Michael Ironside
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-02-12 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael Ironside
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).
Acting
Liberty
as Fischer
Super Dicks
as Police Chief
(2025)
(2025)
Talking About the Sky
as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
(2025)
1242: Gateway to the West
as Narrator / Mihaly
(2024)
Late Night with the Devil
as The Narrator (voice)
(2023)
BlackBerry
as Charles Purdy
(2023)
Condor's Nest
as Agent Astakhov
(2023)
(2023)
The Family Circus
as The Cop
(2022)
Pumpkin Everything
as Tom
(2022)
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire
as Dr. Jack Seward
(2022)
The Fight Machine
as Lou
(2022)
Tin Can
as Wayne
(2021)
Nobody
as Eddie Williams
(2021)
Skipping Stones
as Mr. Travers
(2021)
Bloodthirsty
as Dr. Swan
(2021)
American Desert
as Uncle Bill
(2020)
The Jester from Transylvania
as Charles Pennington
(2018)
Knuckleball
as Jacob
(2018)
The Convent
as The Magistrate
(2018)
(2018)
Alterscape
as Dr. Julian Loro
(2018)
Hellmington
as Rupert Woodhouse
(2017)
The Harrowing
as Lt. Logan
(2017)
Stegman is Dead
as Don
(2017)
Lucky's Treasure
as Henry Landis
(2017)
The Greatest Show on Turf
as Narrator
(2016)
Children of the Fall
as Sam
(2016)
Patient Seven
as Dr. Daniel Marcus
(2016)
Element
as Joe
(2015)
(2015)
88
as Sheriff Knowles
(2015)
Synchronicity
as Klaus Meisner
(2015)
California Winter
as Sheriff Hillman
(2015)
Desecrated
as Tom McClain
(2015)
Turbo Kid
as Zeus
(2015)
(2015)
The Sin Seer
as Alexander Rachet
(2014)
Extraterrestrial
as Travis
(2014)
A Fighting Man
as Max Wynn
(2014)
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
as Xanar (voice)
(2014)
Mental Saboteur
as Self
(2013)
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
(2013)
Stay
as Frank
(2013)
Ice Soldiers
as Col. Desmond Trump
(2013)
6:14
as Warden
(2012)
Burden of Evil
as Senator Pitfield
(2012)
All God's Children
as Peter
(2011)
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back
as Col. Haggard
(2011)
Transgression
as Matthew
(2011)
Conduct Unbecoming
as Col. Dodd
(2011)
X-Men: First Class
as Captain
(2010)
Lake Placid 3
as Sheriff Tony Willinger
(2010)
Dark Prophecy
as Tom Riggins
(2010)
Beneath the Blue
as Blaine
(2010)
The Bannen Way
as Chief Bannen
(2010)
Eva
as Alfonse
(2009)
Terminator Salvation
as General Ashdown
(2009)
Hardwired
as Hal
(2009)
The Beacon
as Oficer Ned Hutton
(2009)
The Butcher
as Teddy Carmichael
(2009)
The Jazzman
as Bernie Kaddly
(2008)
Surveillance
as Billings
(2008)
The Alphabet Killer
as Captain Nathan Norcross
(2008)
Mutants
as Colonal Gauge
(2008)
Storm Cell
as James
(2008)
The Terrorist Next Door
as Wade
(2006)
The Veteran
as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
(2006)
The V Word
as Mr. Chaney
(2006)
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
as Levering
(2006)
1st Bite
as Theo
(2005)
Reeker
as Henry
(2005)
Deepwater
as Walnut
(2005)
Bloodsuckers
as Muco
(2005)
Guy X
as Guy X
(2004)
The Machinist
as Miller
(2004)
(2004)
The Failures
as Depressor
(2004)
The Red Phone: Checkmate
as Bremer
(2003)
Maximum Velocity
as General Amberson
(2003)
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
as Harry
(2002)
Ignition
as Jake Russo
(2002)
(2002)
Fallen Angels
as Sheriff Ed Rooney
(2002)
Fairytales and Pornography
as Justice Coulton
(2001)
Children of the Corn: Revelation
as Priest
(2001)
Dead Awake
as Skay
(2001)
Cause Of Death
as Jonas Phifer
(2001)
Mindstorm
as Senator Bill Armitage
(2001)
Down
as Gunter Steinberg
(2001)
Soulkeeper
as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
(2001)
Jett Jackson: The Movie
as Dr. Kragg
(2001)
Extreme Honor
as Baker
(2001)
The Red Phone: Manhunt
as Section Chief
(2000)
The Perfect Storm
as Bob Brown
(2000)
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
as Fred Skolnick
(2000)
Heavy Metal 2000
as Tyler (voice)
