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).
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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 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2022 · The Fight Machine as Lou
- 2021 · Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- 2018 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2017 · Stegman Is Dead as Don
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 2010 · Eva as Alfonse
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2006 · 1st Bite as Theo
- 2006 · Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2004 · The Failures as Depressor
- 2004 · Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 2004 · The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- 2003 · Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- 2003 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 1999 · A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- 1999 · The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 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 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1997 · The Arrow as CIA Director
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 1996 · Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
- 1996 · Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- 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
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1993 · Point of Impact as Roberto Largo
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 1991 · McBain as Frank Bruce
- 1991 · Deadly Surveillance as Fender
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1989 · Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1985 · The Cap as Dad
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 1981 · Clown White as Max
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 2025 · Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 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 · 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 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 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 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 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 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2017 · The Space Between as Nick
- 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 · 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 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 2014 · The Flash as Lewis Snart
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 2013 · Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
- 2013 · Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 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
- 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 · Justified as Sarno
- 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 Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
- 2009 · Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
- 2009 · Castle as Victor Racine
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- 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)
- 2003 · Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 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 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Smallville as Sam Lane
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 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
- 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 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1999 · Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
- 1999 · Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 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
- 1996 · FX: The Series as Montree
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Darkseid (voice)
- 1996 · One Way Out as Walt
- 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 · 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 · 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 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton
- 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
- 1984 · V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
- 1983 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1983 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1983 · The A-Team as Miler Crane
- 1982 · Off Your Rocker as Victor
- 1982 · Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
- 1981 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- 1979 · Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
- Future · The Shaft as Gunter Steinberg
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · My Best Friend Depression as Ralph Johnson
- 1979 · Summer's Children as Pimp
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- 1976 · For the Record as
- Future · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers