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
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- 2025 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 2025 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 2023 · Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- 2022 · The Fight Machine as Lou
- 2022 · Dracula: The Original Living Vampire as Dr. Jack Seward
- 2020 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2018 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2018 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2018 · The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- 2016 · Tokyo Trial as General Douglas MacArthur
- 2016 · The Encounter as Maximum Mike
- 2016 · Children of the Fall as Sam
- 2016 · Element as Joe
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2013 · Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 2011 · Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- 2008 · Storm Cell as James
- 2006 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2005 · Guy X as Guy X
- 2004 · Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 2004 · The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
- 2000 · Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Fred Skolnick
- 2000 · Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- 1999 · The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
- 1998 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1996 · One Way Out as Walt
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
- 1996 · Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- 1995 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
- 1995 · The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
- 1994 · The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1988 · Watchers as Lem Johnson
- 1987 · Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham
- 1987 · Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett
- 1986 · Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Detective Lawrence
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 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
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2025 · Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
- 2024 · Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2023 · BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2022 · The Dropout as Don Lucas
- 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
- 2019 · Harley Quinn as Darkseid (voice)
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Convent as The Magistrate
- 2018 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2018 · Barry as Andrei
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 2018 · Still/Born as
- 2018 · The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
- 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 · Patient Seven as Dr. Daniel Marcus
- 2016 · This Is Us as Mr. Pearson
- 2015 · California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
- 2015 · The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
- 2015 · Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid as
- 2015 · Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 2014 · The Flash as Lewis Snart
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 2013 · Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
- 2013 · 6:14 as Warden
- 2012 · All God's Children as Peter
- 2012 · Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 2010 · Transformers: Prime as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 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
- 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 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2008 · The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
- 2008 · Surveillance as Billings
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Gregory Hart
- 2006 · 1st Bite as Theo
- 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 · Deepwater as Walnut
- 2005 · Reeker as Henry
- 2005 · Young Blades as
- 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)
- 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 · 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 · Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
- 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
- 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
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
- 1998 · One of Our Own as Det. Jack Cooper
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 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 · Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 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
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- 1994 · ER as William Swift
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1994 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 1994 · The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1987 · Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
- 1986 · Top Gun as Jester
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lt. Rick Muldoon
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton
- 1985 · The Cap as Dad
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- 1977 · For The Record as
- Future · Liberty as Fischer