Michael Ironside

ActorDirectorWriterProducer Feb 12 (age 76) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1974–2025 (51 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Nobody

Eddie Williams

Film

X-Men: First Class

Captain

Film

The Machinist

Miller

Film

Top Gun

Jester

Film

Total Recall

Richter

Film

Starship Troopers

Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

Film

Late Night with the Devil

The Narrator (voice)

Film

Terminator Salvation

General Ashdown

Filmography

Acting (251)

Movies (194)

Talking About the Sky

2025

as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)

1242: Gateway to the West

as Narrator / Mihaly

This Too Shall Pass

as Officer Shultz

Late Night with the Devil

2024

as The Narrator (voice)

BlackBerry

as Charles Purdy

Confession

Condor's Nest

as Agent Astakhov

The Family Circus

as The Cop

Dracula: The Original Living Vampire

as Dr. Jack Seward

Tin Can

as Wayne

Pumpkin Everything

as Tom

The Fight Machine

as Lou

Nobody

as Eddie Williams

Bloodthirsty

as Dr. Swan

Skipping Stones

as Mr. Travers

American Desert

as Uncle Bill

The Jester from Transylvania

2020

as Charles Pennington

The Convent

as The Magistrate

Knuckleball

as Jacob

Hellmington

as Rupert Woodhouse

Alterscape

as Dr. Julian Loro

Still/Born

The Greatest Show on Turf

as Narrator

The Space Between

as Nick

The Harrowing

as Lt. Logan

Lucky's Treasure

as Henry Landis

Stegman Is Dead

as Don

Children of the Fall

as Sam

Element

as Joe

Patient Seven

as Dr. Daniel Marcus

Desecrated

as Tom McClain

Synchronicity

as Klaus Meisner

The Sin Seer

as Alexander Rachet

Turbo Kid

as Zeus

as Sheriff Knowles

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

2015

as Self

6.0

Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid

California Winter

as Sheriff Hillman

A Fighting Man

as Max Wynn

Extraterrestrial

as Travis

Mental Saboteur

as Self

Stan Lee's Mighty 7

as Xanar (voice)

Stay

as Frank

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising

2013

as Ultra Magnus (voice)

8.0

Ice Soldiers

2013

as Col. Desmond Trump

5.0

6:14

2013

as Warden

All God's Children

as Peter

Burden of Evil

as Senator Pitfield

Transgression

as Matthew

Conduct Unbecoming

as Col. Dodd

Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back

as Col. Haggard

X-Men: First Class

as Captain

Beneath the Blue

as Blaine

Lake Placid 3

as Sheriff Tony Willinger

The Bannen Way

as Chief Bannen

Eva

as Alfonse

Dark Prophecy

as Tom Riggins

Terminator Salvation

as General Ashdown

Hardwired

as Hal

The Butcher

as Teddy Carmichael

The Beacon

as Oficer Ned Hutton

The Jazzman

as Bernie Kaddly

The Terrorist Next Door

2008

as Wade

3.9

The Alphabet Killer

2008

as Captain Nathan Norcross

Mutants

as Colonal Gauge

Surveillance

as Billings

Storm Cell

as James

The V Word

as Mr. Chaney

The Veteran

as Mark 'Doc' Jordan

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York

as Levering

1st Bite

as Theo

Reeker

as Henry

Guy X

as Guy X

Bloodsuckers

as Muco

Deepwater

as Walnut

The Machinist

as Miller

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

as Self

The Failures

as Depressor

The Red Phone: Checkmate

as Bremer

Maximum Velocity

as General Amberson

Hemingway vs. Callaghan

2003

as Harry

Ignition

as Jake Russo

Fallen Angels

as Sheriff Ed Rooney

Fairytales and Pornography

2002

as Justice Coulton

Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'

as Himself

Down

as Gunter Steinberg

Children of the Corn: Revelation

as Priest

Extreme Honor

as Baker

The Red Phone: Manhunt

2001

as Section Chief

4.0

Soulkeeper

2001

as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)

4.9

Mindstorm

2001

as Senator Bill Armitage

Cause Of Death

as Jonas Phifer

Dead Awake

as Skay

Jett Jackson: The Movie

as Dr. Kragg

The Perfect Storm

as Bob Brown

Heavy Metal 2000

as Tyler (voice)

