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 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2022 · The Fight Machine as Lou
- 2018 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2018 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2017 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 2012 · Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2008 · The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
- 2008 · Storm Cell as James
- 2006 · 1st Bite as Theo
- 2006 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2005 · Guy X as Guy X
- 2004 · The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- 2003 · Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- 2003 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 2002 · Ignition as Jake Russo
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
- 2000 · Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Fred Skolnick
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1999 · Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
- 1999 · The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
- 1998 · One of Our Own as Det. Jack Cooper
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 1996 · Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
- 1996 · Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
- 1991 · Deadly Surveillance as Fender
- 1991 · Payback as Sheriff Pete
- 1990 · Destiny To Order as Kenrick
- 1989 · Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1987 · Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1983 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 1983 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1982 · Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 2026 · Ashes as Uncle
- 2026 · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers
- 2025 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 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 · Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Stegman Is Dead as Don
- 2017 · Tokyo Trial as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- 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
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 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 · Stay as Frank
- 2013 · 6:14 as Warden
- 2012 · All God's Children as Peter
- 2012 · Vegas as Porter Gainsley
- 2011 · Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 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
- 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 · The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- 2008 · Surveillance as Billings
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Gregory Hart
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 2001 · Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Smallville as Sam Lane
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 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 · Nuremberg as Col. Burton C. Andrus
- 2000 · The Perfect Storm as Bob Brown
- 2000 · Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- 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 · Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
- 1998 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 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 · 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
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1992 · Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1991 · McBain as Frank Bruce
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1991 · Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
- 1990 · Total Recall as Richter
- 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 · Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett
- 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 · 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 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1983 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The A-Team as Miler Crane
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 1982 · Off Your Rocker as Victor
- 1981 · Clown White as Max
- 1981 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 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
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- 1976 · For the Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette as Self
- Future · Deep Tissue as Uncle Nik
- Future · My Best Friend Depression as Ralph Johnson