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 Perfect Storm (2000)
as Bob Brown
Late Night with the Devil (2024)
as The Narrator (voice)
The Machinist (2004)
as Miller
The Next Karate Kid (1994)
as Dugan
Free Willy (1993)
as Dial
Major Payne (1995)
as Lt. Colonel Stone
BlackBerry (2023)
as Charles Purdy
Father Hood (1993)
as Jerry
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
as Gen. Katana
Scanners (1981)
as Darryl Revok
Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
as Tyler (voice)
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising (2013)
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
Visiting Hours (1982)
as Colt Hawker
Down (2001)
as Gunter Steinberg
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
as Bill Nordham
Lake Placid 3 (2010)
as Sheriff Tony Willinger
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
as OverDog
Extraterrestrial (2014)
as Travis
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as FBI Agent
Watchers (1988)
as Lem Johnson
The Convent (2018)
as The Magistrate
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire (2022)
as Dr. Jack Seward
Turbo Kid (2015)
as Zeus
Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001)
as Priest
The Glass Shield (1994)
as Det. Gene Baker
The Alphabet Killer (2008)
as Captain Nathan Norcross
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)
as Fred Skolnick
Save Me (1994)
as Oliver
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
as Major Paul Hackett
Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001)
as Dr. Kragg
Condor's Nest (2023)
as Agent Astakhov
Red Sun Rising (1994)
as Capt. Meisler
1242: Gateway to the West (2025)
as Narrator / Mihaly
Patient Seven (2016)
as Dr. Daniel Marcus
Night Trap (1993)
as Bishop
Hardwired (2009)
as Hal
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
as Detective Lawrence
Still/Born (2018)
Actor
Bloodthirsty (2021)
as Dr. Swan
Surveillance (2008)
as Billings
A Fighting Man (2014)
as Max Wynn
Reeker (2005)
as Henry
88 (2015)
as Sheriff Knowles
American Desert (2021)
as Uncle Bill
Tin Can (2022)
as Wayne
The Omega Code (1999)
as Dominic
Dead Man's Revenge (1994)
as Luck Hatcher
Barfuss, Homicide (2023)
as Self
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun (2004)
as Self
Chicago Cab (1998)
as Al
Synchronicity (2015)
as Klaus Meisner
Ice Soldiers (2013)
as Col. Desmond Trump
The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996)
as Mr. Capelli
Murder in Space (1985)
as Capt. Neal Braddock
Desert Blue (1999)
as Agent Frank Bellows
The Vagrant (1992)
as Lt. Ralf Barfuss
Nowhere to Hide (1987)
as Ben
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006)
as Levering
Portraits of a Killer (1996)
as Sgt. Ernie Hansen
The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
as Alan Campbell
The Beacon (2009)
as Oficer Ned Hutton
Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987)
as Harry Bennett
Pumpkin Everything (2022)
as Tom
McBain (1991)
as Frank Bruce
Too Fast Too Young (1996)
as Capt. Floyd Anderson
The Surrogate (1984)
as George Kyber
Children of the Fall (2016)
as Sam
Stone Cold Dead (1979)
as Murdered Police Detective
Confession (2023)
Actor
A Twist of Faith (1999)
as Alex Hunt
Cross Country (1983)
as Det. Sgt. Roersch
Extreme Honor (2001)
as Baker
Crash Land (2026)
as Monty
Southern Cross (1999)
as Garrison Carver
Hostile Takeover (1989)
as Larry Gaylord
This Too Shall Pass (2025)
as Officer Shultz
Storm Cell (2008)
as James
Double Negative (1980)
as Edgar
Guncrazy (1992)
as Mr. Kincaid
Red Scorpion 2 (1995)
as Col. West
Neon City (1991)
as Harry M. Stark
Guy X (2005)
as Guy X
Deepwater (2005)
as Walnut
Marrow (2026)
as Dr. Jonathan Myers
Going to Kansas City (1998)
as Mike Malone
Killer Image (1992)
as Luther Kane
Sean Connery: In His Own Words (2015)
as Self
Skipping Stones (2021)
as Mr. Travers
The Sin Seer (2015)
as Alexander Rachet
Cold Night Into Dawn (1997)
as Frank Parr
Sweet Killing (1993)
as Inspector Garcia
One of Our Own (1998)
as Det. Jack Cooper
Stan Lee's Mighty 7 (2014)
as Xanar (voice)
Conduct Unbecoming (2011)
as Col. Dodd
