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
- 2025 · Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
- 2024 · Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 2021 · Skipping Stones as Mr. Travers
- 2020 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2018 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2017 · Stegman is Dead as Don
- 2015 · California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2013 · Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
- 2013 · Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 2011 · Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 2010 · Lake Placid 3 as Sheriff Tony Willinger
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- 2008 · Storm Cell as James
- 2006 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 2005 · Deepwater as Walnut
- 2005 · Guy X as Guy X
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1998 · Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- 1996 · Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- 1995 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
- 1994 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 1993 · Sweet Killing as Inspector Garcia
- 1993 · Night Trap as Bishop
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · Deadly Surveillance as Fender
- 1988 · Watchers as Lem Johnson
- 1987 · Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 1986 · Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Detective Lawrence
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1984 · V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1981 · Clown White as Max
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1979 · Summer's Children as Pimp
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2023 · BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 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 · 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 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2018 · The Convent as The Magistrate
- 2018 · Barry as Andrei
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Children of the Fall as Sam
- 2016 · Element as Joe
- 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 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (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 · 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 · Hawaii Five-0 as Robert Castor
- 2010 · Eva as Alfonse
- 2010 · Justified as Sarno
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 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 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 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)
- 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 · 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 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 2001 · Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 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 · 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 · One Way Out as Walt
- 1996 · Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Ambassador Prosser
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Gen. Quince
- 1995 · Major Payne as Lt. Col. Stone
- 1995 · The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- 1994 · ER as William Swift
- 1994 · The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
- 1994 · The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 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 · 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 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1991 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
- 1991 · McBain as Frank Bruce
- 1991 · Payback as Sheriff Pete
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 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 · 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 Cap as Dad
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1984 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1984 · Best Revenge as Dealer
- 1984 · The Surrogate as George Kyber
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
- 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 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- 1977 · For The Record as
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 1979 · Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk