Michael Ironside
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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
Credits
Top Gun (1986)
as Jester
Nobody (2021)
as Eddie Williams
Terminator Salvation (2009)
as General Ashdown
Total Recall (1990)
as Richter
Starship Troopers (1997)
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
The Machinist (2004)
as Miller
The Perfect Storm (2000)
as Bob Brown
Late Night with the Devil (2024)
as The Narrator (voice)
BlackBerry (2023)
as Charles Purdy
Major Payne (1995)
as Lt. Col. Stone
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
as Dugan
Free Willy (1993)
as Dial
Scanners (1981)
as Darryl Revok
Father Hood (1993)
as Jerry
Sweet Killing (1993)
as Inspector Garcia
Down (2001)
as Gunter Steinberg
Lake Placid 3 (2010)
as Sheriff Tony Willinger
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
as Major Paul Hackett
Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
as Tyler (voice)
Deep Tissue (—)
as Uncle Nik
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
as Gen. Katana
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
as Bill Nordham
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising (2013)
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
Visiting Hours (1982)
as Colt Hawker
Save Me (1994)
as Oliver
Extraterrestrial (2014)
as Travis
1242: Gateway to the West (2025)
as Narrator / Mihaly
American Desert (2021)
as Uncle Bill
Children of the Fall (2016)
as Sam
Conduct Unbecoming (2011)
as Col. Dodd
Reeker (2005)
as Henry
Killer Image (1992)
as Luther Kane
Red Scorpion 2 (1995)
as Col. West
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
as OverDog
The Glass Shield (1994)
as Det. Gene Baker
Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001)
as Dr. Kragg
Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001)
as Priest
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Captain Nathan Norcross
Marrow (2026)
as Dr. Jonathan Myers
Nowhere to Hide (1987)
as Ben
Hardwired (2009)
as Hal
Transgression (2011)
as Matthew
Surveillance (2008)
as Billings
Extreme Honor (2001)
as Baker
Red Sun Rising (1994)
as Capt. Meisler
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire (2022)
as Dr. Jack Seward
Liberty (—)
as Fischer
Tin Can (2022)
as Wayne
Alterscape (2018)
as Dr. Julian Loro
A Fighting Man (2014)
as Max Wynn
Kids of the Round Table (1995)
as Butch Scarsdale
Condor's Nest (2023)
as Agent Astakhov
Confession (2023)
Actor
Synchronicity (2015)
as Klaus Meisner
The Omega Code (1999)
as Dominic
The Butcher (2009)
as Teddy Carmichael
Mental Saboteur (2014)
as Self
Payback (1991)
as Sheriff Pete
Guncrazy (1992)
as Mr. Kincaid
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as FBI Agent
Ashes (2026)
as Uncle
Fortunes of War (1994)
as Carl Pimmler
High-Ballin' (1978)
as Butch
Tokyo Trial (2017)
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
as Fred Skolnick
Element (2016)
as Joe
Patient Seven (2016)
as Dr. Daniel Marcus
Marked for Murder (1993)
as Bats O'Bannion
Turbo Kid (2015)
as Zeus
Southern Cross (1999)
as Garrison Carver
Eva (2010)
as Alfonse
The Vagrant (1992)
as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
Night Trap (1993)
as Bishop
McBain (1991)
as Frank Bruce
Dead Man's Revenge (1994)
as Luck Hatcher
American Nightmare (1983)
as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
88 (2015)
as Sheriff Knowles
Hellmington (2018)
as Rupert Woodhouse
Mindfield (1989)
as Kellen O'Reilly
Beneath the Blue (2010)
as Blaine
This Too Shall Pass (2025)
as Officer Shultz
Deepwater (2005)
as Walnut
Portraits of a Killer (1996)
as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
Ice Soldiers (2013)
as Col. Desmond Trump
The Red Phone: Checkmate (2004)
as Bremer
Watchers (1988)
as Lem Johnson
Deadly Surveillance (1991)
as Fender
Stone Cold Dead (1979)
as Murdered Police Detective
Stan Lee's Mighty 7 (2014)
as Xanar (voice)
Still/Born (2018)
Actor
Soulkeeper (2001)
as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
Forced to Kill (1994)
as Sheriff Wilson
Voyage of Terror (1998)
as McBride
Neon City (1991)
as Harry M. Stark
Storm Cell (2008)
as James
The Surrogate (1984)
as George Kyber
Burden of Evil (2012)
as Senator Pitfield
Chicago Cab (1998)
as Al
Hostile Takeover (1989)
as Larry Gaylord
All God's Children (2012)
as Peter
Bloodsuckers (2005)
as Muco
Stay (2013)
as Frank
The Space Between (2017)
as Nick
The Red Phone: Manhunt (2001)
as Section Chief
The Terrorist Next Door (2008)
as Wade
Cold Night Into Dawn (1997)
as Frank Parr
Question of Privilege (1999)
as Lt. Robert Ingram
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back (2011)
as Col. Haggard
The Veteran (2006)
as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
Cause Of Death (2001)
as Jonas Phifer
Murder in Space (1985)
as Capt. Neal Braddock
The Convent (2018)
as The Magistrate
The Ottawa Valley (1974)
as Soldier on train (uncredited)
Knuckleball (2018)
as Jacob
Super Dicks (—)
as Police Chief
Best Revenge (1984)
as Dealer
Destiny To Order (1990)
as Kenrick
Desert Blue (1999)
as Agent Frank Bellows
Power Play (1978)
as Torturer
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006)
as Levering
Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003)
as Harry
The Arrangement (1999)
as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
Mutants (2008)
as Colonal Gauge
Chaindance (1991)
as J.T. Blake
Lucky's Treasure (2017)
as Henry Landis
The Beacon (2009)
as Oficer Ned Hutton
Coming Out Alive (1980)
as Gateway
Going to Kansas City (1998)
as Mike Malone
Guy X (2005)
as Guy X
Maximum Velocity (2003)
as General Amberson
Dead Awake (2001)
as Skay
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002)
as Himself
Murder by Night (1989)
as Det. Carl Madsen
Point of Impact (1993)
as Roberto Largo
X-Men: First Class (2011)
as Captain
Outrageous! (1977)
as Drunk
The Killing Machine (1995)
as Mr. Green
The Bannen Way (2010)
as Chief Bannen
The Sin Seer (2015)
as Alexander Rachet
Cross Country (1983)
as Det. Sgt. Roersch
Dark Prophecy (2010)
as Tom Riggins
The Arrow (1997)
as CIA Director
My Best Friend Depression (—)
as Ralph Johnson
One of Our Own (1998)
as Det. Jack Cooper
Probable Cause (1994)
as Gary Yanuck
California Winter (2015)
as Sheriff Hillman
Captive (1998)
as Detective Briscoe
The Family Man (1979)
as Bartender
Fallen Angels (2002)
as Sheriff Ed Rooney
Johnny 2.0 (1998)
as Frank Donahue
The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
as Alan Campbell
Black Light (1999)
as Inspector Frank Schumann
One Way Out (1996)
as Walt
Pumpkin Everything (2022)
as Tom
Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987)
as Harry Bennett
Too Fast Too Young (1996)
as Capt. Floyd Anderson
Borderline Normal (2000)
as Coach Rehmer
A Twist of Faith (1999)
as Alex Hunt
Ignition (2002)
as Jake Russo
Stegman Is Dead (2017)
as Don
The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996)
as Mr. Capelli
Talking About the Sky (2025)
as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015)
as Self
The Harrowing (2017)
as Lt. Logan
Surfacing (1981)
as Wayne
The Greatest Show on Turf (2017)
as Narrator
Fairytales and Pornography (2002)
as Justice Coulton
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
as Detective Lawrence
The Fight Machine (2022)
as Lou
Terminal (1996)
as Sterling Rombauer
Double Negative (1980)
as Edgar
The Failures (2004)
as Depressor
Off Your Rocker (1982)
as Victor
Black Ice (1992)
as Quinn
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1991)
as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
The V Word (2006)
as Mr. Chaney
I, Maureen (1978)
as Dr. Paul Oswald
Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette (—)
as Self
Suzanne (1981)
as Jimmy
Cafe Romeo (1992)
as Natino
Bloodthirsty (2021)
as Dr. Swan
Bolt (1995)
as Billy Niles
The Jester from Transylvania (2024)
as Charles Pennington
The Jazzman (2009)
as Bernie Kaddly
The Cap (1985)
as Dad
Ivory Tower (1998)
as Marshall Wallace
Summer's Children (1979)
as Pimp
The Family Circus (2023)
as The Cop
Death Row: The Tournament (1998)
as The Judge
Clown White (1981)
as Max
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun (2004)
as Self
Desecrated (2015)
as Tom McClain
Tokyo Cowboy (1994)
as Lyle
Skipping Stones (2021)
as Mr. Travers
1st Bite (2006)
as Theo
Mindstorm (2001)
as Senator Bill Armitage
6:14 (2013)
as Warden
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid (2015)
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