco |
| 2005 | Deepwater | Walnut |
| 2005 | Guy X | Guy X |
| 2005 | Reeker | Henry |
| 2004 | The Machinist | Miller |
| 2004 | The Failures | Depressor |
| 2004 | The Red Phone: Checkmate | Bremer |
| 2004 | Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun | Self |
| 2003 | Maximum Velocity | General Amberson |
| 2003 | Hemingway vs. Callaghan | Harry |
| 2002 | Fallen Angels | Sheriff Ed Rooney |
| 2002 | Ignition | Jake Russo |
| 2002 | Fairytales and Pornography | Justice Coulton |
| 2002 | Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' | Himself |
| 2001 | Children of the Corn: Revelation | Priest |
| 2001 | Down | Gunter Steinberg |
| 2001 | Extreme Honor | Baker |
| 2001 | Dead Awake | Skay |
| 2001 | Cause Of Death | Jonas Phifer |
| 2001 | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Section Chief |
| 2001 | Jett Jackson: The Movie | Dr. Kragg |
| 2001 | Soulkeeper | Voice of Mr.M (uncredited) |
| 2001 | Mindstorm | Senator Bill Armitage |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | Bob Brown |
| 2000 | Heavy Metal 2000 | Tyler (voice) |
| 2000 | Crime + Punishment in Suburbia | Fred Skolnick |
| 2000 | Borderline Normal | Coach Rehmer |
| 1999 | The Omega Code | Dominic |
| 1999 | Desert Blue | Agent Frank Bellows |
| 1999 | Black Light | Inspector Frank Schumann |
| 1999 | The Arrangement | Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor |
| 1999 | A Twist of Faith | Alex Hunt |
| 1999 | Southern Cross | Garrison Carver |
| 1999 | Question of Privilege | Lt. Robert Ingram |
| 1998 | Johnny 2.0 | Frank Donahue |
| 1998 | Captive | Detective Briscoe |
| 1998 | Chicago Cab | Al |
| 1998 | Voyage of Terror | McBride |
| 1998 | Ivory Tower | Marshall Wallace |
| 1998 | Going to Kansas City | Mike Malone |
| 1998 | One of Our Own | Det. Jack Cooper |
| 1998 | Death Row: The Tournament | The Judge |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers | Lieutenant Jean Rasczak |
| 1997 | The Arrow | CIA Director |
| 1997 | Cold Night Into Dawn | Frank Parr |
| 1996 | One Way Out | Walt |
| 1996 | Terminal | Sterling Rombauer |
| 1996 | Portraits of a Killer | Sgt. Ernie Hansen |
| 1996 | Too Fast Too Young | Capt. Floyd Anderson |
| 1996 | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Mr. Capelli |
| 1995 | Major Payne | Lt. Col. Stone |
| 1995 | The Killing Machine | Mr. Green |
| 1995 | Bolt | Billy Niles |
| 1995 | Kids of the Round Table | Butch Scarsdale |
| 1995 | Red Scorpion 2 | Col. West |
| 1994 | Save Me | Oliver |
| 1994 | The Next Karate Kid | Colonel Paul Dugan |
| 1994 | Forced to Kill | Sheriff Wilson |
| 1994 | Red Sun Rising | Capt. Meisler |
| 1994 | Dead Man's Revenge | Luck Hatcher |
| 1994 | Probable Cause | Gary Yanuck |
| 1994 | Fortunes of War | Carl Pimmler |
| 1994 | The Glass Shield | Det. Gene Baker |
| 1994 | Tokyo Cowboy | Lyle |
| 1993 | Free Willy | Dial |
| 1993 | Father Hood | Jerry |
| 1993 | Sweet Killing | Inspector Garcia |
| 1993 | Point of Impact | Roberto Largo |
| 1993 | Marked for Murder | Bats O'Bannion |
| 1993 | Night Trap | Bishop |
| 1992 | Killer Image | Luther Kane |
| 1992 | The Vagrant | Lt. Ralf Barfuss |
| 1992 | Black Ice | Quinn |
| 1992 | Cafe Romeo | Natino |
| 1992 | Guncrazy | Mr. Kincaid |
| 1991 | Highlander II: The Quickening | Gen. Katana |
| 1991 | McBain | Frank Bruce |
| 1991 | Neon City | Harry M. Stark |
| 1991 | Deadly Surveillance | Fender |
| 1991 | Payback | Sheriff Pete |
| 1991 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Asylum Interrogator (uncredited) |
| 1991 | Chaindance | J.T. Blake |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Richter |
| 1990 | Destiny To Order | Kenrick |
| 1989 | Mindfield | Kellen O'Reilly |
| 1989 | Hostile Takeover | Larry Gaylord |
| 1989 | Murder by Night | Det. Carl Madsen |
| 1988 | Watchers | Lem Johnson |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Major Paul Hackett |
| 1987 | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | Bill Nordham |
| 1987 | Nowhere to Hide | Ben |
| 1987 | Ford: The Man and the Machine | Harry Bennett |
| 1986 | Top Gun | Jester |
| 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Detective Lawrence |