(2000)
Borderline Normal
as Coach Rehmer
(1999)
The Arrangement
as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
(1999)
Desert Blue
as Agent Frank Bellows
(1999)
A Twist of Faith
as Alex Hunt
(1999)
The Omega Code
as Dominic
(1999)
Black Light
as Inspector Frank Schumann
(1999)
Southern Cross
as Garrison Carver
(1999)
Question of Privilege
as Lt. Robert Ingram
(1998)
Chicago Cab
as Al
(1998)
Ivory Tower
as Marshall Wallace
(1998)
Going to Kansas City
as Mike Malone
(1998)
Voyage of Terror
as McBride
(1998)
Johnny 2.0
as Frank Donahue
(1998)
Captive
as Detective Briscoe
(1998)
One of Our Own
as Det. Jack Cooper
(1998)
Death Row: The Tournament
as The Judge
(1997)
Starship Troopers
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
(1997)
The Arrow
as CIA Director
(1997)
Cold Night Into Dawn
as Frank Parr
(1996)
Portraits of a Killer
as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
(1996)
The Destiny of Marty Fine
as Mr. Capelli
(1996)
Terminal
as Sterling Rombauer
(1996)
One Way Out
as Walt
(1996)
Too Fast Too Young
as Capt. Floyd Anderson
(1995)
Bolt
as Billy Niles
(1995)
The Killing Machine
as Mr. Green
(1995)
Major Payne
as Lt. Col. Stone
(1995)
Red Scorpion 2
as Col. West
(1995)
Kids of the Round Table
as Butch Scarsdale
(1994)
The Glass Shield
as Det. Gene Baker
(1994)
Red Sun Rising
as Capt. Meisler
(1994)
The Next Karate Kid
as Colonel Paul Dugan
(1994)
Save Me
as Oliver
(1994)
Tokyo Cowboy
as Lyle
(1994)
Probable Cause
as Gary Yanuck
(1994)
Dead Man's Revenge
as Luck Hatcher
(1994)
Forced to Kill
as Sheriff Wilson
(1994)
Fortunes of War
as Carl Pimmler
(1993)
Marked for Murder
as Bats O'Bannion
(1993)
Point of Impact
as Roberto Largo
(1993)
Free Willy
as Dial
(1993)
Night Trap
as Bishop
(1993)
Father Hood
as Jerry
(1993)
Sweet Killing
as Inspector Garcia
(1992)
The Vagrant
as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
(1992)
Cafe Romeo
as Natino
(1992)
Black Ice
as Quinn
(1992)
Guncrazy
as Mr. Kincaid
(1992)
Killer Image
as Luther Kane
(1991)
Highlander II: The Quickening
as Gen. Katana
(1991)
Payback
as Sheriff Pete
(1991)
Neon City
as Harry M. Stark
(1991)
Deadly Surveillance
as Fender
(1991)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
(1991)
Chaindance
as J.T. Blake
(1991)
McBain
as Frank Bruce
(1990)
Total Recall
as Richter
(1990)
Destiny To Order
as Kenrick
(1989)
Murder by Night
as Det. Carl Madsen
(1989)
Hostile Takeover
as Larry Gaylord
(1989)
Mindfield
as Kellen O'Reilly
(1988)
Watchers
as Lem Johnson
(1987)
Nowhere to Hide
as Ben
(1987)
Extreme Prejudice
as Major Paul Hackett
(1987)
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
as Bill Nordham
(1987)
Ford: The Man and the Machine
as Harry Bennett
(1986)
Top Gun
as Jester
(1986)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
as Detective Lawrence
(1985)
Murder in Space
as Capt. Neal Braddock
(1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman
as FBI Agent
(1985)
The Cap
as Dad
(1984)
The Surrogate
as George Kyber
(1984)
V: The Final Battle
as Ham Tyler
(1984)
Best Revenge
as Dealer
(1983)
American Nightmare
as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
(1983)
Cross Country
as Det. Sgt. Roersch
(1983)
The Sins of Dorian Gray
as Alan Campbell
(1983)
(1982)
Visiting Hours
as Colt Hawker
(1981)
Surfacing
as Wayne
(1981)
Clown White
as Max
(1981)
Suzanne
as Jimmy
(1981)
Scanners
as Darryl Revok
(1980)
Coming Out Alive
as Gateway
(1980)
Double Negative
as Edgar
(1979)
Summer's Children
as Pimp
(1979)
The Family Man
as Bartender
(1979)
Stone Cold Dead
as Murdered Police Detective
(1978)
High-Ballin'
as Butch
(1978)
Power Play
as Torturer
(1978)
I, Maureen
as Dr. Paul Oswald
(1977)
Outrageous!
as Drunk
(1974)
The Ottawa Valley
as Soldier on train (uncredited)
Crew
(1999)
The Arrangement
Writer, Director
(1994)
Probable Cause
Executive Producer
(1991)
Chaindance
Screenplay, Executive Producer