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
- 2024 · Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
- 2023 · Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- 2022 · Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- 2022 · The Fight Machine as Lou
- 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 · 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 · Knuckleball as Jacob
- 2018 · Barry as Andrei
- 2018 · Atropa as Captain Schreiber
- 2018 · Still/Born as
- 2018 · The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
- 2018 · The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- 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
- 2015 · Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- 2015 · Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 2014 · Extraterrestrial as Travis
- 2014 · The Flash as Lewis Snart
- 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)
- 2012 · All God's Children as Peter
- 2012 · Vegas as Porter Gainsley
- 2011 · Transgression as Matthew
- 2010 · Transformers: Prime as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 2010 · Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- 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
- 2009 · Hardwired as Hal
- 2009 · The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- 2009 · Community as Colonel Archwood
- 2009 · Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
- 2009 · Castle as Victor Racine
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- 2008 · Storm Cell as James
- 2008 · Surveillance as Billings
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Gregory Hart
- 2006 · Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as Mr. Chaney
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as John
- 2005 · Guy X as Guy X
- 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)
- 2003 · Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- 2003 · Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
- 2003 · The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
- 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
- 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 Colonel Burton Andrus
- 2000 · The Perfect Storm as Bob Brown
- 2000 · Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- 1999 · The Omega Code as Dominic
- 1999 · A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- 1999 · Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- 1999 · Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
- 1998 · Chicago Cab as Al
- 1998 · Cold Squad as
- 1997 · Starship Troopers as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
- 1997 · Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- 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)
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Ambassador Prosser
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Gen. Quince
- 1995 · Major Payne as Lt. Colonel Stone
- 1995 · Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
- 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 Dugan
- 1994 · Save Me as Oliver
- 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
- 1991 · McBain as Frank Bruce
- 1991 · Deadly Surveillance as Fender
- 1991 · Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
- 1990 · Total Recall as Richter
- 1989 · Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- 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 · Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton
- 1985 · The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- 1984 · V as Ham Tyler
- 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
- 1982 · Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
- 1981 · Scanners as Darryl Revok
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- 1979 · Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
- 1976 · For the Record as
- Future · Deep Tissue as Uncle Nik
- 2024 · The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
- 2023 · Confession as
- 2022 · Tin Can as Wayne
- 2021 · American Desert as Uncle Bill
- 2018 · Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- 2017 · The Space Between as Nick
- 2015 · 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- 2014 · A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- 2011 · Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- 2011 · X-Men: First Class as Captain
- 2010 · The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- 2009 · The Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
- 2008 · The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
- 2006 · The Veteran as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
- 2005 · Bloodsuckers as Muco
- 2002 · Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
- 2001 · Dead Awake as Skay
- 2001 · Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- 2001 · Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
- 1999 · Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- 1996 · Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
- 1996 · The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
- 1994 · Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- 1993 · Sweet Killing as Inspector Garcia
- 1992 · The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- Future · Super Dicks as Police Chief
- 2026 · Ashes as Uncle
- 2026 · Crash Land as Monty
- 2026 · Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers
- 2025 · 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- 2021 · Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- 2016 · Children of the Fall as Sam
- 2015 · The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
- 2015 · Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- 2013 · Stay as Frank
- 2011 · Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- 2005 · Deepwater as Walnut
- 2002 · Fallen Angels as Sheriff Ed Rooney
- 2001 · The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- 2001 · Extreme Honor as Baker
- 2001 · Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- 1998 · One of Our Own as Det. Jack Cooper
- 1998 · Captive as Detective Briscoe
- 1997 · The Arrow as CIA Director
- 1996 · One Way Out as Walt
- 1993 · Point of Impact as Roberto Largo
- 1993 · Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- Future · Liberty as Fischer
- 1995 · Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
- 1994 · Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- 1992 · Killer Image as Luther Kane
- 1991 · Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- 1991 · Payback as Sheriff Pete
- 1991 · Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- 1987 · Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- 1987 · Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
- 1984 · The Surrogate as George Kyber
- 1979 · The Family Man as Bartender
- 1978 · Power Play as Torturer
- Future · Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette as Self
- 2025 · This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- 2023 · Barfuss, Homicide as Self
- 2023 · The Family Circus as The Cop
- 2018 · Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- 2017 · The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- 2016 · Element as Joe
- 2015 · Desecrated as Tom McClain
- 2012 · Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- 2008 · Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- 2004 · The Failures as Depressor
- 2004 · Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 2004 · The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- 1999 · Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
- 1998 · Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
- 1998 · Voyage of Terror as McBride
- 1998 · Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- 1996 · Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
- 1995 · The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
- 1994 · Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- 1992 · Black Ice as Quinn
- 1992 · Cafe Romeo as Natino
- 1991 · Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
- 1990 · Destiny To Order as Kenrick
- 1989 · Hostile Takeover as Larry Gaylord
- 1987 · Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
- 1983 · American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- 1981 · Clown White as Max
- 1981 · Suzanne as Jimmy
- 1981 · Surfacing as Wayne
- 1980 · Double Negative as Edgar
- 1979 · Summer's Children as Pimp
- Future · My Best Friend Depression as Ralph Johnson
- 2025 · Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
- 2023 · In Action with Michael Ironside as Self
- 2018 · Fran K.: Frankenstein as Peter Berns
- 2017 · Stegman Is Dead as Don
- 2017 · Tokyo Trial as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
- 2017 · The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
- 2015 · California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
- 2015 · Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid as
- 2014 · Mental Saboteur as Self
- 2013 · 6:14 as Warden
- 2010 · Dark Prophecy as Tom Riggins
- 2010 · Eva as Alfonse
- 2009 · The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
- 2006 · 1st Bite as Theo
- 2006 · The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- 2003 · Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- 2002 · Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- 2001 · Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- 2000 · Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
- 1999 · The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
- 1998 · Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- 1998 · Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
- 1996 · Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- 1995 · Bolt as Billy Niles
- 1994 · Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- 1989 · Murder by Night as Det. Carl Madsen
- 1985 · The Cap as Dad
- 1984 · Best Revenge as Dealer
- 1983 · Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- 1982 · Off Your Rocker as Victor
- 1980 · Coming Out Alive as Gateway
- 1978 · I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
- 1978 · High-Ballin' as Butch
- 1977 · Outrageous! as Drunk
- 1974 · The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)