Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

Known for
Acting
Born
February 12, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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).

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Filmography

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Super Dicks

Super Dicks

Movie · as Police Chief

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Liberty poster

Liberty

Movie · as Fischer

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My Best Friend Depression poster

My Best Friend Depression

Movie · as Ralph Johnson

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Deep Tissue

Deep Tissue

Movie · as Uncle Nik

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Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette poster

Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette

Movie · as Self

2026
Marrow poster

Marrow

Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Myers

2026
Ashes poster

Ashes

Movie · as Uncle

2026
Crash Land poster

Crash Land

Movie · as Monty

2025
1242: Gateway to the West poster

1242: Gateway to the West

Movie · as Narrator / Mihaly

2025
This Too Shall Pass poster

This Too Shall Pass

Movie · as Officer Shultz

2025
Talking About the Sky poster

Talking About the Sky

Movie · as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)

2024
Late Night with the Devil poster

Late Night with the Devil

Movie · as The Narrator (voice)

2024
The Jester from Transylvania poster

The Jester from Transylvania

Movie · as Charles Pennington

2023
Confession poster

Confession

Movie

2023
BlackBerry poster

BlackBerry

Movie · as Charles Purdy

2023
The Family Circus poster

The Family Circus

Movie · as The Cop

2023
Condor's Nest poster

Condor's Nest

Movie · as Agent Astakhov

2023
In Action with Michael Ironside

In Action with Michael Ironside

Movie · as Self

2023
Barfuss, Homicide

Barfuss, Homicide

Movie · as Self

2022
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire poster

Dracula: The Original Living Vampire

Movie · as Dr. Jack Seward

2022
Pumpkin Everything poster

Pumpkin Everything

Movie · as Tom

2022
The Fight Machine poster

The Fight Machine

Movie · as Lou

2022
Tin Can poster

Tin Can

Movie · as Wayne

2022
The Dropout poster

The Dropout

TV · as Don Lucas · 2 eps

2021
Skipping Stones poster

Skipping Stones

Movie · as Mr. Travers

2021
Bloodthirsty poster

Bloodthirsty

Movie · as Dr. Swan

2021
Nobody poster

Nobody

Movie · as Eddie Williams

2021
American Desert poster

American Desert

Movie · as Uncle Bill

2021
Hidden Assets poster

Hidden Assets

TV · as Richard Melnick · 6 eps

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019
Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn

TV · as Darkseid (voice) · 4 eps

2018
Alterscape poster

Alterscape

Movie · as Dr. Julian Loro

2018
The Convent poster

The Convent

Movie · as The Magistrate

2018
Knuckleball poster

Knuckleball

Movie · as Jacob

2018
Still/Born poster

Still/Born

Movie

2018
Hellmington poster

Hellmington

Movie · as Rupert Woodhouse

2018
Fran K.: Frankenstein

Fran K.: Frankenstein

Movie · as Peter Berns

2018
Atropa poster

Atropa

TV · as Captain Schreiber · 1 ep

2018
Barry poster

Barry

TV · as Andrei · 2 eps

2018
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · as Detective Mark Anstey · 1 ep

