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Michael Ironside
Known for: ActingFrederick 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 123
Top Gun
+10
as Jester 
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Oliver Hudson 
Transformers: Prime
+4
as Ultra Magnus (voice) 
Total Recall
+5
as Richter 
Terminator Salvation
+3
as General Ashdown 
The Perfect Storm
+6
as Bob Brown 
Nobody
+1
as Eddie Williams 
Starship Troopers
+2
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak 
Late Night with the Devil
+7
as The Narrator (voice) 
The Machinist
+2
as Miller 
The Next Karate Kid
+6
as Dugan 
Nuremberg
as Colonel Burton Andrus 
V: The Final Battle
as Ham Tyler 
Synchronicity
+1
as Klaus Meisner 
Free Willy
+5
as Dial 
BlackBerry
+3
as Charles Purdy 
Major Payne
+1
as Lt. Colonel Stone 
Down
as Gunter Steinberg 
Reeker
as Henry 
Highlander II: The Quickening
+2
as Gen. Katana 
Extraterrestrial
as Travis 
Tokyo Trial
as General Douglas MacArthur 
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire
+3
as Dr. Jack Seward 
Scanners
+2
as Darryl Revok 
The Convent
+1
as The Magistrate 
Mindfield
as Kellen O'Reilly 
Father Hood
as Jerry 
Turbo Kid
+6
as Zeus 
Lake Placid 3
+2
as Sheriff Tony Willinger 
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
+2
as Bill Nordham 
Visiting Hours
as Colt Hawker 
Heavy Metal 2000
as Tyler (voice) 
The Alphabet Killer
+2
as Captain Nathan Norcross 
Desert Blue
+1
as Agent Frank Bellows 
Pumpkin Everything
as Tom 
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
+3
as Ultra Magnus (voice) 
Watchers
as Lem Johnson 
Hardwired
+1
as Hal 
Extreme Prejudice
+2
as Major Paul Hackett 
Children of the Corn: Revelation
+1
as Priest 
Patient Seven
+2
as Dr. Daniel Marcus 
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
as Fred Skolnick 
Night Trap
as Bishop 
McBain
as Frank Bruce 
Ignition
as Jake Russo 
Storm Cell
as James 
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
+1
as Detective Lawrence 
Condor's Nest
as Agent Astakhov 
The Last Chapter
as Bob Durelle 
Stone Cold Dead
as Murdered Police Detective 
The Omega Code
+1
as Dominic 
The Glass Shield
as Det. Gene Baker 
Knuckleball
as Jacob 
Stan Lee's Mighty 7
as Xanar (voice) 
Red Sun Rising
as Capt. Meisler 
Beneath the Blue
as Blaine 
Chicago Cab
as Al 
Surveillance
as Billings 
Ice Soldiers
as Col. Desmond Trump 
Save Me
as Oliver 
The Beacon
as Oficer Ned Hutton 
Guncrazy
as Mr. Kincaid 
88
+1
as Sheriff Knowles 
A Fighting Man
as Max Wynn 
Guy X
as Guy X 
Lucky's Treasure
as Henry Landis 
The Vagrant
+1
as Lt. Ralf Barfuss 
Skipping Stones
as Mr. Travers 
Tin Can
as Wayne 
Bloodsuckers
as Muco 
Deepwater
as Walnut 
Cause Of Death
as Jonas Phifer 
Voyage of Terror
as McBride 
The Sins of Dorian Gray
as Alan Campbell 
Red Scorpion 2
as Col. West 
Hellmington
+3
as Rupert Woodhouse 
Neon City
as Harry M. Stark 
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York
as Levering 
Extreme Honor
as Baker 
Bloodthirsty
as Dr. Swan 
The Jester from Transylvania
as Charles Pennington 
A Twist of Faith
as Alex Hunt 
The Arrow
as CIA Director 
The Bannen Way
+1
as Chief Bannen 
Conduct Unbecoming
as Col. Dodd 
Payback
as Sheriff Pete 
Maximum Velocity
+2
as General Amberson 
Double Negative
as Edgar 
American Nightmare
as Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside) 
Jett Jackson: The Movie
as Dr. Kragg 
Children of the Fall
as Sam 
Ashes
as Uncle 
Nowhere to Hide
as Ben 
The Veteran
as Mark 'Doc' Jordan 
This Too Shall Pass
+2
as Officer Shultz 
Element
as Joe 
Alterscape
as Dr. Julian Loro 
The Butcher
+2
as Teddy Carmichael 
Dead Awake
as Skay 
The Fight Machine
+3
as Lou 
The Terrorist Next Door
as Wade 
Cold Night Into Dawn
as Frank Parr 
Southern Cross
as Garrison Carver 
The Harrowing
as Lt. Logan 
Johnny 2.0
as Frank Donahue 
Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back
+3
as Col. Haggard 
The Family Circus
as The Cop 
California Winter
+1
as Sheriff Hillman 
Eva
as Alfonse 
The Sin Seer
as Alexander Rachet 
Hostile Takeover
as Larry Gaylord 
The Killing Machine
as Mr. Green 
Forced to Kill
as Sheriff Wilson 
Burden of Evil
as Senator Pitfield 
Black Ice
as Quinn 
The Arrangement
as Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor 
Borderline Normal
as Coach Rehmer 
The V Word
as Mr. Chaney 
Point of Impact
as Roberto Largo