Michael Ironside
Known for acting · Born 12 February 1950 · 76 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
261 credits
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
Top Gun
1986
Scanners
1981
Nobody
2021
The Next Karate Kid
1994
Total Recall
1990
The Machinist
2004
Turbo Kid
2015
Transformers: Prime
2010
Heavy Metal 2000
2000
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
Major Payne
1995
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
1987
Acting (258)
2026AshesUncleFilm
2026MarrowDr. Jonathan MyersFilm
2025This Too Shall PassOfficer ShultzFilm
20251242: Gateway to the WestNarrator / MihalyFilm
2025Talking About the SkyOfficer Alfred Henry(voz)Film
2024Late Night with the DevilThe Narrator (voice)Film
2024The Jester from TransylvaniaCharles PenningtonFilm
2023BlackBerryCharles PurdyFilm
2023Condor's NestAgent AstakhovFilm
2023ConfessionFilm
2023The Family CircusThe CopFilm
2023In Action with Michael IronsideSelfFilm
2023Barfuss, HomicideSelfFilm
2022The DropoutDon Lucas · 2 episodesSeries
2022Dracula: The Original Living VampireDr. Jack SewardFilm
2022Pumpkin EverythingTomFilm
2022Tin CanWayneFilm
2022The Fight MachineLouFilm
2021NobodyEddie WilliamsFilm
2021BloodthirstyDr. SwanFilm
2021Hidden AssetsRichard Melnick · 6 episodesSeries
2021Skipping StonesMr. TraversFilm
2021American DesertUncle BillFilm
2019Harley QuinnDarkseid (voice) · 4 episodesSeries
2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)Series
2018BarryAndrei · 2 episodesSeries
2018The AlienistJ. P. Morgan · 4 episodesSeries
2018Still/BornFilm
2018The ConventThe MagistrateFilm
2018KnuckleballJacobFilm
2018HellmingtonRupert WoodhouseFilm
2018AlterscapeDr. Julian LoroFilm
2018AtropaCaptain SchreiberSeries
2018The DetectivesDetective Mark AnsteySeries
2017RansomFreddie Woods · 3 episodesSeries
2017The HarrowingLt. LoganFilm
2017Lucky's TreasureHenry LandisFilm
2017Stegman Is DeadDonFilm
2017The Greatest Show on TurfNarratorFilm
2017The Space BetweenNickFilm
2017Tokyo TrialGen. Douglas MacArthurFilm
2016This Is UsMr. PearsonSeries
2016Patient SevenDr. Daniel MarcusFilm
2016Tokyo TrialGeneral Douglas MacArthur · 4 episodesSeries
2016The EncounterMaximum MikeSeries
2016Children of the FallSamFilm
2016ElementJoeFilm
2015Turbo KidZeusFilm
2015SynchronicityKlaus MeisnerFilm
201588Sheriff KnowlesFilm
2015DesecratedTom McClainFilm
2015The Sin SeerAlexander RachetFilm
2015California WinterSheriff HillmanFilm
2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsSelfFilm
2015Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo KidFilm
2014The FlashLewis SnartSeries
2014ExtraterrestrialTravisFilm
2014A Fighting ManMax WynnFilm
2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7Xanar (voice)Film
2014Mental SaboteurSelfFilm
2013Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons RisingUltra Magnus (voice)Film
2013Ice SoldiersCol. Desmond TrumpFilm
2013StayFrankFilm
20136:14WardenFilm
2012VegasPorter Gainsley · 4 episodesSeries
2012Burden of EvilSenator PitfieldFilm
2012All God's ChildrenPeterFilm
2011X-Men: First ClassCaptainFilm
2011Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes BackCol. HaggardFilm
2011TransgressionMatthewFilm
2011Conduct UnbecomingCol. DoddFilm
2010Hawaii Five-0Robert CastorSeries
2010JustifiedSarnoSeries
2010Transformers: PrimeUltra Magnus (voice) · 13 episodesSeries
2010Lake Placid 3Sheriff Tony WillingerFilm
2010R. L. Stine's The Haunting HourMargolin · 2 episodesSeries
2010Beneath the BlueBlaineFilm
2010The Bannen WayChief Bannen · 16 episodesSeries
