ACTOR
Michael Ironside
Known for The Flash · Smallville · Criminal Minds
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…
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1950
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Known For
- Acting
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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Known For
Filmography
Movies
TO
The Ottawa ValleySoldier on train (uncredited)
1974
Outrageous!Drunk
1977
High-Ballin'Butch
1978IM
I, MaureenDr. Paul Oswald
1978
Power PlayTorturer
1978
Stone Cold DeadMurdered Police Detective
1979
Summer's ChildrenPimp
1979
The Family ManBartender
1979
Coming Out AliveGateway
1980
Double NegativeEdgar
1980
Clown WhiteMax
1981
ScannersDarryl Revok
1981
SurfacingWayne
1981
SuzanneJimmy
1981
Off Your RockerVictor
1982
Visiting HoursColt Hawker
1982
American NightmareSgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
1983
Cross CountryDet. Sgt. Roersch
1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden ZoneOverDog
1983
The Sins of Dorian GrayAlan Campbell
1983
Best RevengeDealer
1984
The SurrogateGeorge Kyber
1984
Murder in SpaceCapt. Neal Braddock
1985
The CapDad
1985
The Falcon and the SnowmanFBI Agent
1985
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingDetective Lawrence
1986
Top GunJester
1986
Extreme PrejudiceMajor Paul Hackett
1987
Ford: The Man and the MachineHarry Bennett
1987
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night IIBill Nordham
1987
Nowhere to HideBen
1987
WatchersLem Johnson
1988
Hostile TakeoverLarry Gaylord
1989
MindfieldKellen O'Reilly
1989
Murder by NightDet. Carl Madsen
1989
Destiny To OrderKenrick
1990
Total RecallRichter
1990
ChaindanceJ.T. Blake
1991ChaindanceScreenplay
1991ChaindanceExecutive Producer
1991
Deadly SurveillanceFender
1991
Drop Dead GorgeousAsylum Interrogator (uncredited)
1991
Highlander II: The QuickeningGen. Katana
1991
McBainFrank Bruce
1991
Neon CityHarry M. Stark
1991
PaybackSheriff Pete
1991
Black IceQuinn
1992CR
Cafe RomeoNatino
1992
GuncrazyMr. Kincaid
1992
Killer ImageLuther Kane
1992
The VagrantLt. Ralf Barfuss
1992
Father HoodJerry
1993
Free WillyDial
1993
Marked for MurderBats O'Bannion
1993
Night TrapBishop
1993
Point of ImpactRoberto Largo
1993SK
Sweet KillingInspector Garcia
1993
Dead Man's RevengeLuck Hatcher
1994
Forced to KillSheriff Wilson
1994
Fortunes of WarCarl Pimmler
1994
Probable CauseGary Yanuck
1994Probable CauseExecutive Producer
1994
Red Sun RisingCapt. Meisler
1994
Save MeOliver
1994
The Glass ShieldDet. Gene Baker
1994
The Next Karate KidDugan
1994
Tokyo CowboyLyle
1994
BoltBilly Niles
1995
Kids of the Round TableButch Scarsdale
1995
Major PayneLt. Colonel Stone
1995
Red Scorpion 2Col. West
1995
The Killing MachineMr. Green
1995
One Way OutWalt
1996
Portraits of a KillerSgt. Ernie Hansen
1996
TerminalSterling Rombauer
1996
The Destiny of Marty FineMr. Capelli
1996
Too Fast Too YoungCapt. Floyd Anderson
1996
Cold Night Into DawnFrank Parr
1997
Starship TroopersLieutenant Jean Rasczak
1997
The ArrowCIA Director
1997
CaptiveDetective Briscoe
1998
Chicago CabAl
1998DR
Death Row: The TournamentThe Judge
1998
Going to Kansas CityMike Malone
1998
Ivory TowerMarshall Wallace
1998
Johnny 2.0Frank Donahue
1998
One of Our OwnDet. Jack Cooper
1998
Voyage of TerrorMcBride
