Michael Ironside

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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).

Known For

X-Men: First Class

Captain

The Flash

Lewis Snart

Top Gun

Jester

Nobody

Eddie Williams

Terminator Salvation

General Ashdown

Total Recall

Richter

The Machinist

Miller

Starship Troopers

Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	This Too Shall Pass MOVIE	Officer Shultz
2025	1242: Gateway to the West MOVIE	Narrator / Mihaly
2025	Talking About the Sky MOVIE	Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
2024	The Jester from Transylvania MOVIE	Charles Pennington
2024	Late Night with the Devil MOVIE	The Narrator (voice)
2023	Confession MOVIE	Self
2023	BlackBerry MOVIE	Charles Purdy
2023	Condor's Nest MOVIE	Agent Astakhov
2023	The Family Circus MOVIE	The Cop
2022	Pumpkin Everything MOVIE	Tom
2022	Tin Can MOVIE	Wayne
2022	The Fight Machine MOVIE	Lou
2022	The Dropout TV	Don Lucas
2022	Dracula: The Original Living Vampire MOVIE	Dr. Jack Seward
2021	Hidden Assets TV	Richard Melnick
2021	Skipping Stones MOVIE	Mr. Travers
2021	American Desert MOVIE	Uncle Bill
2021	Bloodthirsty MOVIE	Dr. Swan
2021	Nobody MOVIE	Eddie Williams
2019	The Movies That Made Us TV	Self (archive footage)
2019	Harley Quinn TV	Darkseid (voice)
2018	Hellmington MOVIE	Rupert Woodhouse
2018	The Convent MOVIE	The Magistrate
2018	Knuckleball MOVIE	Jacob
2018	Barry TV	Andrei
2018	Atropa TV	Captain Schreiber
2018	Alterscape MOVIE	Dr. Julian Loro
2018	Still/Born MOVIE	Self
2018	The Alienist TV	J. P. Morgan
2018	The Detectives TV	Detective Mark Anstey
2017	Stegman Is Dead MOVIE	Don
2017	The Greatest Show on Turf MOVIE	Narrator
2017	The Harrowing MOVIE	Lt. Logan
2017	The Space Between MOVIE	Nick
2017	Lucky's Treasure MOVIE	Henry Landis
2017	Ransom TV	Freddie Woods
2016	Tokyo Trial TV	General Douglas MacArthur
2016	The Encounter TV	Maximum Mike
2016	Patient Seven MOVIE	Dr. Daniel Marcus
2016	This Is Us TV	Mr. Pearson
2016	Children of the Fall MOVIE	Sam
2016	Element MOVIE	Joe
2015	California Winter MOVIE	Sheriff Hillman
2015	The Sin Seer MOVIE	Alexander Rachet
2015	Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid MOVIE	Self
2015	Sean Connery: In His Own Words MOVIE	Self
2015	Turbo Kid MOVIE	Zeus
2015	88 MOVIE	Sheriff Knowles
2015	Synchronicity MOVIE	Klaus Meisner
2015	Desecrated MOVIE	Tom McClain
2014	Extraterrestrial MOVIE	Travis
2014	The Flash TV	Lewis Snart
2014	A Fighting Man MOVIE	Max Wynn
2014	Mental Saboteur MOVIE	Self
2014	Stan Lee's Mighty 7 MOVIE	Xanar (voice)
2013	Ice Soldiers MOVIE	Col. Desmond Trump
2013	Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising MOVIE	Ultra Magnus (voice)
2013	Stay MOVIE	Frank
2013	6:14 MOVIE	Warden
2012	All God's Children MOVIE	Peter
2012	Burden of Evil MOVIE	Senator Pitfield
2011	Conduct Unbecoming MOVIE	Col. Dodd
2011	Transgression MOVIE	Matthew
2011	Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back MOVIE	Col. Haggard
2011	X-Men: First Class MOVIE	Captain
2010	Transformers: Prime TV	Ultra Magnus (voice)
2010	Beneath the Blue MOVIE	Blaine
2010	R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour TV	Margolin
2010	Dark Prophecy MOVIE	Tom Riggins
2010	Lake Placid 3 MOVIE	Sheriff Tony Willinger
2010	Hawaii Five-0 TV	Robert Castor
2010	Eva MOVIE	Alfonse
2010	Justified TV	Sarno
2010	The Bannen Way MOVIE	Chief Bannen
2010	The Bannen Way TV	Chief Bannen
2009	Hardwired MOVIE	Hal
2009	The Beacon MOVIE	Oficer Ned Hutton
2009	Community TV	Colonel Archwood
2009	The Jazzman MOVIE	Bernie Kaddly
2009	The Butcher MOVIE	Teddy Carmichael
2009	Terminator Salvation MOVIE	General Ashdown
2009	Castle TV	Victor Racine
2008	The Alphabet Killer MOVIE	Captain Nathan Norcross
2008	Mutants MOVIE	Colonal Gauge
2008	The Terrorist Next Door MOVIE	Wade
2008	Storm Cell MOVIE	James
2008	Surveillance MOVIE	Billings
2007	Burn Notice TV	Gregory Hart
2006	1st Bite MOVIE	Theo
2006	The V Word MOVIE	Mr. Chaney
2006	Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York MOVIE	Levering
2006	The Veteran MOVIE	Mark 'Doc' Jordan
2005	Masters of Horror TV	Mr. Chaney
2005	Criminal Minds TV	John
2005	Bloodsuckers MOVIE	Muco
2005	Deepwater MOVIE	Walnut
2005	Guy X MOVIE	Guy X
2005	Reeker MOVIE	Henry
2005	Young Blades TV	Self
2004	The Failures MOVIE	Depressor
2004	Desperate Housewives TV	Curtis Monroe
2004	The Machinist MOVIE	Miller
2004	Medical Investigation TV	Ben Graybridge
2004	Justice League Unlimited TV	Darkseid (voice)
2004	Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun MOVIE	Self
2004	The Red Phone: Checkmate MOVIE	Bremer
2003	Maximum Velocity MOVIE	General Amberson
2003	Cold Case TV	Commandant Murillo
2003	Hemingway vs. Callaghan MOVIE	Harry
2003	The Last Chapter: The War Continues TV	Bob Durelle
2002	Fairytales and Pornography MOVIE	Justice Coulton
2002	Fallen Angels MOVIE	Sheriff Ed Rooney
2002	Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' MOVIE	Himself
2002	The Last Chapter TV	Bob Durelle
2002	Ignition MOVIE	Jake Russo
2001	Justice League TV	Darkseid (voice)
2001	The Red Phone: Manhunt MOVIE	Section Chief
2001	Dead Awake MOVIE	Skay
2001	Smallville TV	Sam Lane
2001	Soulkeeper MOVIE	Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
2001	Children of the Corn: Revelation MOVIE	Priest
2001	Down MOVIE	Gunter Steinberg
2001	Extreme Honor MOVIE	Baker
2001	Jett Jackson: The Movie MOVIE	Dr. Kragg
2001	Mindstorm MOVIE	Senator Bill Armitage
2001	Cause Of Death MOVIE	Jonas Phifer
2000	Borderline Normal MOVIE	Coach Rehmer
2000	The District TV	Dmitri Putin
2000	Andromeda TV	The Patriarch
2000	Jackie Chan Adventures TV	Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
2000	Crime + Punishment in Suburbia MOVIE	Fred Skolnick
2000	Nuremberg TV	Col. Burton C. Andrus
2000	The Perfect Storm MOVIE	Bob Brown
2000	Heavy Metal 2000 MOVIE	Tyler (voice)
1999	The Omega Code MOVIE	Dominic
1999	Southern Cross MOVIE	Garrison Carver
1999	A Twist of Faith MOVIE	Alex Hunt
1999	Desert Blue MOVIE	Agent Frank Bellows
1999	Black Light MOVIE	Inspector Frank Schumann
1999	Question of Privilege MOVIE	Lt. Robert Ingram
1999	The Arrangement MOVIE	Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
1998	Chicago Cab MOVIE	Al
1998	Johnny 2.0 MOVIE	Frank Donahue
1998	One of Our Own MOVIE	Det. Jack Cooper
1998	Going to Kansas City MOVIE	Mike Malone
1998	Death Row: The Tournament MOVIE	The Judge
1998	Cold Squad TV	Self
1998	Voyage of Terror MOVIE	McBride
1998	Captive MOVIE	Detective Briscoe
1998	Ivory Tower MOVIE	Marshall Wallace
1997	Starship Troopers MOVIE	Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
1997	Cold Night Into Dawn MOVIE	Frank Parr
1997	The New Batman Adventures TV	80's Batman (voice)
1997	Stargate SG-1 TV	Seevis
1997	The Arrow MOVIE	CIA Director
1997	The Arrow TV	CIA Director
1996	FX: The Series TV	Montree
1996	Superman: The Animated Series TV	Darkseid (voice)
1996	One Way Out MOVIE	Walt
1996	Portraits of a Killer MOVIE	Sgt. Ernie Hansen
1996	Too Fast Too Young MOVIE	Capt. Floyd Anderson
1996	The Destiny of Marty Fine MOVIE	Mr. Capelli
1996	Terminal MOVIE	Sterling Rombauer
1995	Kids of the Round Table MOVIE	Butch Scarsdale
1995	Bolt MOVIE	Billy Niles
1995	The Outer Limits TV	Ambassador Prosser
1995	The Outer Limits TV	Gen. Quince
