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