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

as Fred Skolnick

Borderline Normal

as Coach Rehmer

Southern Cross

as Garrison Carver

Desert Blue

as Agent Frank Bellows

5.7

Black Light

1999

as Inspector Frank Schumann

The Omega Code

as Dominic

The Arrangement

as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor

3.0

A Twist of Faith

1999

as Alex Hunt

4.1

Question of Privilege

as Lt. Robert Ingram

Ivory Tower

as Marshall Wallace

One of Our Own

as Det. Jack Cooper

Going to Kansas City

as Mike Malone

Captive

as Detective Briscoe

Chicago Cab

as Al

Voyage of Terror

as McBride

Johnny 2.0

as Frank Donahue

Death Row: The Tournament

1998

as The Judge

Cold Night Into Dawn

1997

as Frank Parr

2.0

Starship Troopers

1997

as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

The Arrow

as CIA Director

One Way Out

as Walt

Terminal

as Sterling Rombauer

The Destiny of Marty Fine

1996

as Mr. Capelli

1.0

Too Fast Too Young

1996

as Capt. Floyd Anderson

Portraits of a Killer

as Sgt. Ernie Hansen

Major Payne

as Lt. Col. Stone

Bolt

as Billy Niles

Red Scorpion 2

as Col. West

The Killing Machine

as Mr. Green

Kids of the Round Table

as Butch Scarsdale

Dead Man's Revenge

as Luck Hatcher

The Next Karate Kid

as Colonel Paul Dugan

The Glass Shield

as Det. Gene Baker

Tokyo Cowboy

as Lyle

Save Me

as Oliver

Fortunes of War

as Carl Pimmler

Red Sun Rising

as Capt. Meisler

Probable Cause

as Gary Yanuck

Forced to Kill

as Sheriff Wilson

Marked for Murder

as Bats O'Bannion

Point of Impact

as Roberto Largo

Free Willy

as Dial

Night Trap

as Bishop

Sweet Killing

as Inspector Garcia

Father Hood

as Jerry

Black Ice

as Quinn

Guncrazy

as Mr. Kincaid

The Vagrant

as Lt. Ralf Barfuss

Cafe Romeo

as Natino

Killer Image

as Luther Kane

Highlander II: The Quickening

as Gen. Katana

Chaindance

as J.T. Blake

Payback

as Sheriff Pete

Drop Dead Gorgeous

as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)

Neon City

as Harry M. Stark

McBain

as Frank Bruce

Deadly Surveillance

as Fender

Total Recall

as Richter

Destiny To Order

as Kenrick

Mindfield

as Kellen O'Reilly

Murder by Night

as Det. Carl Madsen

Hostile Takeover

as Larry Gaylord

Watchers

as Lem Johnson

Extreme Prejudice

as Major Paul Hackett

6.2

Nowhere to Hide

1987

as Ben

6.3

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

1987

as Bill Nordham

6.1

Ford: The Man and the Machine

as Harry Bennett

Top Gun

as Jester

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986

as Detective Lawrence

6.3

The Falcon and the Snowman

as FBI Agent

The Cap

as Dad

Murder in Space

as Capt. Neal Braddock

The Surrogate

as George Kyber

Best Revenge

as Dealer

American Nightmare

1983

as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)

4.0

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

as OverDog

Cross Country

as Det. Sgt. Roersch

The Sins of Dorian Gray

as Alan Campbell

Visiting Hours

as Colt Hawker

Off Your Rocker

as Victor

Scanners

as Darryl Revok

Surfacing

as Wayne

Clown White

as Max

Suzanne

as Jimmy

Double Negative

as Edgar

Coming Out Alive

as Gateway

The Family Man

as Bartender

Summer's Children

1979

as Pimp

3.0

Stone Cold Dead

1979

as Murdered Police Detective

5.9

I, Maureen

1978

as Dr. Paul Oswald

High-Ballin'

as Butch

Power Play

as Torturer

Outrageous!

as Drunk

The Ottawa Valley

as Soldier on train (uncredited)

Super Dicks

as Police Chief

Liberty

as Fischer

Marrow

as Dr. Jonathan Myers

The Shaft

as Gunter Steinberg

Television (57)

BlackBerry

2023

as Charles Purdy

The Dropout

as Don Lucas

Hidden Assets

as Richard Melnick

Harley Quinn

as Darkseid (voice)

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Barry

as Andrei

The Alienist

as J. P. Morgan

The Detectives

as Detective Mark Anstey

Atropa

as Captain Schreiber

Ransom

as Freddie Woods

This Is Us

as Mr. Pearson

Tokyo Trial

as General Douglas MacArthur

The Encounter

as Maximum Mike

The Flash

as Lewis Snart

Hawaii Five-0

as Robert Castor

Justified

as Sarno

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

2010

as Margolin

8.2

Transformers: Prime

2010

as Ultra Magnus (voice)

The Bannen Way

as Chief Bannen

Community

as Colonel Archwood

Castle

as Victor Racine

Burn Notice

as Gregory Hart

Criminal Minds

as John

Masters of Horror

as Mr. Chaney

Young Blades

Desperate Housewives

as Curtis Monroe

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Darkseid (voice)

8.3

Medical Investigation

2004

as Ben Graybridge

6.5

Cold Case

2003

as Commandant Murillo

7.8

The Last Chapter: The War Continues

as Bob Durelle

The Last Chapter

as Bob Durelle

Smallville

as Sam Lane

Justice League

as Darkseid (voice)

The District

as Dmitri Putin

Andromeda

as The Patriarch

Jackie Chan Adventures

2000

as Dragon Scout Leader (voice)

8.2

Nuremberg

2000

as Col. Burton C. Andrus

Cold Squad

Stargate SG-1

as Seevis

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as 80's Batman (voice)

8.0

The Arrow

1997

as CIA Director

7.5

Superman: The Animated Series

as Darkseid (voice)

FX: The Series

as Montree

The Outer Limits

as Ambassador Prosser

as William Swift

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Nolan Pierce

seaQuest DSV

as Captain Oliver Hudson

Tales from the Crypt

as Jerry

Race for the Bomb

as Werner Heisenberg

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985

as Lt. Rick Muldoon

7.2

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as William Acton

as Ham Tyler

V: The Final Battle

as Ham Tyler

The A-Team

as Miler Crane

The Hitchhiker

as Sheriff Lee

The Littlest Hobo

as Bill

For the Record

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

The Arrangement

Director

The Arrangement

Writer

Probable Cause

Executive Producer

Chaindance

Executive Producer

Chaindance

Screenplay