1995	Major Payne MOVIE	Lt. Col. Stone
1995	Red Scorpion 2 MOVIE	Col. West
1995	The Killing Machine MOVIE	Mr. Green
1994	Fortunes of War MOVIE	Carl Pimmler
1994	Probable Cause MOVIE	Gary Yanuck
1994	ER TV	William Swift
1994	The Glass Shield MOVIE	Det. Gene Baker
1994	Red Sun Rising MOVIE	Capt. Meisler
1994	Tokyo Cowboy MOVIE	Lyle
1994	The Next Karate Kid MOVIE	Colonel Paul Dugan
1994	Forced to Kill MOVIE	Sheriff Wilson
1994	Dead Man's Revenge MOVIE	Luck Hatcher
1994	Save Me MOVIE	Oliver
1993	Point of Impact MOVIE	Roberto Largo
1993	Sweet Killing MOVIE	Inspector Garcia
1993	seaQuest DSV TV	Captain Oliver Hudson
1993	Father Hood MOVIE	Jerry
1993	Free Willy MOVIE	Dial
1993	Night Trap MOVIE	Bishop
1993	Walker, Texas Ranger TV	Nolan Pierce
1993	Marked for Murder MOVIE	Bats O'Bannion
1992	Black Ice MOVIE	Quinn
1992	Guncrazy MOVIE	Mr. Kincaid
1992	Cafe Romeo MOVIE	Natino
1992	The Vagrant MOVIE	Lt. Ralf Barfuss
1992	Killer Image MOVIE	Luther Kane
1991	Neon City MOVIE	Harry M. Stark
1991	Drop Dead Gorgeous MOVIE	Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
1991	McBain MOVIE	Frank Bruce
1991	Deadly Surveillance MOVIE	Fender
1991	Payback MOVIE	Sheriff Pete
1991	Chaindance MOVIE	J.T. Blake
1991	Highlander II: The Quickening MOVIE	Gen. Katana
1990	Total Recall MOVIE	Richter
1990	Destiny To Order MOVIE	Kenrick
1989	Mindfield MOVIE	Kellen O'Reilly
1989	Hostile Takeover MOVIE	Larry Gaylord
1989	Murder by Night MOVIE	Det. Carl Madsen
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Sergeant Burrows
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Jerry
1988	Watchers MOVIE	Lem Johnson
1987	Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II MOVIE	Bill Nordham
1987	Nowhere to Hide MOVIE	Ben
1987	Ford: The Man and the Machine MOVIE	Harry Bennett
1987	Extreme Prejudice MOVIE	Major Paul Hackett
1987	Race for the Bomb TV	Werner Heisenberg
1986	Top Gun MOVIE	Jester
1986	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling MOVIE	Detective Lawrence
1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV	Lt. Rick Muldoon
1985	Murder in Space MOVIE	Capt. Neal Braddock
1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater TV	William Acton
1985	The Cap MOVIE	Dad
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman MOVIE	FBI Agent
1984	V TV	Ham Tyler
1984	Best Revenge MOVIE	Dealer
1984	The Surrogate MOVIE	George Kyber
1984	V: The Final Battle TV	Ham Tyler
1983	The Hitchhiker TV	Sheriff Lee
1983	Cross Country MOVIE	Det. Sgt. Roersch
1983	The Sins of Dorian Gray MOVIE	Alan Campbell
1983	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone MOVIE	OverDog
1983	V TV	Ham Tyler
1983	American Nightmare MOVIE	Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
1983	The A-Team TV	Miler Crane
1982	Off Your Rocker MOVIE	Victor
1982	Visiting Hours MOVIE	Colt Hawker
1981	Clown White MOVIE	Max
1981	Suzanne MOVIE	Jimmy
1981	Surfacing MOVIE	Wayne
1981	Scanners MOVIE	Darryl Revok
1980	Coming Out Alive MOVIE	Gateway
1980	Double Negative MOVIE	Edgar
1979	The Family Man MOVIE	Bartender
1979	The Littlest Hobo TV	Bill
1979	Stone Cold Dead MOVIE	Murdered Police Detective
1979	Summer's Children MOVIE	Pimp
1978	Power Play MOVIE	Torturer
1978	I, Maureen MOVIE	Dr. Paul Oswald
1978	High-Ballin' MOVIE	Butch
1977	Outrageous! MOVIE	Drunk
1976	For the Record TV	Self
1974	The Ottawa Valley MOVIE	Soldier on train (uncredited)
	Super Dicks MOVIE	Police Chief
	Liberty MOVIE	Fischer
	The Shaft MOVIE	Gunter Steinberg
	Marrow MOVIE	Dr. Jonathan Myers
	My Best Friend Depression MOVIE	Ralph Johnson

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