| 1985 | Murder in Space | Capt. Neal Braddock |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | FBI Agent |
| 1985 | The Cap | Dad |
| 1984 | Best Revenge | Dealer |
| 1984 | The Surrogate | George Kyber |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | Ham Tyler |
| 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | OverDog |
| 1983 | The Sins of Dorian Gray | Alan Campbell |
| 1983 | Cross Country | Det. Sgt. Roersch |
| 1983 | American Nightmare | Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside) |
| 1982 | Visiting Hours | Colt Hawker |
| 1981 | Scanners | Darryl Revok |
| 1981 | Suzanne | Jimmy |
| 1981 | Surfacing | Wayne |
| 1981 | Clown White | Max |
| 1980 | Coming Out Alive | Gateway |
| 1980 | Double Negative | Edgar |
| 1979 | Stone Cold Dead | Murdered Police Detective |
| 1979 | The Family Man | Bartender |
| 1979 | Summer's Children | Pimp |
| 1978 | High-Ballin' | Butch |
| 1978 | I, Maureen | Dr. Paul Oswald |
| 1978 | Power Play | Torturer |
| 1977 | Outrageous! | Drunk |
| 1974 | The Ottawa Valley | Soldier on train (uncredited) |
| Super Dicks | Police Chief | |
| Liberty | Fischer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Dropout | Don Lucas |
| 2021 | Hidden Assets | Richard Melnick |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Self (Archival Footage) |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Darkseid (voice) |
| 2018 | Atropa | Captain Schreiber |
| 2018 | Barry | Andrei |
| 2018 | The Detectives | Detective Mark Anstey |
| 2018 | The Alienist | J. P. Morgan |
| 2017 | Ransom | Freddie Woods |
| 2016 | Tokyo Trial | General Douglas MacArthur |
| 2016 | This Is Us | Mr. Pearson |
| 2016 | The Encounter | Maximum Mike |
| 2014 | The Flash | Lewis Snart |
| 2010 | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Robert Castor |
| 2010 | Justified | Sarno |
| 2010 | Transformers: Prime | Ultra Magnus (voice) |
| 2010 | R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | Margolin |
| 2009 | Castle | Victor Racine |
| 2009 | Community | Colonel Archwood |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Gregory Hart |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | Mr. Chaney |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | John |
| 2005 | Young Blades | |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Ben Graybridge |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Curtis Monroe |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Darkseid (voice) |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Commandant Murillo |
| 2003 | The Last Chapter: The War Continues | Bob Durelle |
| 2002 | The Last Chapter | Bob Durelle |
| 2001 | Smallville | General Sam Lane |
| 2001 | Justice League | Darkseid (voice) |
| 2000 | The District | Dmitri Putin |
| 2000 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Dragon Scout Leader (voice) |
| 2000 | Andromeda | The Patriarch |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Col. Burton C. Andrus |
| 1998 | Cold Squad | |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Seevis |
| 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | 80's Batman (voice) |
| 1997 | The Arrow | CIA Director |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Darkseid (voice) |
| 1996 | FX: The Series | Montree |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Ambassador Prosser |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Gen. Quince |
| 1994 | ER | William Swift |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Captain Oliver Hudson |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Nolan Pierce |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Sergeant Burrows |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Jerry |
| 1987 | Race for the Bomb | Werner Heisenberg |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lt. Rick Muldoon |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | William Acton |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | Ham Tyler |
| 1984 | V | Ham Tyler |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Miler Crane |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Sheriff Lee |
| 1983 | V | Ham Tyler |
| 1979 | The Littlest Hobo | Bill |
| 1977 | For The Record |