Michael Ironside
Known for ActingBorn 1950-02-12Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Top Gun
1986 · as Jester
Nobody
2021 · as Eddie Williams
Total Recall
1990 · as Richter
Starship Troopers
1997 · as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
The Perfect Storm
2000 · as Bob Brown
Late Night with the Devil
2024 · as The Narrator (voice)
Terminator Salvation
2009 · as General Ashdown
BlackBerry
2023 · as Charles Purdy
The Machinist
2004 · as Miller
Major Payne
1995 · as Lt. Col. Stone
Free Willy
1993 · as Dial
The Next Karate Kid
1994 · as Colonel Paul Dugan
Visiting Hours
1982 · as Colt Hawker
Heavy Metal 2000
2000 · as Tyler (voice)
Save Me
1994 · as Oliver
Lake Placid 3
2010 · as Sheriff Tony Willinger
Scanners
1981 · as Darryl Revok
Down
2001 · as Gunter Steinberg