Acting
Michael Ironside
Born February 12, 1950 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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). 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
7.7
X-Men: First Class
Captain
7.4
The Flash
Lewis Snart
7.0
Top Gun
Jester
7.4
Nobody
Eddie Williams
6.5
Terminator Salvation
General Ashdown
7.5
Total Recall
Richter
7.6
The Machinist
Miller
7.3
Starship Troopers
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
7.5
Smallville
Sam Lane
8.1
Criminal Minds
John
6.5
The Perfect Storm
Bob Brown
7.0
Late Night with the Devil
The Narrator (voice)
8.5
Community
Colonel Archwood
8.1
Castle
Victor Racine
7.7
Desperate Housewives
Curtis Monroe
6.1
Free Willy
Dial
8.4
Stargate SG-1
Seevis
7.4
Hawaii Five-0
Robert Castor
8.7
This Is Us
Mr. Pearson
6.7
Scanners
Darryl Revok
Filmography
- 2024Late Night with the DevilThe Narrator (voice)Movie
- 2023BlackBerryCharles PurdyMovie
- 2023Condor's NestAgent AstakhovMovie
- 2022Pumpkin EverythingTomMovie
- 2022The DropoutDon LucasSeries
- 2022Dracula: The Original Living VampireDr. Jack SewardMovie
- 2021Hidden AssetsRichard MelnickSeries
- 2021BloodthirstyDr. SwanMovie
- 2021NobodyEddie WilliamsMovie
- 2019Harley QuinnDarkseid (voice)Series
- 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)Series
- 2018The ConventThe MagistrateMovie
- 2018KnuckleballJacobMovie
- 2018BarryAndreiSeries
- 2018Still/BornMovie
- 2018The AlienistJ. P. MorganSeries
- 2017RansomFreddie WoodsSeries
- 2016Tokyo TrialGeneral Douglas MacArthurSeries
- 2016Patient SevenDr. Daniel MarcusMovie
- 2016This Is UsMr. PearsonSeries
- 201588Sheriff KnowlesMovie
- 2015SynchronicityKlaus MeisnerMovie
- 2015Turbo KidZeusMovie
- 2015DesecratedTom McClainMovie
- 2014ExtraterrestrialTravisMovie
- 2014The FlashLewis SnartSeries
- 2014A Fighting ManMax WynnMovie
- 2013Ice SoldiersCol. Desmond TrumpMovie
- 2013Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons RisingUltra Magnus (voice)Movie
- 2013StayFrankMovie
- 2012VegasPorter GainsleySeries
- 2011X-Men: First ClassCaptainMovie
- 2010Transformers: PrimeUltra Magnus (voice)Series
- 2010Beneath the BlueBlaineMovie
- 2010R. L. Stine's The Haunting HourMargolinSeries
- 2010Lake Placid 3Sheriff Tony WillingerMovie
- 2010Hawaii Five-0Robert CastorSeries
- 2010JustifiedSarnoSeries
- 2009HardwiredHalMovie
- 2009The BeaconOficer Ned HuttonMovie
- 2009CommunityColonel ArchwoodSeries
- 2009The ButcherTeddy CarmichaelMovie
- 2009Terminator SalvationGeneral AshdownMovie
- 2009CastleVictor RacineSeries
- 2008The Alphabet KillerCaptain Nathan NorcrossMovie
- 2008Storm CellJamesMovie
- 2008SurveillanceBillingsMovie
- 2007Burn NoticeGregory HartSeries
- 2006The V WordMr. ChaneyMovie
- 2006Disaster Zone: Volcano in New YorkLeveringMovie
- 2005Masters of HorrorMr. ChaneySeries
- 2005Criminal MindsJohnSeries
- 2005BloodsuckersMucoMovie
- 2005DeepwaterWalnutMovie
- 2005Guy XGuy XMovie
- 2005ReekerHenryMovie
- 2004Desperate HousewivesCurtis MonroeSeries
- 2004The MachinistMillerMovie
- 2004Justice League UnlimitedDarkseid (voice)Series
- 2003Cold CaseCommandant MurilloSeries
- 2002IgnitionJake RussoMovie
- 2001Justice LeagueDarkseid (voice)Series
- 2001Dead AwakeSkayMovie
- 2001SmallvilleSam LaneSeries
- 2001SoulkeeperVoice of Mr.M (uncredited)Movie
- 2001Children of the Corn: RevelationPriestMovie
- 2001DownGunter SteinbergMovie
- 2001Jett Jackson: The MovieDr. KraggMovie
- 2000The DistrictDmitri PutinSeries
- 2000AndromedaThe PatriarchSeries
- 2000Jackie Chan AdventuresDragon Scout Leader (voice)Series
- 2000Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaFred SkolnickMovie
- 2000NurembergColonel Burton AndrusSeries
- 2000The Perfect StormBob BrownMovie
- 2000Heavy Metal 2000Tyler (voice)Movie
- 1999The Omega CodeDominicMovie
- 1999Desert BlueAgent Frank BellowsMovie
- 1998Chicago CabAlMovie
- 1997Starship TroopersLieutenant Jean RasczakMovie
- 1997The New Batman Adventures80's Batman (voice)Series
- 1997Stargate SG-1SeevisSeries
- 1996FX: The SeriesMontreeSeries
- 1996Superman: The Animated SeriesDarkseid (voice)Series
- 1995The Outer LimitsAmbassador Prosser, Gen. QuinceSeries
- 1995Major PayneLt. Colonel StoneMovie
- 1994ERWilliam SwiftSeries
- 1994The Glass ShieldDet. Gene BakerMovie
- 1994The Next Karate KidDuganMovie
- 1994Save MeOliverMovie
- 1993Point of ImpactRoberto LargoMovie
- 1993seaQuest DSVCaptain Oliver HudsonSeries
- 1993Father HoodJerryMovie
- 1993Free WillyDialMovie
- 1993Walker, Texas RangerNolan PierceSeries
- 1992GuncrazyMr. KincaidMovie
- 1992The VagrantLt. Ralf BarfussMovie
- 1991Neon CityHarry M. StarkMovie
- 1991McBainFrank BruceMovie
- 1991Highlander II: The QuickeningGen. KatanaMovie
- 1990Total RecallRichterMovie
- 1989MindfieldKellen O'ReillyMovie
- 1989Tales from the CryptSergeant Burrows, JerrySeries
- 1988WatchersLem JohnsonMovie
- 1987Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night IIBill NordhamMovie
- 1987Extreme PrejudiceMajor Paul HackettMovie
- 1986Top GunJesterMovie
- 1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingDetective LawrenceMovie
- 1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLt. Rick MuldoonSeries
- 1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterWilliam ActonSeries
- 1985The Falcon and the SnowmanFBI AgentMovie
- 1984VHam TylerSeries
- 1984V: The Final BattleHam TylerSeries
- 1983The HitchhikerSheriff LeeSeries
- 1983Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden ZoneOverDogMovie
- 1983VHam TylerSeries
- 1983The A-TeamMiler CraneSeries
- 1982Visiting HoursColt HawkerMovie
- 1981ScannersDarryl RevokMovie
- 1978High-Ballin'ButchMovie
- 1977Outrageous!DrunkMovie