2018
The Alienist poster

The Alienist

TV · as J. P. Morgan · 4 eps

2017
Lucky's Treasure poster

Lucky's Treasure

Movie · as Henry Landis

2017
The Harrowing poster

The Harrowing

Movie · as Lt. Logan

2017
Stegman Is Dead poster

Stegman Is Dead

Movie · as Don

2017
The Greatest Show on Turf

The Greatest Show on Turf

Movie · as Narrator

2017
The Space Between poster

The Space Between

Movie · as Nick

2017
Tokyo Trial poster

Tokyo Trial

Movie · as Gen. Douglas MacArthur

2017
Ransom poster

Ransom

TV · as Freddie Woods · 3 eps

2016
Children of the Fall poster

Children of the Fall

Movie · as Sam

2016
Element poster

Element

Movie · as Joe

2016
Patient Seven poster

Patient Seven

Movie · as Dr. Daniel Marcus

2016
Tokyo Trial poster

Tokyo Trial

TV · as General Douglas MacArthur · 4 eps

2016
This Is Us poster

This Is Us

TV · as Mr. Pearson · 1 ep

2016
The Encounter poster

The Encounter

TV · as Maximum Mike · 1 ep

2015
California Winter poster

California Winter

Movie · as Sheriff Hillman

2015
88 poster

88

Movie · as Sheriff Knowles

2015
Turbo Kid poster

Turbo Kid

Movie · as Zeus

2015
Desecrated poster

Desecrated

Movie · as Tom McClain

2015
Synchronicity poster

Synchronicity

Movie · as Klaus Meisner

2015
The Sin Seer poster

The Sin Seer

Movie · as Alexander Rachet

2015
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid poster

Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid

Movie

2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words poster

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Movie · as Self

2014
Mental Saboteur

Mental Saboteur

Movie · as Self

2014
Stan Lee's Mighty 7 poster

Stan Lee's Mighty 7

Movie · as Xanar (voice)

2014
Extraterrestrial poster

Extraterrestrial

Movie · as Travis

2014
A Fighting Man poster

A Fighting Man

Movie · as Max Wynn

2014
The Flash poster

The Flash

TV · as Lewis Snart · 1 ep

2013
Stay poster

Stay

Movie · as Frank

2013
Ice Soldiers poster

Ice Soldiers

Movie · as Col. Desmond Trump

2013
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising poster

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising

Movie · as Ultra Magnus (voice)

2013
6:14 poster

6:14

Movie · as Warden

2012
Burden of Evil poster

Burden of Evil

Movie · as Senator Pitfield

2012
All God's Children poster

All God's Children

Movie · as Peter

2012
Vegas poster

Vegas

TV · as Porter Gainsley · 4 eps

2011
X-Men: First Class poster

X-Men: First Class

Movie · as Captain

2011
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back poster

Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back

Movie · as Col. Haggard

2011
Transgression poster

Transgression

Movie · as Matthew

2011
Conduct Unbecoming poster

Conduct Unbecoming

Movie · as Col. Dodd

2010
Beneath the Blue poster

Beneath the Blue

Movie · as Blaine

2010
Dark Prophecy poster

Dark Prophecy

Movie · as Tom Riggins

2010
The Bannen Way poster

The Bannen Way

Movie · as Chief Bannen

2010
Lake Placid 3 poster

Lake Placid 3

Movie · as Sheriff Tony Willinger

2010
Eva poster

Eva

Movie · as Alfonse

2010
The Bannen Way poster

The Bannen Way

TV · as Chief Bannen · 16 eps

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Robert Castor · 1 ep

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Sarno · 1 ep

2010
Transformers: Prime poster

Transformers: Prime

TV · as Ultra Magnus (voice) · 13 eps

2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour poster

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

TV · as Margolin · 2 eps

2009
Terminator Salvation poster

Terminator Salvation

Movie · as General Ashdown

2009
Hardwired poster

Hardwired

Movie · as Hal

2009
The Beacon poster

The Beacon

Movie · as Oficer Ned Hutton

2009
The Butcher poster

The Butcher

Movie · as Teddy Carmichael

2009
The Jazzman

The Jazzman

Movie · as Bernie Kaddly

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Victor Racine · 1 ep

2009
Community poster

Community

TV · as Colonel Archwood · 1 ep

2008
Surveillance poster

Surveillance

Movie · as Billings

2008
Mutants poster

Mutants

Movie · as Colonal Gauge

2008
The Alphabet Killer poster

The Alphabet Killer

Movie · as Captain Nathan Norcross

2008
The Terrorist Next Door poster

The Terrorist Next Door

Movie · as Wade

2008
Storm Cell poster

Storm Cell

Movie · as James

2007
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

TV · as Gregory Hart · 1 ep

2006
The Veteran poster

The Veteran

Movie · as Mark 'Doc' Jordan

2006
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York poster

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York

Movie · as Levering

2006
The V Word poster

The V Word

Movie · as Mr. Chaney

2006
1st Bite poster

1st Bite

Movie · as Theo

2005
Bloodsuckers poster

Bloodsuckers

Movie · as Muco

2005
Deepwater poster

Deepwater

Movie · as Walnut

2005
Guy X poster

Guy X

Movie · as Guy X

2005
Reeker poster

Reeker

Movie · as Henry

2005
Masters of Horror poster

Masters of Horror

TV · as Mr. Chaney · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as John · 1 ep

