Michael Ironside
February 12, 1950 (75 years old) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Credits
- 2025 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 2024 · Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2023 · BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2022 · The Dropout as Don Lucas
- 2021 · Hidden Assets as Richard Melnick
- 2021 · Skipping Stones as Mr. Travers
- 2021 · Nobody as Eddie Williams
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Darkseid (voice)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2018 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2018 · Barry as Andrei
- 2018 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2018 · The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
- 2018 · The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- 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 · This Is Us as Mr. Pearson
- 2016 · Element as Joe
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2014 · The Flash as Lewis Snart
- 2013 · Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 2013 · 6:14 as Warden
- 2012 · Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- 2011 · Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 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
- 2009 · Hardwired as Hal
- 2009 · Community as Colonel Archwood
- 2009 · The Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
- 2009 · Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
- 2009 · Castle as Victor Racine
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Gregory Hart
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Mr. Chaney
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as John
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2005 · Guy X as Guy X
- 2005 · Reeker as Henry
- 2005 · Young Blades as
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Curtis Monroe
- 2004 · The Machinist as Miller
- 2004 · Medical Investigation as Ben Graybridge
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Darkseid (voice)
- 2003 · Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 2002 · Fallen Angels as Sheriff Ed Rooney
- 2002 · Ignition as Jake Russo
- 2001 · Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
- 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 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 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 · Nuremberg as Col. Burton C. Andrus
- 2000 · The Perfect Storm as Bob Brown
- 2000 · Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 1997 · Starship Troopers as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
- 1997 · The New Batman Adventures as 80's Batman (voice)
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Seevis
- 1997 · The Arrow as CIA Director
- 1996 · FX: The Series as Montree
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Darkseid (voice)
- 1996 · Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- 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
- 1994 · ER as William Swift
- 1994 · The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
- 1994 · The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- 1994 · Save Me as Oliver
- 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
- 1992 · Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 1991 · Payback as Sheriff Pete
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1991 · Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
- 1990 · Total Recall as Richter
- 1989 · Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- 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
- 1986 · Top Gun as Jester
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lt. Rick Muldoon
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton
- 1984 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1984 · Best Revenge as Dealer
- 1984 · V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
- 1983 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The A-Team as Miler Crane
- 1981 · Clown White as Max
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2025 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 2023 · Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2022 · The Fight Machine as Lou
- 2022 · Dracula: The Original Living Vampire as Dr. Jack Seward
- 2021 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 2021 · Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- 2018 · The Convent as The Magistrate
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 2018 · Still/Born as
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2016 · Patient Seven as Dr. Daniel Marcus
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 2013 · Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2008 · Storm Cell as James
- 2008 · Surveillance as Billings
- 2006 · Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
- 2006 · The Veteran as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
- 2005 · Deepwater as Walnut
- 2004 · The Failures as Depressor
- 2004 · Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 2003 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 2002 · Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
- 2002 · The Last Chapter as Bob Durelle
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2000 · Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Fred Skolnick
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1997 · The Arrow as CIA Director
- 1994 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1993 · Point of Impact as Roberto Largo
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · McBain as Frank Bruce
- 1990 · Destiny To Order as Kenrick
- 1989 · Murder by Night as Det. Carl Madsen
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 1987 · Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett
- 1987 · Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
- 1986 · Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Detective Lawrence
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1984 · The Surrogate as George Kyber
- 1982 · Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 2025 · Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 2017 · Stegman is Dead as Don
- 2017 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 2017 · The Space Between as Nick
- 2016 · Children of the Fall as Sam
- 2015 · California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
- 2015 · The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
- 2015 · Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid as
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 2012 · All God's Children as Peter
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
- 2008 · The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
- 2006 · 1st Bite as Theo
- 2006 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 2004 · The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- 2003 · Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- 2002 · Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 2001 · Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
- 1999 · A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- 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 · 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 · Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- 1996 · One Way Out as Walt
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 1996 · Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
- 1995 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1995 · The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- 1991 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
- 1991 · Deadly Surveillance as Fender
- 1989 · Hostile Takeover as Larry Gaylord
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1985 · The Cap as Dad
- 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 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1982 · Off Your Rocker as Victor
- 1981 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1979 · Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
- Future · The Shaft as Gunter Steinberg
- 1979 · Summer's Children as Pimp
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- 1977 · For The Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers