Michael Ironside
Acting • Born 1950-02-12
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).
Filmography
255 credits
Total Recall
Movie • 1990
Richter
Terminator Salvation
Movie • 2009
General Ashdown
Starship Troopers
Movie • 1997
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
The Perfect Storm
Movie • 2000
Bob Brown
Top Gun
Movie • 1986
Jester
Free Willy
Movie • 1993
Dial
The Veteran
Movie • 2006
Mark 'Doc' Jordan
The Machinist
Movie • 2004
Miller
Surveillance
Movie • 2008
Billings
Extreme Prejudice
Movie • 1987
Major Paul Hackett
Major Payne
Movie • 1995
Lt. Col. Stone
Save Me
Movie • 1994
Oliver
Fallen Angels
Movie • 2002
Sheriff Ed Rooney
The Next Karate Kid
Movie • 1994
Colonel Paul Dugan
Hardwired
Movie • 2009
Hal
Confession
Movie • 2023
Highlander II: The Quickening
Movie • 1991
Gen. Katana
Mutants
Movie • 2008
Colonal Gauge
The Beacon
Movie • 2009
Oficer Ned Hutton
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Movie • 2001
Priest
Watchers
Movie • 1988
Lem Johnson
Scanners
Movie • 1981
Darryl Revok
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Movie • 1983
OverDog
Bloodsuckers
Movie • 2005
Muco
McBain
Movie • 1991
Frank Bruce
Deepwater
Movie • 2005
Walnut
The Alphabet Killer
Movie • 2008
Captain Nathan Norcross
Guy X
Movie • 2005
Guy X
The Omega Code
Movie • 1999
Dominic
Reeker
Movie • 2005
Henry
Desert Blue
Movie • 1999
Agent Frank Bellows
Stone Cold Dead
Movie • 1979
Murdered Police Detective
Super Dicks
Movie
Police Chief
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Movie • 1986
Detective Lawrence
Beneath the Blue
Movie • 2010
Blaine
Heavy Metal 2000
Movie • 2000
Tyler (voice)
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Movie • 2000
Fred Skolnick
Father Hood
Movie • 1993
Jerry
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
Movie • 2006
Levering
Visiting Hours
Movie • 1982
Colt Hawker
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
Movie • 1987
Bill Nordham
Mental Saboteur
Movie • 2014
Self
X-Men: First Class
Movie • 2011
Captain
Skipping Stones
Movie • 2021
Mr. Travers
Killer Image
Movie • 1992
Luther Kane
Down
Movie • 2001
Gunter Steinberg
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire
Movie • 2022
Dr. Jack Seward
The Arrow
Movie • 1997
CIA Director
Forced to Kill
Movie • 1994
Sheriff Wilson
The Failures
Movie • 2004
Depressor
Sweet Killing
Movie • 1993
Inspector Garcia
Extreme Honor
Movie • 2001
Baker
Point of Impact
Movie • 1993
Roberto Largo
The Red Phone: Checkmate
Movie • 2004
Bremer
Nowhere to Hide
Movie • 1987
Ben
Johnny 2.0
Movie • 1998
Frank Donahue
Mindfield
Movie • 1989
Kellen O'Reilly
Neon City
Movie • 1991
Harry M. Stark
Cold Night Into Dawn
Movie • 1997
Frank Parr
Dead Awake
Movie • 2001
Skay
Destiny To Order
Movie • 1990
Kenrick
Captive
Movie • 1998
Detective Briscoe
Hostile Takeover
Movie • 1989
Larry Gaylord
Black Light
Movie • 1999
Inspector Frank Schumann
High-Ballin'
Movie • 1978
Butch
Burden of Evil
Movie • 2012
Senator Pitfield
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back
Movie • 2011
Col. Haggard
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Movie • 1987
Harry Bennett
The Terrorist Next Door
Movie • 2008
Wade
Suzanne
Movie • 1981
Jimmy
Dark Prophecy
Movie • 2010
Tom Riggins
Best Revenge
Movie • 1984
Dealer
Transgression
Movie • 2011
Matthew
Red Sun Rising
Movie • 1994
Capt. Meisler
Deadly Surveillance
Movie • 1991
Fender
The Arrangement
Movie • 1999
Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
Marked for Murder
Movie • 1993
Bats O'Bannion
The Killing Machine
Movie • 1995
Mr. Green
Chicago Cab
Movie • 1998
Al
Maximum Velocity
Movie • 2003
General Amberson
One Way Out
Movie • 1996
Walt
The Surrogate
Movie • 1984
George Kyber
Late Night with the Devil
Movie • 2024
The Narrator (voice)
The Vagrant
Movie • 1992
Lt. Ralf Barfuss
Dead Man's Revenge
Movie • 1994
Luck Hatcher
Borderline Normal
Movie • 2000
Coach Rehmer
Coming Out Alive
Movie • 1980
Gateway
Stay
Movie • 2013
Frank
The V Word
Movie • 2006
Mr. Chaney
Black Ice
Movie • 1992
Quinn
A Twist of Faith
Movie • 1999
Alex Hunt
I, Maureen
Movie • 1978
Dr. Paul Oswald
Murder in Space
Movie • 1985
Capt. Neal Braddock
Cause Of Death
Movie • 2001
Jonas Phifer
Conduct Unbecoming
Movie • 2011
Col. Dodd
The Bannen Way
Movie • 2010
Chief Bannen
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
Movie • 2014
Xanar (voice)
Ice Soldiers
Movie • 2013
Col. Desmond Trump
California Winter
Movie • 2015
Sheriff Hillman
The Butcher
Movie • 2009
Teddy Carmichael
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
Movie • 2013
Ultra Magnus (voice)
Extraterrestrial
Movie • 2014
Travis
1242: Gateway to the West
Movie • 2025
Narrator / Mihaly
Surfacing
Movie • 1981
Wayne
Liberty
Movie
Fischer
Southern Cross
Movie • 1999
Garrison Carver
BlackBerry
Movie • 2023
Charles Purdy
Voyage of Terror
Movie • 1998
McBride
Pumpkin Everything
Movie • 2022
Tom
Lake Placid 3
Movie • 2010
Sheriff Tony Willinger
Payback
Movie • 1991
Sheriff Pete
Terminal
Movie • 1996
Sterling Rombauer
88
Movie • 2015
Sheriff Knowles
Bolt
Movie • 1995
Billy Niles
Turbo Kid
Movie • 2015
Zeus
Desecrated
Movie • 2015
Tom McClain
Night Trap
Movie • 1993
Bishop
Probable Cause
Movie • 1994
Gary Yanuck
The Falcon and the Snowman
Movie • 1985
FBI Agent
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Movie • 2003
Harry
Portraits of a Killer
Movie • 1996
Sgt. Ernie Hansen
The Red Phone: Manhunt
Movie • 2001
Section Chief
The Family Circus
Movie • 2023
The Cop
Condor's Nest
Movie • 2023
Agent Astakhov
The Family Man
Movie • 1979
Bartender
Double Negative
Movie • 1980
Edgar
The Fight Machine
Movie • 2022
Lou
Synchronicity
Movie • 2015
Klaus Meisner
The Sin Seer
Movie • 2015
Alexander Rachet
The Cap
Movie • 1985
Dad
Children of the Fall
Movie • 2016
Sam
Element
Movie • 2016
Joe
1st Bite
Movie • 2006
Theo
All God's Children
Movie • 2012
Peter
Outrageous!
Movie • 1977
Drunk
Power Play
Movie • 1978
Torturer
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Movie • 1983
Alan Campbell
Murder by Night
Movie • 1989
Det. Carl Madsen
Chaindance
Movie • 1991
J.T. Blake
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Movie • 1991
Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
Cafe Romeo
Movie • 1992
Natino
Guncrazy
Movie • 1992
Mr. Kincaid
Fortunes of War
Movie • 1994
Carl Pimmler
The Glass Shield
Movie • 1994
Det. Gene Baker
Red Scorpion 2
Movie • 1995
Col. West
Kids of the Round Table
Movie • 1995
Butch Scarsdale
Mindstorm
Movie • 2001
Senator Bill Armitage
Jett Jackson: The Movie
Movie • 2001
Dr. Kragg
Soulkeeper
Movie • 2001
Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
Ignition
Movie • 2002
Jake Russo
Storm Cell
Movie • 2008
James
Eva
Movie • 2010
Alfonse
A Fighting Man
Movie • 2014
Max Wynn
Too Fast Too Young
Movie • 1996
Capt. Floyd Anderson
Patient Seven
Movie • 2016
Dr. Daniel Marcus
Question of Privilege
Movie • 1999
Lt. Robert Ingram
Ivory Tower
Movie • 1998
Marshall Wallace
Going to Kansas City
Movie • 1998
Mike Malone
Alterscape
Movie • 2018
Dr. Julian Loro
The Jazzman
Movie • 2009
Bernie Kaddly
The Convent
Movie • 2018
The Magistrate
Lucky's Treasure
Movie • 2017
Henry Landis
Fairytales and Pornography
Movie • 2002
Justice Coulton
Knuckleball
Movie • 2018
Jacob
The Harrowing
Movie • 2017
Lt. Logan
Stegman Is Dead
Movie • 2017
Don
Cross Country
Movie • 1983
Det. Sgt. Roersch
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Movie • 2002
Himself
Still/Born
Movie • 2018
Tokyo Cowboy
Movie • 1994
Lyle
Hellmington
Movie • 2018
Rupert Woodhouse
Clown White
Movie • 1981
Max
Summer's Children
Movie • 1979
Pimp
The Ottawa Valley
Movie • 1974
Soldier on train (uncredited)
One of Our Own
Movie • 1998
Det. Jack Cooper
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid
Movie • 2015
6:14
Movie • 2013
Warden
The Greatest Show on Turf
Movie • 2017
Narrator
American Nightmare
Movie • 1983
Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Movie • 2015
Self
Bloodthirsty
Movie • 2021
Dr. Swan
Tin Can
Movie • 2022
Wayne
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Movie • 1996
Mr. Capelli
Nobody
Movie • 2021
Eddie Williams
American Desert
Movie • 2021
Uncle Bill
The Jester from Transylvania
Movie • 2024
Charles Pennington
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
Movie • 2004
Self
This Too Shall Pass
Movie • 2025
Officer Shultz
Death Row: The Tournament
Movie • 1998
The Judge
Talking About the Sky
Movie • 2025
Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
The Space Between
Movie • 2017
Nick
The Shaft
Movie
Gunter Steinberg
Marrow
Movie
Dr. Jonathan Myers
Off Your Rocker
Movie • 1982
Victor
My Best Friend Depression
Movie
Ralph Johnson
Medical Investigation
TV • 2004
Ben Graybridge
Castle
TV • 2009
Victor Racine
Cold Squad
TV • 1998
The District
TV • 2000
Dmitri Putin
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Curtis Monroe
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Miler Crane
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Captain Oliver Hudson
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Commandant Murillo
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Sergeant Burrows
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Lt. Rick Muldoon
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Nolan Pierce
Masters of Horror
TV • 2005
Mr. Chaney
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
John
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Darkseid (voice)
Smallville
TV • 2001
Sam Lane
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Seevis
The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV • 1985
William Acton
ER
TV • 1994
William Swift
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Sheriff Lee
FX: The Series
TV • 1996
Montree
Young Blades
TV • 2005
V
TV • 1983
Ham Tyler
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Ambassador Prosser
The Bannen Way
TV • 2010
Chief Bannen
Jackie Chan Adventures
TV • 2000
Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
The New Batman Adventures
TV • 1997
80's Batman (voice)
Justice League
TV • 2001
Darkseid (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
Darkseid (voice)
Community
TV • 2009
Colonel Archwood
Ransom
TV • 2017
Freddie Woods
Atropa
TV • 2018
Captain Schreiber
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Gregory Hart
The Flash
TV • 2014
Lewis Snart
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Robert Castor
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Jerry
The Last Chapter: The War Continues
TV • 2003
Bob Durelle
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Gen. Quince
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Race for the Bomb
TV • 1987
Werner Heisenberg
V
TV • 1984
Ham Tyler
V: The Final Battle
TV • 1984
Ham Tyler
Tokyo Trial
TV • 2016
General Douglas MacArthur
Hidden Assets
TV • 2021
Richard Melnick
Justified
TV • 2010
Sarno
Barry
TV • 2018
Andrei
For the Record
TV • 1976
Andromeda
TV • 2000
The Patriarch
This Is Us
TV • 2016
Mr. Pearson
Transformers: Prime
TV • 2010
Ultra Magnus (voice)
The Littlest Hobo
TV • 1979
Bill
The Dropout
TV • 2022
Don Lucas
Harley Quinn
TV • 2019
Darkseid (voice)
The Last Chapter
TV • 2002
Bob Durelle
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
TV • 2010
Margolin
The Detectives
TV • 2018
Detective Mark Anstey
The Alienist
TV • 2018
J. P. Morgan
Nuremberg
TV • 2000
Col. Burton C. Andrus
The Arrow
TV • 1997
CIA Director
The Encounter
TV • 2016
Maximum Mike
BlackBerry
TV • 2023
Charles Purdy