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