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back (2011)
as Col. Haggard
Voyage of Terror (1998)
as McBride
American Nightmare (1983)
as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
The Red Phone: Manhunt (2001)
as Section Chief
Bloodsuckers (2005)
as Muco
Hellmington (2018)
as Rupert Woodhouse
Ashes (2026)
as Uncle
Liberty (—)
as Fischer
The Fight Machine (2022)
as Lou
Super Dicks (—)
as Police Chief
Beneath the Blue (2010)
as Blaine
Power Play (1978)
as Torturer
Forced to Kill (1994)
as Sheriff Wilson
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002)
as Himself
Ignition (2002)
as Jake Russo
Tokyo Trial (2017)
as Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Payback (1991)
as Sheriff Pete
The Failures (2004)
as Depressor
The Terrorist Next Door (2008)
as Wade
The Veteran (2006)
as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
The Butcher (2009)
as Teddy Carmichael
Maximum Velocity (2003)
as General Amberson
High-Ballin' (1978)
as Butch
The Red Phone: Checkmate (2004)
as Bremer
Eva (2010)
as Alfonse
The Bannen Way (2010)
as Chief Bannen
Element (2016)
as Joe
Deep Tissue (—)
as Uncle Nik
Dead Awake (2001)
as Skay
Transgression (2011)
as Matthew
Johnny 2.0 (1998)
as Frank Donahue
Kids of the Round Table (1995)
as Butch Scarsdale
Burden of Evil (2012)
as Senator Pitfield
The Greatest Show on Turf (2017)
as Narrator
Fortunes of War (1994)
as Carl Pimmler
The Jester from Transylvania (2024)
as Charles Pennington
Marked for Murder (1993)
as Bats O'Bannion
Black Ice (1992)
as Quinn
Lucky's Treasure (2017)
as Henry Landis
Coming Out Alive (1980)
as Gateway
Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003)
as Harry
Best Revenge (1984)
as Dealer
Mindfield (1989)
as Kellen O'Reilly
Ivory Tower (1998)
as Marshall Wallace
Mindstorm (2001)
as Senator Bill Armitage
The Killing Machine (1995)
as Mr. Green
Alterscape (2018)
as Dr. Julian Loro
The Harrowing (2017)
as Lt. Logan
Deadly Surveillance (1991)
as Fender
Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette (—)
as Self
Soulkeeper (2001)
as Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
Probable Cause (1994)
as Gary Yanuck
My Best Friend Depression (—)
as Ralph Johnson
Question of Privilege (1999)
as Lt. Robert Ingram
Cause Of Death (2001)
as Jonas Phifer
Summer's Children (1979)
as Pimp
The V Word (2006)
as Mr. Chaney
Talking About the Sky (2025)
as Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
Knuckleball (2018)
as Jacob
Fairytales and Pornography (2002)
as Justice Coulton
Black Light (1999)
as Inspector Frank Schumann
The Space Between (2017)
as Nick
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid (2015)
Actor
The Arrow (1997)
as CIA Director
Terminal (1996)
as Sterling Rombauer
Suzanne (1981)
as Jimmy
Death Row: The Tournament (1998)
as The Judge
The Arrangement (1999)
as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
Off Your Rocker (1982)
as Victor
Stay (2013)
as Frank
The Family Man (1979)
as Bartender
California Winter (2015)
as Sheriff Hillman
I, Maureen (1978)
as Dr. Paul Oswald
All God's Children (2012)
as Peter
Captive (1998)
as Detective Briscoe
Stegman Is Dead (2017)
as Don
X-Men: First Class (2011)
as Captain
Dark Prophecy (2010)
as Tom Riggins
Fallen Angels (2002)
as Sheriff Ed Rooney
Bolt (1995)
as Billy Niles
In Action with Michael Ironside (2023)
as Self
Mutants (2008)
as Colonal Gauge
Point of Impact (1993)
as Roberto Largo
Surfacing (1981)
as Wayne
The Family Circus (2023)
as The Cop
Borderline Normal (2000)
as Coach Rehmer
Murder by Night (1989)
as Det. Carl Madsen
One Way Out (1996)
as Walt
The Ottawa Valley (1974)
as Soldier on train (uncredited)
Cafe Romeo (1992)
as Natino
Destiny To Order (1990)
as Kenrick
Desecrated (2015)
as Tom McClain
Outrageous! (1977)
as Drunk
Clown White (1981)
as Max
1st Bite (2006)
as Theo
Tokyo Cowboy (1994)
as Lyle
Chaindance (1991)
as J.T. Blake
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1991)
as Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
The Jazzman (2009)
as Bernie Kaddly
The Cap (1985)
as Dad
Mental Saboteur (2014)
as Self
6:14 (2013)
as Warden