2005
Young Blades poster

Young Blades

TV · 13 eps

2004
The Machinist poster

The Machinist

Movie · as Miller

2004
The Failures poster

The Failures

Movie · as Depressor

2004
The Red Phone: Checkmate

The Red Phone: Checkmate

Movie · as Bremer

2004
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun poster

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

Movie · as Self

2004
Medical Investigation poster

Medical Investigation

TV · as Ben Graybridge · 1 ep

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Curtis Monroe · 2 eps

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Darkseid (voice) · 2 eps

2003
Maximum Velocity poster

Maximum Velocity

Movie · as General Amberson

2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan

Hemingway vs. Callaghan

Movie · as Harry

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Commandant Murillo · 2 eps

2003
The Last Chapter: The War Continues poster

The Last Chapter: The War Continues

TV · as Bob Durelle · 6 eps

2002
Fallen Angels poster

Fallen Angels

Movie · as Sheriff Ed Rooney

2002
Ignition poster

Ignition

Movie · as Jake Russo

2002
Fairytales and Pornography poster

Fairytales and Pornography

Movie · as Justice Coulton

2002
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' poster

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

Movie · as Himself

2002
The Last Chapter poster

The Last Chapter

TV · as Bob Durelle · 7 eps

2001
Down poster

Down

Movie · as Gunter Steinberg

2001
Extreme Honor poster

Extreme Honor

Movie · as Baker

2001
Dead Awake poster

Dead Awake

Movie · as Skay

2001
Cause Of Death poster

Cause Of Death

Movie · as Jonas Phifer

2001
The Red Phone: Manhunt poster

The Red Phone: Manhunt

Movie · as Section Chief

2001
Soulkeeper poster

Soulkeeper

Movie · as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)

2001
Mindstorm poster

Mindstorm

Movie · as Senator Bill Armitage

2001
Jett Jackson: The Movie poster

Jett Jackson: The Movie

Movie · as Dr. Kragg

2001
Children of the Corn: Revelation poster

Children of the Corn: Revelation

Movie · as Priest

2001
Smallville poster

Smallville

TV · as Sam Lane · 3 eps

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as Darkseid (voice) · 2 eps

2000
The Perfect Storm poster

The Perfect Storm

Movie · as Bob Brown

2000
Heavy Metal 2000 poster

Heavy Metal 2000

Movie · as Tyler (voice)

2000
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia poster

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

Movie · as Fred Skolnick

2000
Borderline Normal poster

Borderline Normal

Movie · as Coach Rehmer

2000
The District poster

The District

TV · as Dmitri Putin · 2 eps

2000
Jackie Chan Adventures poster

Jackie Chan Adventures

TV · as Dragon Scout Leader (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Andromeda poster

