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
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- 2025 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 2025 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2023 · BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2022 · Dracula: The Original Living Vampire as Dr. Jack Seward
- 2021 · Skipping Stones as Mr. Travers
- 2021 · Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 2017 · Stegman Is Dead as Don
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 2013 · Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 2009 · Hardwired as Hal
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2009 · The Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2005 · Guy X as Guy X
- 2004 · The Failures as Depressor
- 2004 · Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 2002 · Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- 2002 · The Last Chapter as Bob Durelle
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 2001 · Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- 1997 · The Arrow as CIA Director
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- 1994 · The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
- 1994 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1994 · Save Me as Oliver
- 1993 · Night Trap as Bishop
- 1992 · Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1989 · Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- 1987 · Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1987 · Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1983 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1982 · Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2025 · Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
- 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
- 2021 · Hidden Assets as Richard Melnick
- 2021 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 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 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2018 · Still/Born as
- 2018 · The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
- 2018 · The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- 2017 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 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 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 2014 · The Flash as Lewis Snart
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 2013 · Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 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 · Transgression as Matthew
- 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 · 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 · Community as Colonel Archwood
- 2009 · The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
- 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
- 2008 · Surveillance as Billings
- 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 · Reeker as Henry
- 2005 · Young Blades as
- 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 · The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- 2003 · Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- 2003 · Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 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 · Ignition as Jake Russo
- 2001 · Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Smallville as Sam Lane
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 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
- 2000 · Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 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 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · ER as William Swift
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1994 · The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- 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 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Nolan Pierce
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 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 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 1983 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The A-Team as Miler Crane
- 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 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- 1976 · For the Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · The Shaft as Gunter Steinberg
- Future · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers
- Future · My Best Friend Depression as Ralph Johnson