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
- 2025 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2022 · The Fight Machine as Lou
- 2017 · Stegman Is Dead as Don
- 2016 · Element as Joe
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 2012 · Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 2010 · Dark Prophecy as Tom Riggins
- 2010 · Eva as Alfonse
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2006 · Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
- 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
- 2003 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 2002 · Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1999 · A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- 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 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1998 · Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- 1997 · The Arrow as CIA Director
- 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
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- 1994 · Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 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 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1989 · Hostile Takeover as Larry Gaylord
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1984 · Best Revenge as Dealer
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 1983 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 2026 · Ashes as Uncle
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 2018 · The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- 2017 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 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
- 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
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 2014 · The Flash as Lewis Snart
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 2014 · Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · Hardwired as Hal
- 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 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Smallville as Sam Lane
- 2001 · Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- 2001 · Down as Gunter Steinberg
- 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
- 2000 · Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1999 · Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 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 · 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 · The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · ER as William Swift
- 1994 · The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1994 · The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 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 · Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- 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 · Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- 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 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 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 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- 1983 · V as Ham Tyler
- 1983 · The A-Team as Miler Crane
- 1982 · Off Your Rocker as Victor
- 1982 · Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
- 1981 · Clown White as Max
- 1981 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1979 · Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
- Future · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- 1979 · Summer's Children as Pimp
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1976 · For the Record as
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)
- Future · The Shaft as Gunter Steinberg
- Future · My Best Friend Depression as Ralph Johnson