Michael Ironside
Known for Acting · 256 credits
- Born
- 1950-02-12 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Frederick Reginald Ironside · 마이클 아이언사이드 · مایکل آیرونساید · Mike Ironside
Biography
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
TV Shows (58)
Criminal Minds
2005
as John
Smallville
2001
as Sam Lane
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Robert Castor
The Flash
2014
as Lewis Snart
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Curtis Monroe
Castle
2009
as Victor Racine
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Seevis
This Is Us
2016
as Mr. Pearson
ER
1994
as William Swift
Community
2009
as Colonel Archwood
The A-Team
1983
as Miler Crane
Cold Case
2003
as Commandant Murillo
Justified
2010
as Sarno
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000
as Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
Burn Notice
2007
as Gregory Hart
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Nolan Pierce
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Darkseid (voice)
Andromeda
2000
as The Patriarch
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Sergeant Burrows / Jerry
Harley Quinn
2019
as Darkseid (voice)
The Outer Limits
1995
as Ambassador Prosser / Gen. Quince
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Oliver Hudson
The District
2000
as Dmitri Putin
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Darkseid (voice)
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
2010
as Margolin
Barry
2018
as Andrei
Transformers: Prime
2010
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Lt. Rick Muldoon
Ransom
2017
as Freddie Woods
Masters of Horror
2005
as Mr. Chaney
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Sheriff Lee
The Alienist
2018
as J. P. Morgan
Justice League
2001
as Darkseid (voice)
V
1984
as Ham Tyler
The New Batman Adventures
1997
as 80's Batman (voice)
Cold Squad
1998
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as William Acton
The Dropout
2022
as Don Lucas
FX: The Series
1996
as Montree
Hidden Assets
2021
as Richard Melnick
Medical Investigation
2004
as Ben Graybridge
V
1983
as Ham Tyler
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Littlest Hobo
1979
as Bill
Vegas
2012
as Porter Gainsley
Nuremberg
2000
as Col. Burton C. Andrus
V: The Final Battle
1984
as Ham Tyler
Tokyo Trial
2016
as General Douglas MacArthur
The Encounter
2016
as Maximum Mike
The Detectives
2018
as Detective Mark Anstey
For the Record
1976
The Bannen Way
2010
as Chief Bannen
Young Blades
2005
The Arrow
1997
as CIA Director
The Last Chapter
2002
as Bob Durelle
Atropa
2018
as Captain Schreiber
Race for the Bomb
1987
as Werner Heisenberg
The Last Chapter: The War Continues
2003
as Bob Durelle
Movies (198)
Top Gun
1986
as Jester
Nobody
2021
as Eddie Williams
Total Recall
1990
as Richter
Terminator Salvation
2009
as General Ashdown
Starship Troopers
1997
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
The Machinist
2004
as Miller
Late Night with the Devil
2024
as The Narrator (voice)
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Bob Brown
Free Willy
1993
as Dial
The Next Karate Kid
1994
as Dugan
BlackBerry
2023
as Charles Purdy
Major Payne
1995
as Lt. Col. Stone
Father Hood
1993
as Jerry
Scanners
1981
as Darryl Revok
Sweet Killing
1993
as Inspector Garcia
Down
2001
as Gunter Steinberg
Lake Placid 3
2010
as Sheriff Tony Willinger
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
as Gen. Katana
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
2013
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
Deep Tissue
as Uncle Nik
Visiting Hours
1982
as Colt Hawker
Extraterrestrial
2014
as Travis
1242: Gateway to the West
2025
as Narrator / Mihaly
Conduct Unbecoming
2011
as Col. Dodd
Children of the Fall
2016
as Sam
Heavy Metal 2000
2000
as Tyler (voice)
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
1987
as Bill Nordham
American Desert
2021
as Uncle Bill
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Major Paul Hackett
Tin Can
2022
as Wayne