Andromeda

TV · as The Patriarch · 2 eps

2000
Nuremberg poster

Nuremberg

TV · as Colonel Burton Andrus · 2 eps

1999
The Omega Code poster

The Omega Code

Movie · as Dominic

1999
Desert Blue poster

Desert Blue

Movie · as Agent Frank Bellows

1999
Black Light poster

Black Light

Movie · as Inspector Frank Schumann

1999
The Arrangement poster

The Arrangement

Movie · as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor

1999
A Twist of Faith poster

A Twist of Faith

Movie · as Alex Hunt

1999
Southern Cross poster

Southern Cross

Movie · as Garrison Carver

1999
Question of Privilege poster

Question of Privilege

Movie · as Lt. Robert Ingram

1998
Johnny 2.0 poster

Johnny 2.0

Movie · as Frank Donahue

1998
Captive poster

Captive

Movie · as Detective Briscoe

1998
Chicago Cab poster

Chicago Cab

Movie · as Al

1998
Voyage of Terror poster

Voyage of Terror

Movie · as McBride

1998
Ivory Tower poster

Ivory Tower

Movie · as Marshall Wallace

1998
Going to Kansas City poster

Going to Kansas City

Movie · as Mike Malone

1998
One of Our Own poster

One of Our Own

Movie · as Det. Jack Cooper

1998
Death Row: The Tournament

Death Row: The Tournament

Movie · as The Judge

1998
Cold Squad poster

Cold Squad

TV · 1 ep

1997
Starship Troopers poster

Starship Troopers

Movie · as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

1997
The Arrow poster

The Arrow

Movie · as CIA Director

1997
Cold Night Into Dawn poster

Cold Night Into Dawn

Movie · as Frank Parr

1997
Stargate SG-1 poster

Stargate SG-1

TV · as Seevis · 1 ep

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as 80's Batman (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The Arrow poster

The Arrow

TV · as CIA Director · 2 eps

1996
One Way Out poster

One Way Out

Movie · as Walt

1996
Terminal poster

Terminal

Movie · as Sterling Rombauer

1996
Portraits of a Killer poster

Portraits of a Killer

Movie · as Sgt. Ernie Hansen

1996
Too Fast Too Young poster

Too Fast Too Young

Movie · as Capt. Floyd Anderson

1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine poster

The Destiny of Marty Fine

Movie · as Mr. Capelli

1996
Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series

TV · as Darkseid (voice) · 7 eps

1996
FX: The Series poster

FX: The Series

TV · as Montree · 1 ep

1995
Major Payne poster

Major Payne

Movie · as Lt. Colonel Stone

1995
The Killing Machine poster

The Killing Machine

Movie · as Mr. Green

1995
Bolt poster

Bolt

Movie · as Billy Niles

1995
Kids of the Round Table poster

Kids of the Round Table

Movie · as Butch Scarsdale

1995
Red Scorpion 2 poster

Red Scorpion 2

Movie · as Col. West

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Ambassador Prosser, Gen. Quince · 1 ep

1994
Save Me poster

Save Me

Movie · as Oliver

1994
The Next Karate Kid poster

The Next Karate Kid

Movie · as Dugan

1994
Forced to Kill poster

Forced to Kill

Movie · as Sheriff Wilson

1994
Red Sun Rising poster

Red Sun Rising

Movie · as Capt. Meisler

1994
Dead Man's Revenge poster

Dead Man's Revenge

Movie · as Luck Hatcher

1994
Probable Cause poster

Probable Cause

Movie · as Gary Yanuck

1994
Fortunes of War poster

Fortunes of War

Movie · as Carl Pimmler

1994
The Glass Shield poster

The Glass Shield

Movie · as Det. Gene Baker

1994
Tokyo Cowboy poster

Tokyo Cowboy

Movie · as Lyle

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as William Swift · 6 eps

1993
Free Willy poster

Free Willy

Movie · as Dial

1993
Father Hood poster

Father Hood

Movie · as Jerry

1993
Sweet Killing

Sweet Killing

Movie · as Inspector Garcia

1993
Point of Impact poster

Point of Impact

Movie · as Roberto Largo

1993
Marked for Murder poster

Marked for Murder

Movie · as Bats O'Bannion

1993
Night Trap poster

Night Trap

Movie · as Bishop

1993
seaQuest DSV poster

seaQuest DSV

TV · as Captain Oliver Hudson · 13 eps

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Nolan Pierce · 4 eps

1992
Killer Image poster

Killer Image

Movie · as Luther Kane

1992
The Vagrant poster

The Vagrant

Movie · as Lt. Ralf Barfuss

1992
Black Ice poster

Black Ice

Movie · as Quinn

1992
Cafe Romeo

Cafe Romeo

Movie · as Natino

1992
Guncrazy poster

Guncrazy

Movie · as Mr. Kincaid

1991
Highlander II: The Quickening poster

Highlander II: The Quickening

Movie · as Gen. Katana

1991
McBain poster

McBain

Movie · as Frank Bruce

1991
Neon City poster

Neon City

Movie · as Harry M. Stark

1991
Deadly Surveillance poster

Deadly Surveillance

Movie · as Fender

1991
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Sheriff Pete

1991
Chaindance poster

Chaindance

Movie · as J.T. Blake

1991
Drop Dead Gorgeous poster

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Movie · as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)