1998
A Twist of FaithAlex Hunt
1999
Black LightInspector Frank Schumann
1999
Desert BlueAgent Frank Bellows
1999
Question of PrivilegeLt. Robert Ingram
1999
Southern CrossGarrison Carver
1999
The ArrangementDet. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
1999The ArrangementDirector
1999The ArrangementWriter
1999
The Omega CodeDominic
1999
Borderline NormalCoach Rehmer
2000
Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaFred Skolnick
2000
Heavy Metal 2000Tyler (voice)
2000
The Perfect StormBob Brown
2000
Cause Of DeathJonas Phifer
2001
Children of the Corn: RevelationPriest
2001
Dead AwakeSkay
2001
DownGunter Steinberg
2001
Extreme HonorBaker
2001
Jett Jackson: The MovieDr. Kragg
2001
MindstormSenator Bill Armitage
2001
SoulkeeperVoice of Mr.M (uncredited)
2001
The Red Phone: ManhuntSection Chief
2001
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'Himself
2002
Fairytales and PornographyJustice Coulton
2002
Fallen AngelsSheriff Ed Rooney
2002
IgnitionJake Russo
2002HV
Hemingway vs. CallaghanHarry
2003
Maximum VelocityGeneral Amberson
2003
Danger Zone: The Making of Top GunSelf
2004
The FailuresDepressor
2004
The MachinistMiller
2004TR
The Red Phone: CheckmateBremer
2004
BloodsuckersMuco
2005
DeepwaterWalnut
2005
Guy XGuy X
2005
ReekerHenry
2005
1st BiteTheo
2006
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New YorkLevering
2006
The V WordMr. Chaney
2006
The VeteranMark 'Doc' Jordan
2006
MutantsColonal Gauge
2008
Storm CellJames
2008
SurveillanceBillings
2008
The Alphabet KillerCaptain Nathan Norcross
2008
The Terrorist Next DoorWade
2008
HardwiredHal
2009
Terminator SalvationGeneral Ashdown
2009
The BeaconOficer Ned Hutton
2009
The ButcherTeddy Carmichael
2009TJ
The JazzmanBernie Kaddly
2009
Beneath the BlueBlaine
2010
Dark ProphecyTom Riggins
2010
EvaAlfonse
2010
Lake Placid 3Sheriff Tony Willinger
2010
The Bannen WayChief Bannen
2010
Conduct UnbecomingCol. Dodd
2011
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes BackCol. Haggard
2011
TransgressionMatthew
2011
X-Men: First ClassCaptain
2011
All God's ChildrenPeter
2012
Burden of EvilSenator Pitfield
2012
6:14Warden
2013
Ice SoldiersCol. Desmond Trump
2013
StayFrank
2013
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons RisingUltra Magnus (voice)
2013
A Fighting ManMax Wynn
2014
ExtraterrestrialTravis
2014MS
Mental SaboteurSelf
2014
Stan Lee's Mighty 7Xanar (voice)
2014
88Sheriff Knowles
2015
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid
2015
California WinterSheriff Hillman
2015
DesecratedTom McClain
2015
Sean Connery: In His Own WordsSelf
2015
SynchronicityKlaus Meisner
2015
The Sin SeerAlexander Rachet
2015
Turbo KidZeus
2015
Children of the FallSam
2016
ElementJoe
2016
Patient SevenDr. Daniel Marcus
2016
Lucky's TreasureHenry Landis
2017
Stegman Is DeadDon
2017TG
The Greatest Show on TurfNarrator
2017
The HarrowingLt. Logan
2017
The Space BetweenNick
2017
Tokyo TrialGen. Douglas MacArthur
2017
AlterscapeDr. Julian Loro
2018
HellmingtonRupert Woodhouse
2018
KnuckleballJacob
2018
Still/Born
2018
The ConventThe Magistrate
2018
American DesertUncle Bill
2021
BloodthirstyDr. Swan
2021
NobodyEddie Williams
2021
Skipping StonesMr. Travers
2021
Dracula: The Original Living VampireDr. Jack Seward
2022
Pumpkin EverythingTom
2022
