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 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2021 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 2021 · Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- 2018 · The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- 2017 · Stegman is Dead as Don
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2016 · Tokyo Trial as General Douglas MacArthur
- 2016 · The Encounter as Maximum Mike
- 2016 · Patient Seven as Dr. Daniel Marcus
- 2015 · The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2010 · Dark Prophecy as Tom Riggins
- 2010 · Eva as Alfonse
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · Hardwired as Hal
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2008 · Surveillance as Billings
- 2005 · Reeker as Henry
- 2005 · Young Blades as
- 2003 · Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 2003 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 2002 · Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 2000 · Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1999 · A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- 1999 · The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1995 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
- 1993 · Father Hood as Jerry
- 1993 · Night Trap as Bishop
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1992 · Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
- 1990 · Destiny To Order as Kenrick
- 1987 · Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1984 · Best Revenge as Dealer
- 1983 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2025 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 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 · Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 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
- 2020 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 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 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2018 · Still/Born as
- 2018 · The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
- 2017 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 2017 · Lucky's Treasure as Henry Landis
- 2017 · Ransom as Freddie Woods
- 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 · Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid as
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 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 · 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 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 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 · 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 · The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
- 2008 · Storm Cell as James
- 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 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 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 · Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
- 2002 · Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
- 2002 · Fallen Angels as Sheriff Ed Rooney
- 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 General Sam Lane
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 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
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1999 · Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
- 1999 · Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
- 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 · Cold Squad as
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 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 · Free Willy as Dial
- 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 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1991 · Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
- 1990 · Total Recall as Richter
- 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 · 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
- 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 Cap as Dad
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1984 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1984 · The Surrogate as George Kyber
- 1984 · V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 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 · 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
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 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
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- 1977 · For The Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)