Marrow
2026
as Dr. Jonathan Myers
Red Scorpion 2
1995
as Col. West
Killer Image
1992
as Luther Kane
Save Me
1994
as Oliver
Southern Cross
1999
as Garrison Carver
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as FBI Agent
Watchers
1988
as Lem Johnson
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000
as Fred Skolnick
Tokyo Trial
2017
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Condor's Nest
2023
as Agent Astakhov
Mental Saboteur
2014
as Self
Patient Seven
2016
as Dr. Daniel Marcus
Night Trap
1993
as Bishop
Alterscape
2018
as Dr. Julian Loro
The Alphabet Killer
2008
as Captain Nathan Norcross
Ice Soldiers
2013
as Col. Desmond Trump
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
2014
as Xanar (voice)
Turbo Kid
2015
as Zeus
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire
2022
as Dr. Jack Seward
Confession
2023
Transgression
2011
as Matthew
Synchronicity
2015
as Klaus Meisner
Liberty
as Fischer
Payback
1991
as Sheriff Pete
This Too Shall Pass
2025
as Officer Shultz
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
as OverDog
Fortunes of War
1994
as Carl Pimmler
Hardwired
2009
as Hal
Jett Jackson: The Movie
2001
as Dr. Kragg
Hellmington
2018
as Rupert Woodhouse
Nowhere to Hide
1987
as Ben
The Glass Shield
1994
as Det. Gene Baker
Super Dicks
as Police Chief
Children of the Corn: Revelation
2001
as Priest
The Butcher
2009
as Teddy Carmichael
Dead Man's Revenge
1994
as Luck Hatcher
The Vagrant
1992
as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
A Fighting Man
2014
as Max Wynn
Voyage of Terror
1998
as McBride
Deadly Surveillance
1991
as Fender
Portraits of a Killer
1996
as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
Element
2016
as Joe
American Nightmare
1983
as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
Reeker
2005
as Henry
Surveillance
2008
as Billings
Desert Blue
1999
as Agent Frank Bellows
Red Sun Rising
1994
as Capt. Meisler
Lucky's Treasure
2017
as Henry Landis
The Omega Code
1999
as Dominic
Marked for Murder
1993
as Bats O'Bannion
Destiny To Order
1990
as Kenrick
Mindfield
1989
as Kellen O'Reilly
Eva
2010
as Alfonse
The Red Phone: Checkmate
2004
as Bremer
Guncrazy
1992
as Mr. Kincaid
The Convent
2018
as The Magistrate
High-Ballin'
1978
as Butch
Question of Privilege
1999
as Lt. Robert Ingram
Going to Kansas City
1998
as Mike Malone
Soulkeeper
2001
as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
Stay
2013
as Frank
Still/Born
2018
Stone Cold Dead
1979
as Murdered Police Detective
88
2015
as Sheriff Knowles
Storm Cell
2008
as James
The Surrogate
1984
as George Kyber
Beneath the Blue
2010
as Blaine
Chicago Cab
1998
as Al
The Red Phone: Manhunt
2001
as Section Chief
Mutants
2008
as Colonal Gauge
McBain
1991
as Frank Bruce
Cause Of Death
2001
as Jonas Phifer
The Sins of Dorian Gray
1983
as Alan Campbell
Ashes
2026
as Uncle
One of Our Own
1998
as Det. Jack Cooper
The Arrangement
1999
as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
Knuckleball
2018
as Jacob
Extreme Honor
2001
as Baker
All God's Children
2012
as Peter
Guy X
2005
as Guy X
Murder in Space
1985
as Capt. Neal Braddock
Burden of Evil
2012
as Senator Pitfield
Kids of the Round Table
1995
as Butch Scarsdale
Maximum Velocity
2003
as General Amberson
The Terrorist Next Door
2008
as Wade
Pumpkin Everything
2022
as Tom
Too Fast Too Young
1996
as Capt. Floyd Anderson
The Family Man
1979
as Bartender
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
as Detective Lawrence
Best Revenge
1984
as Dealer
About Michael Ironside
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… With 256 credits spanning from 1974 to 2026, Michael Ironside has appeared in 198 films and 58 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Ironside Movies
- Top Gun (1986) — as Jester
- Nobody (2021) — as Eddie Williams
- Total Recall (1990) — as Richter
- Terminator Salvation (2009) — as General Ashdown
- Starship Troopers (1997) — as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
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