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