2010EvaAlfonseFilm
2010The Bannen WayChief BannenFilm
2010Dark ProphecyTom RigginsFilm
2009Terminator SalvationGeneral AshdownFilm
2009CommunityColonel ArchwoodSeries
2009CastleVictor RacineSeries
2009HardwiredHalFilm
2009The BeaconOficer Ned HuttonFilm
2009The ButcherTeddy CarmichaelFilm
2009The JazzmanBernie KaddlyFilm
2008SurveillanceBillingsFilm
2008The Alphabet KillerCaptain Nathan NorcrossFilm
2008Storm CellJamesFilm
2008MutantsColonal GaugeFilm
2008The Terrorist Next DoorWadeFilm
2007Burn NoticeGregory HartSeries
2006The V WordMr. ChaneyFilm
2006Disaster Zone: Volcano in New YorkLeveringFilm
2006The VeteranMark 'Doc' JordanFilm
20061st BiteTheoFilm
2005Criminal MindsJohnSeries
2005Masters of HorrorMr. ChaneySeries
2005ReekerHenryFilm
2005BloodsuckersMucoFilm
2005DeepwaterWalnutFilm
2005Guy XGuy XFilm
2005Young Blades · 13 episodesSeries
2004The MachinistMillerFilm
2004Desperate HousewivesCurtis Monroe · 2 episodesSeries
2004Justice League UnlimitedDarkseid (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2004Medical InvestigationBen GraybridgeSeries
2004The Red Phone: CheckmateBremerFilm
2004Danger Zone: The Making of Top GunSelfFilm
2004The FailuresDepressorFilm
2003Cold CaseCommandant Murillo · 2 episodesSeries
2003Maximum VelocityGeneral AmbersonFilm
2003The Last Chapter: The War ContinuesBob Durelle · 6 episodesSeries
2003Hemingway vs. CallaghanHarryFilm
2002IgnitionJake RussoFilm
2002Fallen AngelsSheriff Ed RooneyFilm
2002The Last ChapterBob Durelle · 7 episodesSeries
2002Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'HimselfFilm
2002Fairytales and PornographyJustice CoultonFilm
2001SmallvilleSam Lane · 3 episodesSeries
2001Justice LeagueDarkseid (voice) · 2 episodesSeries
2001DownGunter SteinbergFilm
2001Children of the Corn: RevelationPriestFilm
2001SoulkeeperVoice of Mr.M (uncredited)Film
2001Dead AwakeSkayFilm
2001Jett Jackson: The MovieDr. KraggFilm
2001Cause Of DeathJonas PhiferFilm
2001MindstormSenator Bill ArmitageFilm
2001The Red Phone: ManhuntSection ChiefFilm
2001Extreme HonorBakerFilm
2000The Perfect StormBob BrownFilm
2000Jackie Chan AdventuresDragon Scout Leader (voice)Series
2000AndromedaThe Patriarch · 2 episodesSeries
2000Heavy Metal 2000Tyler (voice)Film
2000NurembergCol. Burton C. Andrus · 2 episodesSeries
2000Crime + Punishment in SuburbiaFred SkolnickFilm
2000The DistrictDmitri Putin · 2 episodesSeries
2000Borderline NormalCoach RehmerFilm
1999The Omega CodeDominicFilm
1999Desert BlueAgent Frank BellowsFilm
1999A Twist of FaithAlex HuntFilm
1999Black LightInspector Frank SchumannFilm
1999The ArrangementDet. Francis John 'Jack' ConnorFilm
1999Southern CrossGarrison CarverFilm
1999Question of PrivilegeLt. Robert IngramFilm
1998Chicago CabAlFilm
1998Johnny 2.0Frank DonahueFilm
1998Cold SquadSeries
1998Voyage of TerrorMcBrideFilm
1998CaptiveDetective BriscoeFilm
1998Ivory TowerMarshall WallaceFilm
1998Going to Kansas CityMike MaloneFilm
1998One of Our OwnDet. Jack CooperFilm
1998Death Row: The TournamentThe JudgeFilm
1997Starship TroopersLieutenant Jean RasczakFilm
1997Stargate SG-1SeevisSeries
1997The New Batman Adventures80's Batman (voice)Series
1997The ArrowCIA DirectorFilm
1997Cold Night Into DawnFrank ParrFilm
1997The ArrowCIA Director · 2 episodesSeries
1996Superman: The Animated SeriesDarkseid (voice) · 7 episodesSeries
1996FX: The SeriesMontreeSeries
1996TerminalSterling RombauerFilm
1996Portraits of a KillerSgt. Ernie HansenFilm
1996One Way OutWaltFilm
1996The Destiny of Marty FineMr. CapelliFilm
1996Too Fast Too YoungCapt. Floyd AndersonFilm
