Michael Ironside
February 12, 1950 (76 years old) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known professionally as Michael Ironside, 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
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- 2025 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2022 · The Fight Machine as Lou
- 2021 · Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- 2018 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2018 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2018 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2017 · Lucky's Treasure as Henry Landis
- 2016 · Children of the Fall as Sam
- 2015 · California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
- 2015 · The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 2013 · 6:14 as Warden
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2006 · Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2004 · The Failures as Depressor
- 2003 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 2002 · Fallen Angels as Sheriff Ed Rooney
- 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
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1999 · Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
- 1998 · Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1998 · Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1993 · Night Trap as Bishop
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · Deadly Surveillance as Fender
- 1989 · Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 1983 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1982 · Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
- 1981 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1984 · Best Revenge as Dealer
- 1983 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 1981 · Clown White as Max
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2021 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 2017 · Tokyo Trial as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- 2016 · Element as Joe
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2012 · Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2009 · The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
- 2006 · 1st Bite as Theo
- 2004 · Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 2002 · Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
- 1999 · A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- 1999 · Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
- 1999 · The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
- 1998 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- 1996 · One Way Out as Walt
- 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 · The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
- 1991 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
- 1990 · Destiny To Order as Kenrick
- 1989 · Hostile Takeover as Larry Gaylord
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1985 · The Cap as Dad
- 1982 · Off Your Rocker as Victor
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- Future · Deep Tissue as Uncle Nik
- 2026 · Ashes as Uncle
- 2026 · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers
- 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 · BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
- 2023 · Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 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 · Nobody as Eddie Williams
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Darkseid (voice)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Convent as The Magistrate
- 2018 · Barry as Andrei
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 2018 · Still/Born as
- 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 Space Between as Nick
- 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
- 2015 · Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid as
- 2015 · Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 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)
- 2012 · All God's Children as Peter
- 2012 · Vegas as Porter Gainsley
- 2011 · Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- 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
- 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 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 2006 · The Veteran as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Mr. Chaney
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as John
- 2005 · Deepwater as Walnut
- 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)
- 2004 · The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- 2003 · Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- 2003 · Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
- 2002 · Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
- 2002 · The Last Chapter as Bob Durelle
- 2002 · Ignition as Jake Russo
- 2001 · Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Smallville as Sam Lane
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 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 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · One of Our Own as Det. Jack Cooper
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 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
- 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 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1994 · The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- 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 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Nolan Pierce
- 1992 · Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1991 · McBain as Frank Bruce
- 1991 · Payback as Sheriff Pete
- 1991 · Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
- 1990 · Total Recall as Richter
- Future · Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette as Self
- 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 · 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 Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1984 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1984 · The Surrogate as George Kyber
- 1984 · V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1983 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The A-Team as Miler Crane
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- 1979 · Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
- 1979 · Summer's Children as Pimp
- 1976 · For the Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · My Best Friend Depression as Ralph Johnson