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

• 2026Ashes — Uncle
• 2026Crash Land — Monty
• 2026Marrow — Dr. Jonathan Myers
• 20251242: Gateway to the West — Narrator / Mihaly
• 2025Talking About the Sky — Officer Alfred Henry(voz)
• 2025This Too Shall Pass — Officer Shultz
• 2024Late Night with the Devil — The Narrator (voice)
• 2024The Jester from Transylvania — Charles Pennington
• 2023BlackBerry — Charles Purdy
• 2023Condor's Nest — Agent Astakhov
• 2023Confession
• 2023The Family Circus — The Cop
• 2022Dracula: The Original Living Vampire — Dr. Jack Seward
• 2022Pumpkin Everything — Tom
• The Dropout — Don Lucas
• 2022The Fight Machine — Lou
• 2022Tin Can — Wayne
• 2021American Desert — Uncle Bill
• 2021Bloodthirsty — Dr. Swan
• Hidden Assets — Richard Melnick
• 2021Nobody — Eddie Williams
• 2021Skipping Stones — Mr. Travers
• Harley Quinn — Darkseid (voice)
• 2018Alterscape — Dr. Julian Loro
• Atropa — Captain Schreiber
• Barry — Andrei
• 2018Hellmington — Rupert Woodhouse
• 2018Knuckleball — Jacob
• 2018Still/Born
• The Alienist — J. P. Morgan
• 2018The Convent — The Magistrate
• The Detectives — Detective Mark Anstey
• 2017Lucky's Treasure — Henry Landis
• Ransom — Freddie Woods
• 2017Stegman Is Dead — Don
• 2017The Greatest Show on Turf — Narrator
• 2017The Harrowing — Lt. Logan
• 2017The Space Between — Nick
• 2017Tokyo Trial — Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• 2016Children of the Fall — Sam
• 2016Element — Joe
• 2016Patient Seven — Dr. Daniel Marcus
• The Encounter — Maximum Mike
• This Is Us — Mr. Pearson
• Tokyo Trial — General Douglas MacArthur
• 201588 — Sheriff Knowles
• 2015Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid
• 2015California Winter — Sheriff Hillman
• 2015Desecrated — Tom McClain
• 2015Synchronicity — Klaus Meisner
• 2015The Sin Seer — Alexander Rachet
• 2015Turbo Kid — Zeus
• 2014A Fighting Man — Max Wynn
• 2014Extraterrestrial — Travis
• 2014Stan Lee's Mighty 7 — Xanar (voice)
• The Flash — Lewis Snart
• 20136:14 — Warden
• 2013Ice Soldiers — Col. Desmond Trump
• 2013Stay — Frank
• 2013Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising — Ultra Magnus (voice)
• 2012All God's Children — Peter
• 2012Burden of Evil — Senator Pitfield
• Vegas — Porter Gainsley
• 2011Conduct Unbecoming — Col. Dodd
• 2011Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back — Col. Haggard
• 2011Transgression — Matthew
• 2011X-Men: First Class — Captain
• 2010Beneath the Blue — Blaine
• 2010Dark Prophecy — Tom Riggins
• 2010Eva — Alfonse
• Hawaii Five-0 — Robert Castor
• Justified — Sarno
• 2010Lake Placid 3 — Sheriff Tony Willinger
• R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour — Margolin
• 2010The Bannen Way — Chief Bannen
• The Bannen Way — Chief Bannen
• Transformers: Prime — Ultra Magnus (voice)
• Castle — Victor Racine
• Community — Colonel Archwood
• 2009Hardwired — Hal
• 2009Terminator Salvation — General Ashdown
• 2009The Beacon — Oficer Ned Hutton
• 2009The Butcher — Teddy Carmichael
• 2009The Jazzman — Bernie Kaddly
• 2008Mutants — Colonal Gauge
• 2008Storm Cell — James
• 2008Surveillance — Billings
• 2008The Alphabet Killer — Captain Nathan Norcross
• 2008The Terrorist Next Door — Wade
• Burn Notice — Gregory Hart
