Michael Ironside
Born: 1950-02-12 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950) 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).
Filmography
2025
- 1242: Gateway to the West as Narrator / Mihaly
- This Too Shall Pass as Officer Shultz
- Talking About the Sky as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
2024
- Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice)
2023
- Confession
- Condor's Nest as Agent Astakhov
- BlackBerry as Charles Purdy
- The Family Circus as The Cop
2022
- Pumpkin Everything as Tom
- The Dropout as Don Lucas
- Tin Can as Wayne
- Dracula: The Original Living Vampire as Dr. Jack Seward
- The Fight Machine as Lou
2021
- Nobody as Eddie Williams
- Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
- Skipping Stones as Mr. Travers
- Hidden Assets as Richard Melnick
- American Desert as Uncle Bill
2020
- The Jester from Transylvania as Charles Pennington
2019
- Harley Quinn as Darkseid (voice)
- The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2018
- The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
- Barry as Andrei
- Knuckleball as Jacob
- The Convent as The Magistrate
- Still/Born
- Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro
- Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
- The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
- Atropa as Captain Schreiber
2017
- Ransom as Freddie Woods
- The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
- Stegman is Dead as Don
- Lucky's Treasure as Henry Landis
- The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
2016
- This Is Us as Mr. Pearson
- Patient Seven as Dr. Daniel Marcus
- Element as Joe
- Children of the Fall as Sam
- Tokyo Trial as General Douglas MacArthur
- The Encounter as Maximum Mike
2015
- Desecrated as Tom McClain
- Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
- Turbo Kid as Zeus
- 88 as Sheriff Knowles
- California Winter as Sheriff Hillman
- Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
- The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
- Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid
2014
- The Flash as Lewis Snart
- Extraterrestrial as Travis
- A Fighting Man as Max Wynn
- Stan Lee's Mighty 7 as Xanar (voice)
- Mental Saboteur as Self
2013
- Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
- Stay as Frank
- Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- 6:14 as Warden
2012
- Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
- All God's Children as Peter
2011
- Transgression as Matthew
- Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
- Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
- X-Men: First Class as Captain
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Robert Castor
- Justified as Sarno
- R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Margolin
- Transformers: Prime as Ultra Magnus (voice)
- Dark Prophecy as Tom Riggins
- Lake Placid 3 as Sheriff Tony Willinger
- Eva as Alfonse
- The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
- Beneath the Blue as Blaine
- The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
2009
- Castle as Victor Racine
- Community as Colonel Archwood
- Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
- The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
- Hardwired as Hal
- The Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
- The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly
2008
- Mutants as Colonal Gauge
- The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
- Surveillance as Billings
- Storm Cell as James
- The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
2007
- Burn Notice as Gregory Hart
2006
- The Veteran as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
- The V Word as Mr. Chaney
- Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
- 1st Bite as Theo
2005
- Criminal Minds as John
- Masters of Horror as Mr. Chaney
- Deepwater as Walnut
- Reeker as Henry
- Bloodsuckers as Muco
- Guy X as Guy X
- Young Blades
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Curtis Monroe
- Justice League Unlimited as Darkseid (voice)
- The Machinist as Miller
- The Failures as Depressor
- Medical Investigation as Ben Graybridge
- The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
- Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
2003
- Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
- Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
- Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry
- The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
2002
- Ignition as Jake Russo
- Fallen Angels as Sheriff Ed Rooney
- Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
- The Last Chapter as Bob Durelle
- Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
2001
- Smallville as General Sam Lane
- Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
- Down as Gunter Steinberg
- Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
- Extreme Honor as Baker
- Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
- Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
- The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
- Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
- Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
- Dead Awake as Skay
2000
- Jackie Chan Adventures as Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
- Andromeda as The Patriarch
- The District as Dmitri Putin
- The Perfect Storm as Bob Brown
- Nuremberg as Col. Burton C. Andrus
- Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice)
- Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer
- Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Fred Skolnick
1999
- Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
- Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
- The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
- A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
- The Omega Code as Dominic
- Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
- Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann
1998
- Cold Squad
- Chicago Cab as Al
- Captive as Detective Briscoe
- Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
- One of Our Own as Det. Jack Cooper
- Voyage of Terror as McBride
- Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
- Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
- Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as Seevis
- The New Batman Adventures as 80's Batman (voice)
- Starship Troopers as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
- The Arrow as CIA Director
- Cold Night Into Dawn as Frank Parr
- The Arrow as CIA Director
1996
- Superman: The Animated Series as Darkseid (voice)
- FX: The Series as Montree
- Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
- One Way Out as Walt
- The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
- Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
- Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
1995
- The Outer Limits as Ambassador Prosser
- Major Payne as Lt. Col. Stone
- Bolt as Billy Niles
- The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
- Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
- Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
1994
- ER as William Swift
- Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle
- Save Me as Oliver
- The Next Karate Kid as Colonel Paul Dugan
- Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
- The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
- Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
- Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
- Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
- Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Captain Oliver Hudson
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Nolan Pierce
- Free Willy as Dial
- Father Hood as Jerry
- Night Trap as Bishop
- Sweet Killing as Inspector Garcia
- Marked for Murder as Bats O'Bannion
- Point of Impact as Roberto Largo
1992
- Cafe Romeo as Natino
- Black Ice as Quinn
- The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- Killer Image as Luther Kane
- Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
1991
- Neon City as Harry M. Stark
- Payback as Sheriff Pete
- Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
- Chaindance as J.T. Blake
- Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
- McBain as Frank Bruce
- Deadly Surveillance as Fender
1990
- Total Recall as Richter
- Destiny To Order as Kenrick
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Sergeant Burrows
- Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
- Hostile Takeover as Larry Gaylord
- Murder by Night as Det. Carl Madsen
1988
- Watchers as Lem Johnson
1987
- Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett
- Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham
- Nowhere to Hide as Ben
- Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett
- Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
1986
- Top Gun as Jester
- Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Detective Lawrence
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lt. Rick Muldoon
- The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton
- The Cap as Dad
- The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
- Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
1984
- V as Ham Tyler
- The Surrogate as George Kyber
- Best Revenge as Dealer
- V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
1983
- The A-Team as Miler Crane
- American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
- The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
- V as Ham Tyler
- Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
- The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
1982
- Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
1981
- Clown White as Max
- Suzanne as Jimmy
- Surfacing as Wayne
- Scanners as Darryl Revok
1980
- Double Negative as Edgar
- Coming Out Alive as Gateway
1979
- The Littlest Hobo as Bill
- The Family Man as Bartender
- Summer's Children as Pimp
- Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
1978
- High-Ballin' as Butch
- Power Play as Torturer
- I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald
1977
- Outrageous! as Drunk
- For The Record
1974
- The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)