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