• 20061st Bite — Theo
• 2006Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York — Levering
• 2006The V Word — Mr. Chaney
• 2006The Veteran — Mark 'Doc' Jordan
• 2005Bloodsuckers — Muco
• Criminal Minds — John
• 2005Deepwater — Walnut
• 2005Guy X — Guy X
• Masters of Horror — Mr. Chaney
• 2005Reeker — Henry
• Young Blades
• Desperate Housewives — Curtis Monroe
• Justice League Unlimited — Darkseid (voice)
• Medical Investigation — Ben Graybridge
• 2004The Failures — Depressor
• 2004The Machinist — Miller
• 2004The Red Phone: Checkmate — Bremer
• Cold Case — Commandant Murillo
• 2003Hemingway vs. Callaghan — Harry
• 2003Maximum Velocity — General Amberson
• The Last Chapter: The War Continues — Bob Durelle
• 2002Fairytales and Pornography — Justice Coulton
• 2002Fallen Angels — Sheriff Ed Rooney
• 2002Ignition — Jake Russo
• The Last Chapter — Bob Durelle
• 2001Cause Of Death — Jonas Phifer
• 2001Children of the Corn: Revelation — Priest
• 2001Dead Awake — Skay
• 2001Down — Gunter Steinberg
• 2001Extreme Honor — Baker
• 2001Jett Jackson: The Movie — Dr. Kragg
• Justice League — Darkseid (voice)
• 2001Mindstorm — Senator Bill Armitage
• Smallville — Sam Lane
• 2001Soulkeeper — Voice of Mr.M (uncredited)
• 2001The Red Phone: Manhunt — Section Chief
• Andromeda — The Patriarch
• 2000Borderline Normal — Coach Rehmer
• 2000Crime + Punishment in Suburbia — Fred Skolnick
• 2000Heavy Metal 2000 — Tyler (voice)
• Jackie Chan Adventures — Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
• Nuremberg — Col. Burton C. Andrus
• The District — Dmitri Putin
• 2000The Perfect Storm — Bob Brown
• 1999A Twist of Faith — Alex Hunt
• 1999Black Light — Inspector Frank Schumann
• 1999Desert Blue — Agent Frank Bellows
• 1999Question of Privilege — Lt. Robert Ingram
• 1999Southern Cross — Garrison Carver
• 1999The Arrangement — Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor, Writer, Director
• 1999The Omega Code — Dominic
• 1998Captive — Detective Briscoe
• 1998Chicago Cab — Al
• Cold Squad
• 1998Death Row: The Tournament — The Judge
• 1998Going to Kansas City — Mike Malone
• 1998Ivory Tower — Marshall Wallace
• 1998Johnny 2.0 — Frank Donahue
• 1998One of Our Own — Det. Jack Cooper
• 1998Voyage of Terror — McBride
• 1997Cold Night Into Dawn — Frank Parr
• Stargate SG-1 — Seevis
• 1997Starship Troopers — Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
• 1997The Arrow — CIA Director
• The Arrow — CIA Director
• The New Batman Adventures — 80's Batman (voice)
• FX: The Series — Montree
• 1996One Way Out — Walt
• 1996Portraits of a Killer — Sgt. Ernie Hansen
• Superman: The Animated Series — Darkseid (voice)
• 1996Terminal — Sterling Rombauer
• 1996The Destiny of Marty Fine — Mr. Capelli
• 1996Too Fast Too Young — Capt. Floyd Anderson
• 1995Bolt — Billy Niles
• 1995Kids of the Round Table — Butch Scarsdale
• 1995Major Payne — Lt. Colonel Stone
• 1995Red Scorpion 2 — Col. West
• 1995The Killing Machine — Mr. Green
• The Outer Limits — Ambassador Prosser, Gen. Quince
• 1994Dead Man's Revenge — Luck Hatcher
• ER — William Swift
• 1994Forced to Kill — Sheriff Wilson
• 1994Fortunes of War — Carl Pimmler
• 1994Probable Cause — Gary Yanuck, Executive Producer
• 1994Red Sun Rising — Capt. Meisler