1995Major PayneLt. Colonel StoneFilm
1995The Outer LimitsAmbassador Prosser, Gen. QuinceSeries
1995Red Scorpion 2Col. WestFilm
1995The Killing MachineMr. GreenFilm
1995Kids of the Round TableButch ScarsdaleFilm
1995BoltBilly NilesFilm
1994The Next Karate KidDuganFilm
1994ERWilliam Swift · 6 episodesSeries
1994The Glass ShieldDet. Gene BakerFilm
1994Save MeOliverFilm
1994Red Sun RisingCapt. MeislerFilm
1994Forced to KillSheriff WilsonFilm
1994Dead Man's RevengeLuck HatcherFilm
1994Probable CauseGary YanuckFilm
1994Tokyo CowboyLyleFilm
1994Fortunes of WarCarl PimmlerFilm
1993Free WillyDialFilm
1993Walker, Texas RangerNolan Pierce · 4 episodesSeries
1993seaQuest DSVCaptain Oliver Hudson · 13 episodesSeries
1993Father HoodJerryFilm
1993Point of ImpactRoberto LargoFilm
1993Night TrapBishopFilm
1993Sweet KillingInspector GarciaFilm
1993Marked for MurderBats O'BannionFilm
1992GuncrazyMr. KincaidFilm
1992The VagrantLt. Ralf BarfussFilm
1992Black IceQuinnFilm
1992Killer ImageLuther KaneFilm
1992Cafe RomeoNatinoFilm
1991Highlander II: The QuickeningGen. KatanaFilm
1991McBainFrank BruceFilm
1991Neon CityHarry M. StarkFilm
1991ChaindanceJ.T. BlakeFilm
1991Deadly SurveillanceFenderFilm
1991PaybackSheriff PeteFilm
1991Drop Dead GorgeousAsylum Interrogator (uncredited)Film
1990Total RecallRichterFilm
1990Destiny To OrderKenrickFilm
1989Tales from the CryptSergeant Burrows, JerrySeries
1989MindfieldKellen O'ReillyFilm
1989Hostile TakeoverLarry GaylordFilm
1989Murder by NightDet. Carl MadsenFilm
1988WatchersLem JohnsonFilm
1987Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night IIBill NordhamFilm
1987Extreme PrejudiceMajor Paul HackettFilm
1987Nowhere to HideBenFilm
1987Ford: The Man and the MachineHarry BennettFilm
1987Race for the BombWerner Heisenberg · 3 episodesSeries
1986Top GunJesterFilm
1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingDetective LawrenceFilm
1985The Falcon and the SnowmanFBI AgentFilm
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLt. Rick MuldoonSeries
1985The Ray Bradbury TheaterWilliam ActonSeries
1985Murder in SpaceCapt. Neal BraddockFilm
1985The CapDadFilm
1984VHam Tyler · 12 episodesSeries
1984V: The Final BattleHam Tyler · 3 episodesSeries
1984The SurrogateGeorge KyberFilm
1984Best RevengeDealerFilm
1983The A-TeamMiler CraneSeries
1983VHam TylerSeries
1983Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden ZoneOverDogFilm
1983The HitchhikerSheriff LeeSeries
1983American NightmareSgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)Film
1983Cross CountryDet. Sgt. RoerschFilm
1983The Sins of Dorian GrayAlan CampbellFilm
1982Visiting HoursColt HawkerFilm
1982Off Your RockerVictorFilm
1981ScannersDarryl RevokFilm
1981SurfacingWayneFilm
1981SuzanneJimmyFilm
1981Clown WhiteMaxFilm
1980Double NegativeEdgarFilm
1980Coming Out AliveGatewayFilm
1979Stone Cold DeadMurdered Police DetectiveFilm
1979The Littlest HoboBillSeries
1979Summer's ChildrenPimpFilm
1979The Family ManBartenderFilm
1978High-Ballin'ButchFilm
1978Power PlayTorturerFilm
1978I, MaureenDr. Paul OswaldFilm
1977Outrageous!DrunkFilm
1976For the RecordSeries
1974The Ottawa ValleySoldier on train (uncredited)Film
—Super DicksPolice ChiefFilm
—LibertyFischerFilm
—My Best Friend DepressionRalph JohnsonFilm
—Deep TissueUncle NikFilm
—Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent FeaturetteSelfFilm
Directing (1)
1999The ArrangementDirector, WriterFilm
Production (1)
1994Probable CauseExecutive ProducerFilm
Writing (1)
1991ChaindanceScreenplay, Executive ProducerFilm