Michael Ironside

Born: 1950-02-12 in 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).

Filmography

2026

Crash Land as Monty
Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers
Ashes as Uncle

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)

2021

Nobody as Eddie Williams
Hidden Assets as Richard Melnick
Bloodthirsty as Dr. Swan
American Desert as Uncle Bill
Skipping Stones as Mr. Travers

2019

Harley Quinn as Darkseid (voice)
The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)

2018

Barry as Andrei
The Alienist as J. P. Morgan
The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey
The Convent as The Magistrate
Still/Born
Atropa as Captain Schreiber
Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse
Knuckleball as Jacob
Alterscape as Dr. Julian Loro

2017

Ransom as Freddie Woods
The Greatest Show on Turf as Narrator
The Harrowing as Lt. Logan
Lucky's Treasure as Henry Landis
Tokyo Trial as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
The Space Between as Nick
Stegman Is Dead as Don

2016

This Is Us as Mr. Pearson
The Encounter as Maximum Mike
Tokyo Trial as General Douglas MacArthur
Patient Seven as Dr. Daniel Marcus
Children of the Fall as Sam
Element as Joe

2015

Turbo Kid as Zeus
Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner
88 as Sheriff Knowles
Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Self
The Sin Seer as Alexander Rachet
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid
Desecrated as Tom McClain
California Winter as Sheriff Hillman

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

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice)
Ice Soldiers as Col. Desmond Trump
Stay as Frank
6:14 as Warden

2012

Vegas as Porter Gainsley
Burden of Evil as Senator Pitfield
All God's Children as Peter

2011

Conduct Unbecoming as Col. Dodd
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back as Col. Haggard
Transgression as Matthew
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)
The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
Lake Placid 3 as Sheriff Tony Willinger
Beneath the Blue as Blaine
The Bannen Way as Chief Bannen
Eva as Alfonse
Dark Prophecy as Tom Riggins

2009

Castle as Victor Racine
Community as Colonel Archwood
Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
Hardwired as Hal
The Beacon as Oficer Ned Hutton
The Butcher as Teddy Carmichael
The Jazzman as Bernie Kaddly

2008

The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross
Surveillance as Billings
Storm Cell as James
The Terrorist Next Door as Wade
Mutants as Colonal Gauge

2007

Burn Notice as Gregory Hart

2006

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York as Levering
The Veteran as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
The V Word as Mr. Chaney
1st Bite as Theo

2005

Criminal Minds as John
Masters of Horror as Mr. Chaney
Young Blades
Reeker as Henry
Deepwater as Walnut
Guy X as Guy X
Bloodsuckers as Muco

2004

Desperate Housewives as Curtis Monroe
Justice League Unlimited as Darkseid (voice)
Medical Investigation as Ben Graybridge
The Machinist as Miller
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
The Red Phone: Checkmate as Bremer
The Failures as Depressor

2003

Cold Case as Commandant Murillo
The Last Chapter: The War Continues as Bob Durelle
Maximum Velocity as General Amberson
Hemingway vs. Callaghan as Harry

2002

The Last Chapter as Bob Durelle
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' as Himself
Ignition as Jake Russo
Fairytales and Pornography as Justice Coulton
Fallen Angels as Sheriff Ed Rooney

2001

Smallville as Sam Lane
Justice League as Darkseid (voice)
Down as Gunter Steinberg
Children of the Corn: Revelation as Priest
Jett Jackson: The Movie as Dr. Kragg
The Red Phone: Manhunt as Section Chief
Extreme Honor as Baker
Dead Awake as Skay
Cause Of Death as Jonas Phifer
Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage
Soulkeeper as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)

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)
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia as Fred Skolnick
Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer

1999

The Omega Code as Dominic
A Twist of Faith as Alex Hunt
Desert Blue as Agent Frank Bellows
Southern Cross as Garrison Carver
Question of Privilege as Lt. Robert Ingram
The Arrangement as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
Black Light as Inspector Frank Schumann

1998

Cold Squad
Chicago Cab as Al
Voyage of Terror as McBride
One of Our Own as Det. Jack Cooper
Going to Kansas City as Mike Malone
Ivory Tower as Marshall Wallace
Johnny 2.0 as Frank Donahue
Death Row: The Tournament as The Judge
Captive as Detective Briscoe

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
The Destiny of Marty Fine as Mr. Capelli
Too Fast Too Young as Capt. Floyd Anderson
Portraits of a Killer as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
Terminal as Sterling Rombauer
One Way Out as Walt

1995

The Outer Limits as Ambassador Prosser
Major Payne as Lt. Colonel Stone
Red Scorpion 2 as Col. West
Kids of the Round Table as Butch Scarsdale
The Killing Machine as Mr. Green
Bolt as Billy Niles

1994

ER as William Swift
The Next Karate Kid as Dugan
The Glass Shield as Det. Gene Baker
Red Sun Rising as Capt. Meisler
Save Me as Oliver
Dead Man's Revenge as Luck Hatcher
Fortunes of War as Carl Pimmler
Probable Cause as Gary Yanuck
Forced to Kill as Sheriff Wilson
Tokyo Cowboy as Lyle

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger as Nolan Pierce
seaQuest DSV as Captain Oliver Hudson
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

The Vagrant as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid
Killer Image as Luther Kane
Black Ice as Quinn
Cafe Romeo as Natino

1991

Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana
Neon City as Harry M. Stark
Payback as Sheriff Pete
McBain as Frank Bruce
Deadly Surveillance as Fender
Chaindance as J.T. Blake
Drop Dead Gorgeous as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)

1990

Total Recall as Richter
Destiny To Order as Kenrick

1989

Tales from the Crypt as Sergeant Burrows
Hostile Takeover as Larry Gaylord
Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly
Murder by Night as Det. Carl Madsen

1988

Watchers as Lem Johnson

1987

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham
Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett
Race for the Bomb as Werner Heisenberg
Nowhere to Hide as Ben
Ford: The Man and the Machine as Harry Bennett

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 Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent
Murder in Space as Capt. Neal Braddock
The Cap as Dad

1984

V as Ham Tyler
V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler
The Surrogate as George Kyber
Best Revenge as Dealer

1983

The A-Team as Miler Crane
The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee
V as Ham Tyler
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog
The Sins of Dorian Gray as Alan Campbell
American Nightmare as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
Cross Country as Det. Sgt. Roersch

1982

Visiting Hours as Colt Hawker
Off Your Rocker as Victor

1981

Scanners as Darryl Revok
Suzanne as Jimmy
Surfacing as Wayne
Clown White as Max

1980

Double Negative as Edgar
Coming Out Alive as Gateway

1979

The Littlest Hobo as Bill
Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective
The Family Man as Bartender
Summer's Children as Pimp

1978

Power Play as Torturer
High-Ballin' as Butch
I, Maureen as Dr. Paul Oswald

1977

Outrageous! as Drunk

1976

For the Record

1974

The Ottawa Valley as Soldier on train (uncredited)