The Fight MachineLou
2022
Tin CanWayne
2022BH
Barfuss, HomicideSelf
2023
BlackBerryCharles Purdy
2023
Condor's NestAgent Astakhov
2023
Confession
2023IA
In Action with Michael IronsideSelf
2023
The Family CircusThe Cop
2023
Late Night with the DevilThe Narrator (voice)
2024
The Jester from TransylvaniaCharles Pennington
2024
1242: Gateway to the WestNarrator / Mihaly
2025
Talking About the SkyOfficer Alfred Henry(voz)
2025
This Too Shall PassOfficer Shultz
2025
AshesUncle
2026
Crash LandMonty
2026
MarrowDr. Jonathan Myers
2026DT
Deep TissueUncle Nik
FK
Fran K.: FrankensteinPeter Berns
Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent FeaturetteSelf
LibertyFischer
My Best Friend DepressionRalph Johnson
SD
Super DicksPolice Chief
Television
For the Record1 eps
1976
The Littlest HoboBill · 1 eps
1979
The A-TeamMiler Crane · 1 eps
1983
The HitchhikerSheriff Lee · 1 eps
1983
VHam Tyler
1983
VHam Tyler · 12 eps
1984
V: The Final BattleHam Tyler · 3 eps
1984
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLt. Rick Muldoon · 1 eps
1985
The Ray Bradbury TheaterWilliam Acton · 1 eps
1985RF
Race for the BombWerner Heisenberg · 3 eps
1987
Tales from the CryptSergeant Burrows · 1 eps
1989Tales from the CryptJerry · 1 eps
1989
seaQuest DSVCaptain Oliver Hudson · 13 eps
1993
Walker, Texas RangerNolan Pierce · 4 eps
1993
ERWilliam Swift · 6 eps
1994
The Outer LimitsAmbassador Prosser · 1 eps
1995The Outer LimitsGen. Quince · 1 eps
1995
FX: The SeriesMontree · 1 eps
1996
Superman: The Animated SeriesDarkseid (voice) · 7 eps
1996
Stargate SG-1Seevis · 1 eps
1997
The ArrowCIA Director · 2 eps
1997
The New Batman Adventures80's Batman (voice) · 1 eps
1997
Cold Squad1 eps
1998
AndromedaThe Patriarch · 2 eps
2000
Jackie Chan AdventuresDragon Scout Leader (voice) · 1 eps
2000
NurembergColonel Burton Andrus · 2 eps
2000
The DistrictDmitri Putin · 2 eps
2000
Justice LeagueDarkseid (voice) · 2 eps
2001
SmallvilleSam Lane · 3 eps
2001
The Last ChapterBob Durelle · 7 eps
2002
Cold CaseCommandant Murillo · 2 eps
2003
The Last Chapter: The War ContinuesBob Durelle · 6 eps
2003
Desperate HousewivesCurtis Monroe · 2 eps
2004
Justice League UnlimitedDarkseid (voice) · 2 eps
2004
Medical InvestigationBen Graybridge · 1 eps
2004
Criminal MindsJohn · 1 eps
2005
Masters of HorrorMr. Chaney · 1 eps
2005
Young Blades13 eps
2005
Burn NoticeGregory Hart · 1 eps
2007
CastleVictor Racine · 1 eps
2009
CommunityColonel Archwood · 1 eps
2009
Hawaii Five-0Robert Castor · 1 eps
2010
JustifiedSarno · 1 eps
2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting HourMargolin · 2 eps
2010
The Bannen WayChief Bannen · 16 eps
2010
Transformers: PrimeUltra Magnus (voice) · 13 eps
2010
VegasPorter Gainsley · 4 eps
2012
The FlashLewis Snart · 1 eps
2014
The EncounterMaximum Mike · 1 eps
2016
This Is UsMr. Pearson · 1 eps
2016
Tokyo TrialGeneral Douglas MacArthur · 4 eps
2016
RansomFreddie Woods · 3 eps
2017
AtropaCaptain Schreiber · 1 eps
2018
BarryAndrei · 2 eps
2018
The AlienistJ. P. Morgan · 4 eps
2018
The DetectivesDetective Mark Anstey · 1 eps
2018
Harley QuinnDarkseid (voice) · 4 eps
2019
The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2019
Hidden AssetsRichard Melnick · 6 eps
2021
The DropoutDon Lucas · 2 eps
2022Photos
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