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
Credits
- 2025 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 2024 · Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2018 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 2015 · California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2004 · The Failures as Depressor
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 1998 · Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1986 · Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Detective Lawrence
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1984 · The Surrogate as George Kyber
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1983 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2021 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 2018 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2017 · Lucky's Treasure as Henry Landis
- 2016 · Children of the Fall as Sam
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 2010 · Dark Prophecy as Tom Riggins
- 2010 · Eva as Alfonse
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2008 · The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
- 2006 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 2002 · Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
- 1999 · Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
- 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
- 1993 · Sweet Killing as Inspector Garcia
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1985 · The Cap as Dad
- 1984 · Best Revenge as Dealer
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 2026 · Ashes as Uncle
- 2025 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 2025 · Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Barry as Andrei
- 2018 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 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 Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 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
- 2016 · Element as Joe
- 2015 · The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
- 2015 · Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid as
- 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 · The Flash as Lewis Snart
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 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
- 2010 · Transformers: Prime as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 2010 · R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Margolin
- 2010 · Lake Placid 3 as Sheriff Tony Willinger
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Robert Castor
- 2010 · Justified as Sarno
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · Hardwired as Hal
- 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 · Storm Cell as James
- 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 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 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 · 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 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 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 · Smallville as Sam Lane
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 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 · 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 · Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- 1995 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 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 · 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 · Save Me as Oliver
- 1993 · Point of Impact as Roberto Largo
- 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 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 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
- 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
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lt. Rick Muldoon
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1984 · V as Ham Tyler
- 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 · The A-Team as Miler Crane
- 1982 · Off Your Rocker as Victor
- 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
- 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
- 1976 · For the Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · My Best Friend Depression as Ralph Johnson
- Future · The Shaft as Gunter Steinberg
- Future · Deep Tissue as Uncle Nik
- Future · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers