Michael Ironside
Acting
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).
TV Shows(57)
The Dropout
Don Lucas
2022
Hidden Assets
Richard Melnick
2021
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2019
Harley Quinn
Darkseid (voice)
2019
Barry
Andrei
2018
Atropa
Captain Schreiber
2018
The Alienist
J. P. Morgan
2018
The Detectives
Detective Mark Anstey
2018
Ransom
Freddie Woods
2017
Tokyo Trial
General Douglas MacArthur
2016
The Encounter
Maximum Mike
2016
This Is Us
Mr. Pearson
2016
The Flash
Lewis Snart
2014
Transformers: Prime
Ultra Magnus (voice)
2010
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Margolin
2010
Hawaii Five-0
Robert Castor
2010
Justified
Sarno
2010
The Bannen Way
Chief Bannen
2010
Community
Colonel Archwood
2009
Castle
Victor Racine
2009
Burn Notice
Gregory Hart
2007
Masters of Horror
Mr. Chaney
2005
Criminal Minds
John
2005
Young Blades
2005
Desperate Housewives
Curtis Monroe
2004
Medical Investigation
Ben Graybridge
2004
Justice League Unlimited
Darkseid (voice)
2004
Cold Case
Commandant Murillo
2003
The Last Chapter: The War Continues
Bob Durelle
2003
The Last Chapter
Bob Durelle
2002
Justice League
Darkseid (voice)
2001
Smallville
Sam Lane
2001
The District
Dmitri Putin
2000
Andromeda
The Patriarch
2000
Jackie Chan Adventures
Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
2000
Nuremberg
Col. Burton C. Andrus
2000
Cold Squad
1998
The New Batman Adventures
80's Batman (voice)
1997
Stargate SG-1
Seevis
1997
The Arrow
CIA Director
1997
FX: The Series
Montree
1996
Superman: The Animated Series
Darkseid (voice)
1996
The Outer Limits
Ambassador Prosser
1995
ER
William Swift
1994
seaQuest DSV
Captain Oliver Hudson
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Nolan Pierce
1993
Tales from the Crypt
Sergeant Burrows
1989
Race for the Bomb
Werner Heisenberg
1987
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lt. Rick Muldoon
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
William Acton
1985
V
Ham Tyler
1984
V: The Final Battle
Ham Tyler
1984
The Hitchhiker
Sheriff Lee
1983
V
Ham Tyler
1983
The A-Team
Miler Crane
1983
The Littlest Hobo
Bill
1979
For the Record
1976
Movies(197)
Ashes
Uncle
2026
This Too Shall Pass
Officer Shultz
2025
1242: Gateway to the West
Narrator / Mihaly
2025
Talking About the Sky
Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
2025
The Jester from Transylvania
Charles Pennington
2024
Late Night with the Devil
The Narrator (voice)
2024
Confession
2023
BlackBerry
Charles Purdy
2023
Condor's Nest
Agent Astakhov
2023
The Family Circus
The Cop
2023
Pumpkin Everything
Tom
2022
Tin Can
Wayne
2022
The Fight Machine
Lou
2022
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire
Dr. Jack Seward
2022
Skipping Stones
Mr. Travers
2021
American Desert
Uncle Bill
2021
Bloodthirsty
Dr. Swan
2021
Nobody
Eddie Williams
2021
Hellmington
Rupert Woodhouse
2018
The Convent
The Magistrate
2018
Knuckleball
Jacob
2018
Alterscape
Dr. Julian Loro
2018
Still/Born
2018
Stegman Is Dead
Don
2017
The Greatest Show on Turf
Narrator
2017
The Harrowing
Lt. Logan
2017
The Space Between
Nick
2017
Lucky's Treasure
Henry Landis
2017
Patient Seven
Dr. Daniel Marcus
2016
Children of the Fall
Sam
2016
Element
Joe
2016
California Winter
Sheriff Hillman
2015
The Sin Seer
Alexander Rachet
2015
Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid
2015
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Self
2015
Turbo Kid
Zeus
2015
88
Sheriff Knowles
2015
Synchronicity
Klaus Meisner
2015
Desecrated
Tom McClain
2015
Extraterrestrial
Travis
2014
A Fighting Man
Max Wynn
2014
Mental Saboteur
Self
2014
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
Xanar (voice)
2014
Ice Soldiers
Col. Desmond Trump
2013
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
Ultra Magnus (voice)
2013
Stay
Frank
2013
6:14
Warden
2013
All God's Children
Peter
2012
Burden of Evil
Senator Pitfield
2012
Conduct Unbecoming
Col. Dodd
2011
Transgression
Matthew
2011
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back
Col. Haggard
2011
X-Men: First Class
Captain
2011
Beneath the Blue
Blaine
2010
Dark Prophecy
Tom Riggins
2010
Lake Placid 3
Sheriff Tony Willinger
2010
Eva
Alfonse
2010
The Bannen Way
Chief Bannen
2010
Hardwired
Hal
2009
The Beacon
Oficer Ned Hutton
2009
The Jazzman
Bernie Kaddly
2009
The Butcher
Teddy Carmichael
2009
Terminator Salvation
General Ashdown
2009
The Alphabet Killer
Captain Nathan Norcross
2008
Mutants
Colonal Gauge
2008
The Terrorist Next Door
Wade
2008
Storm Cell
James
2008
Surveillance
Billings
2008
1st Bite
Theo
2006
The V Word
Mr. Chaney
2006
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
Levering
2006
The Veteran
Mark 'Doc' Jordan
2006
Bloodsuckers
Muco
2005
Deepwater
Walnut
2005
Guy X
Guy X
2005
Reeker
Henry
2005
The Failures
Depressor
2004
The Machinist
Miller
2004
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
Self
2004
The Red Phone: Checkmate
Bremer
2004
Maximum Velocity
General Amberson
2003
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Harry
2003
Fairytales and Pornography
Justice Coulton
2002
Fallen Angels
Sheriff Ed Rooney
2002
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers'
Himself
2002
Ignition
Jake Russo
2002
The Red Phone: Manhunt
Section Chief
2001
Dead Awake
Skay
2001
Soulkeeper
Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
2001
Children of the Corn: Revelation
Priest
2001
Down
Gunter Steinberg
2001
Extreme Honor
Baker
2001
Jett Jackson: The Movie
Dr. Kragg
2001
Mindstorm
Senator Bill Armitage
2001
Cause Of Death
Jonas Phifer
2001
Borderline Normal
Coach Rehmer
2000
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Fred Skolnick
2000
The Perfect Storm
Bob Brown
2000
Heavy Metal 2000
Tyler (voice)
2000
The Omega Code
Dominic
1999
Southern Cross
Garrison Carver
1999
A Twist of Faith
Alex Hunt
1999
Desert Blue
Agent Frank Bellows
1999
Black Light
Inspector Frank Schumann
1999
Question of Privilege
Lt. Robert Ingram
1999
The Arrangement
Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor
1999
Chicago Cab
Al
1998
Johnny 2.0
Frank Donahue
1998
One of Our Own
Det. Jack Cooper
1998
Going to Kansas City
Mike Malone
1998
Death Row: The Tournament
The Judge
1998
Voyage of Terror
McBride
1998
Captive
Detective Briscoe
1998
Ivory Tower
Marshall Wallace
1998
Starship Troopers
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
1997
Cold Night Into Dawn
Frank Parr
1997
The Arrow
CIA Director
1997
One Way Out
Walt
1996
Portraits of a Killer
Sgt. Ernie Hansen
1996
Too Fast Too Young
Capt. Floyd Anderson
1996
The Destiny of Marty Fine
Mr. Capelli
1996
Terminal
Sterling Rombauer
1996
Kids of the Round Table
Butch Scarsdale
1995
Bolt
Billy Niles
1995
Major Payne
Lt. Col. Stone
1995
Red Scorpion 2
Col. West
1995
The Killing Machine
Mr. Green
1995
Fortunes of War
Carl Pimmler
1994
Probable Cause
Gary Yanuck
1994
The Glass Shield
Det. Gene Baker
1994
Red Sun Rising
Capt. Meisler
1994
Tokyo Cowboy
Lyle
1994
The Next Karate Kid
Colonel Paul Dugan
1994
Forced to Kill
Sheriff Wilson
1994
Dead Man's Revenge
Luck Hatcher
1994
Save Me
Oliver
1994
Point of Impact
Roberto Largo
1993
Sweet Killing
Inspector Garcia
1993
Father Hood
Jerry
1993
Free Willy
Dial
1993
Night Trap
Bishop
1993
Marked for Murder
Bats O'Bannion
1993
Black Ice
Quinn
1992
Guncrazy
Mr. Kincaid
1992
Cafe Romeo
Natino
1992
The Vagrant
Lt. Ralf Barfuss
1992
Killer Image
Luther Kane
1992
Neon City
Harry M. Stark
1991
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
1991
McBain
Frank Bruce
1991
Deadly Surveillance
Fender
1991
Payback
Sheriff Pete
1991
Chaindance
J.T. Blake
1991
Highlander II: The Quickening
Gen. Katana
1991
Total Recall
Richter
1990
Destiny To Order
Kenrick
1990
Mindfield
Kellen O'Reilly
1989
Hostile Takeover
Larry Gaylord
1989
Murder by Night
Det. Carl Madsen
1989
Watchers
Lem Johnson
1988
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
Bill Nordham
1987
Nowhere to Hide
Ben
1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine
Harry Bennett
1987
Extreme Prejudice
Major Paul Hackett
1987
Top Gun
Jester
1986
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Detective Lawrence
1986
Murder in Space
Capt. Neal Braddock
1985
The Cap
Dad
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
FBI Agent
1985
Best Revenge
Dealer
1984
The Surrogate
George Kyber
1984
Cross Country
Det. Sgt. Roersch
1983
The Sins of Dorian Gray
Alan Campbell
1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
OverDog
1983
American Nightmare
Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
1983
Off Your Rocker
Victor
1982
Visiting Hours
Colt Hawker
1982
Clown White
Max
1981
Suzanne
Jimmy
1981
Surfacing
Wayne
1981
Scanners
Darryl Revok
1981
Coming Out Alive
Gateway
1980
Double Negative
Edgar
1980
The Family Man
Bartender
1979
Stone Cold Dead
Murdered Police Detective
1979
Summer's Children
Pimp
1979
Power Play
Torturer
1978
I, Maureen
Dr. Paul Oswald
1978
High-Ballin'
Butch
1978
Outrageous!
Drunk
1977
The Ottawa Valley
Soldier on train (uncredited)
1974
Super Dicks
Police Chief
Liberty
Fischer
The Shaft
Gunter Steinberg
Marrow
Dr. Jonathan Myers
My Best Friend Depression
Ralph Johnson
Deep Tissue
Uncle Nik