1990
Total Recall poster

Total Recall

Movie · as Richter

1990
Destiny To Order poster

Destiny To Order

Movie · as Kenrick

1989
Mindfield poster

Mindfield

Movie · as Kellen O'Reilly

1989
Hostile Takeover poster

Hostile Takeover

Movie · as Larry Gaylord

1989
Murder by Night poster

Murder by Night

Movie · as Det. Carl Madsen

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Sergeant Burrows, Jerry · 1 ep

1988
Watchers poster

Watchers

Movie · as Lem Johnson

1987
Extreme Prejudice poster

Extreme Prejudice

Movie · as Major Paul Hackett

1987
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II poster

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Movie · as Bill Nordham

1987
Nowhere to Hide poster

Nowhere to Hide

Movie · as Ben

1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine poster

Ford: The Man and the Machine

Movie · as Harry Bennett

1987
Race for the Bomb

Race for the Bomb

TV · as Werner Heisenberg · 3 eps

1986
Top Gun poster

Top Gun

Movie · as Jester

1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling poster

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Movie · as Detective Lawrence

1985
Murder in Space poster

Murder in Space

Movie · as Capt. Neal Braddock

1985
The Falcon and the Snowman poster

The Falcon and the Snowman

Movie · as FBI Agent

1985
The Cap poster

The Cap

Movie · as Dad

1985
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Lt. Rick Muldoon · 1 ep

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · as William Acton · 1 ep

1984
Best Revenge poster

Best Revenge

Movie · as Dealer

1984
The Surrogate poster

The Surrogate

Movie · as George Kyber

1984
V: The Final Battle poster

V: The Final Battle

TV · as Ham Tyler · 3 eps

1984
V poster

V

TV · as Ham Tyler · 12 eps

1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone poster

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Movie · as OverDog

1983
The Sins of Dorian Gray poster

The Sins of Dorian Gray

Movie · as Alan Campbell

1983
Cross Country poster

Cross Country

Movie · as Det. Sgt. Roersch

1983
American Nightmare poster

American Nightmare

Movie · as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as Miler Crane · 1 ep

1983
The Hitchhiker poster

The Hitchhiker

TV · as Sheriff Lee · 1 ep

1983
V poster

V

TV · as Ham Tyler

1982
Visiting Hours poster

Visiting Hours

Movie · as Colt Hawker

1982
Off Your Rocker poster

Off Your Rocker

Movie · as Victor

1981
Scanners poster

Scanners

Movie · as Darryl Revok

1981
Suzanne poster

Suzanne

Movie · as Jimmy

1981
Surfacing poster

Surfacing

Movie · as Wayne

1981
Clown White poster

Clown White

Movie · as Max

1980
Coming Out Alive poster

Coming Out Alive

Movie · as Gateway

1980
Double Negative poster

Double Negative

Movie · as Edgar

1979
Stone Cold Dead poster

Stone Cold Dead

Movie · as Murdered Police Detective

1979
The Family Man poster

The Family Man

Movie · as Bartender

1979
Summer's Children poster

Summer's Children

Movie · as Pimp

1979
The Littlest Hobo poster

The Littlest Hobo

TV · as Bill · 1 ep

1978
High-Ballin' poster

High-Ballin'

Movie · as Butch

1978
I, Maureen

I, Maureen

Movie · as Dr. Paul Oswald

1978
Power Play poster

Power Play

Movie · as Torturer

1977
Outrageous! poster

Outrageous!

Movie · as Drunk

1976
For the Record poster

For the Record

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Ottawa Valley

The Ottawa Valley

Movie · as Soldier on train (uncredited)