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
Credits
- 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)
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2021 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 2021 · Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 2018 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2018 · The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- 2017 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 2017 · The Space Between as Nick
- 2016 · Tokyo Trial as General Douglas MacArthur
- 2016 · Patient Seven as Dr. Daniel Marcus
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 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
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · Hardwired as Hal
- 2009 · The Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- 2008 · Storm Cell as James
- 2008 · Surveillance as Billings
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2005 · Reeker as Henry
- 2005 · Young Blades as
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 2002 · The Last Chapter as Bob Durelle
- 2002 · Ignition as Jake Russo
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1997 · The Arrow as CIA Director
- 1995 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1993 · Sweet Killing as Inspector Garcia
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1992 · Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
- 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
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1981 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1979 · Summer's Children as Pimp
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2018 · The Convent as The Magistrate
- 2018 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2018 · Barry as Andrei
- 2018 · Still/Born as
- 2018 · The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
- 2017 · Stegman is Dead as Don
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2017 · Lucky's Treasure as Henry Landis
- 2017 · Ransom as Freddie Woods
- 2016 · The Encounter as Maximum Mike
- 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 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 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)
- 2012 · All God's Children as Peter
- 2012 · Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- 2011 · Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 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
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2009 · Community as Colonel Archwood
- 2009 · The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
- 2009 · Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
- 2009 · Castle as Victor Racine
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2008 · The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Gregory Hart
- 2006 · 1st Bite as Theo
- 2006 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 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 · Guy X as Guy X
- 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
- 2001 · Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Smallville as General Sam Lane
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 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 · A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- 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 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 · The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 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 · Night Trap as Bishop
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Nolan Pierce
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 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
- 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 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 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1979 · Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- 1977 · For The Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · The Shaft as Gunter Steinberg