• 1994Save Me — Oliver
• 1994The Glass Shield — Det. Gene Baker
• 1994The Next Karate Kid — Dugan
• 1994Tokyo Cowboy — Lyle
• 1993Father Hood — Jerry
• 1993Free Willy — Dial
• 1993Marked for Murder — Bats O'Bannion
• 1993Night Trap — Bishop
• 1993Point of Impact — Roberto Largo
• 1993Sweet Killing — Inspector Garcia
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Nolan Pierce
• seaQuest DSV — Captain Oliver Hudson
• 1992Black Ice — Quinn
• 1992Cafe Romeo — Natino
• 1992Guncrazy — Mr. Kincaid
• 1992Killer Image — Luther Kane
• 1992The Vagrant — Lt. Ralf Barfuss
• 1991Chaindance — J.T. Blake, Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 1991Deadly Surveillance — Fender
• 1991Drop Dead Gorgeous — Asylum Interrogator (uncredited)
• 1991Highlander II: The Quickening — Gen. Katana
• 1991McBain — Frank Bruce
• 1991Neon City — Harry M. Stark
• 1991Payback — Sheriff Pete
• 1990Destiny To Order — Kenrick
• 1990Total Recall — Richter
• 1989Hostile Takeover — Larry Gaylord
• 1989Mindfield — Kellen O'Reilly
• 1989Murder by Night — Det. Carl Madsen
• Tales from the Crypt — Sergeant Burrows, Jerry
• 1988Watchers — Lem Johnson
• 1987Extreme Prejudice — Major Paul Hackett
• 1987Ford: The Man and the Machine — Harry Bennett
• 1987Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II — Bill Nordham
• 1987Nowhere to Hide — Ben
• Race for the Bomb — Werner Heisenberg
• 1986Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling — Detective Lawrence
• 1986Top Gun — Jester
• 1985Murder in Space — Capt. Neal Braddock
• 1985The Cap — Dad
• 1985The Falcon and the Snowman — FBI Agent
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Lt. Rick Muldoon
• The Ray Bradbury Theater — William Acton
• 1984Best Revenge — Dealer
• 1984The Surrogate — George Kyber
• V — Ham Tyler
• V: The Final Battle — Ham Tyler
• 1983American Nightmare — Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside)
• 1983Cross Country — Det. Sgt. Roersch
• 1983Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone — OverDog
• The A-Team — Miler Crane
• The Hitchhiker — Sheriff Lee
• 1983The Sins of Dorian Gray — Alan Campbell
• V — Ham Tyler
• 1982Off Your Rocker — Victor
• 1982Visiting Hours — Colt Hawker
• 1981Clown White — Max
• 1981Scanners — Darryl Revok
• 1981Surfacing — Wayne
• 1981Suzanne — Jimmy
• 1980Coming Out Alive — Gateway
• 1980Double Negative — Edgar
• 1979Stone Cold Dead — Murdered Police Detective
• 1979Summer's Children — Pimp
• 1979The Family Man — Bartender
• The Littlest Hobo — Bill
• 1978High-Ballin' — Butch
• 1978I, Maureen — Dr. Paul Oswald
• 1978Power Play — Torturer
• 1977Outrageous! — Drunk
• For the Record
• 1974The Ottawa Valley — Soldier on train (uncredited)
• Deep Tissue — Uncle Nik
• Liberty — Fischer
• My Best Friend Depression — Ralph Johnson
• Super Dicks — Police Chief

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2023Barfuss, Homicide — Self
• 2023In Action with Michael Ironside — Self
• The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words — Self
• 2014Mental Saboteur — Self
• 2004Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun — Self
• 2002Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' — Himself
• Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette — Self