Michael Ironside
Known for 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).
Filmography
Top Gun
1986
as Jester
Nobody
2021
as Eddie Williams
Total Recall
1990
as Richter
Terminator Salvation
2009
as General Ashdown
Starship Troopers
1997
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
Late Night with the Devil
2024
as The Narrator (voice)
The Machinist
2004
as Miller
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Bob Brown
Free Willy
1993
as Dial
Major Payne
1995
as Lt. Col. Stone
The Next Karate Kid
1994
as Colonel Paul Dugan
BlackBerry
2023
as Charles Purdy
Highlander II: The Quickening
1991
as Gen. Katana
Scanners
1981
as Darryl Revok
Save Me
1994
as Oliver
Lake Placid 3
2010
as Sheriff Tony Willinger
Down
2001
as Gunter Steinberg
Ice Soldiers
2013
as Col. Desmond Trump
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising
2013
as Ultra Magnus (voice)
Heavy Metal 2000
2000
as Tyler (voice)