Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American works. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between takes.
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- Born:
- Feb 12, 1950 In Toronto - Ontario - Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 190
- First Appeared:
- In the movie 1242: Gateway to the West
- Latest Project:
- Movie Late Night with the Devil 2024-03-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Liberty | Fischer | 2025 |
| Movie | Super Dicks | Police Chief | 2025 |
| Movie | 1242: Gateway to the West | Narrator / Mihaly | 2025 |
| Movie | Late Night with the Devil | The Narrator (voice) | 2024-03-19 |
| Movie | Condor's Nest | Agent Astakhov | 2023-01-27 |
| Movie | Confession | 2023-03-10 | |
| Movie | BlackBerry | Charles Purdy | 2023-02-13 |
| Movie | The Family Circus | The Cop | 2023-01-21 |
| Movie | Pumpkin Everything | Tom | 2022-10-08 |
| Movie | Tin Can | Wayne | 2022-08-05 |
| Movie | The Fight Machine | Lou | 2022-07-27 |
| Series | The Dropout | 2022-03-03 | |
| Movie | Bloodthirsty | Dr. Swan | 2021-04-23 |
| Movie | Nobody | Eddie Williams | 2021-03-18 |
| Movie | American Desert | Uncle Bill | 2021-06-29 |
| Movie | Skipping Stones | Mr. Travers | 2021-11-02 |
| Movie | The Jester from Transylvania | Charles Pennington | 2020-01-01 |
| Series | The Alienist | J. P. Morgan | 2018-01-22 |
| Movie | Alterscape | Dr. Julian Loro | 2018-02-23 |
| Movie | Hellmington | Rupert Woodhouse | 2018-10-27 |
| Movie | The Convent | The Magistrate | 2018-10-26 |
| Movie | Knuckleball | Jacob | 2018-04-17 |
| Movie | Still/Born | 2018-02-09 | |
| Movie | Lucky's Treasure | Henry Landis | 2017-04-04 |
| Movie | The Harrowing | Lt. Logan | 2017-08-03 |
| Movie | Stegman is Dead | Don | 2017-11-17 |
| Movie | Patient Seven | Dr. Daniel Marcus | 2016-10-11 |
| Series | Tokyo Trial | General Douglas MacArthur | 2016-12-12 |
| Movie | Children of the Fall | Sam | 2016-07-15 |
| Movie | Element | Joe | 2016-06-10 |
| Movie | Synchronicity | Klaus Meisner | 2015-07-22 |
| Movie | 88 | Sheriff Knowles | 2015-08-05 |
| Movie | Desecrated | Tom McClain | 2015-01-06 |
| Movie | Turbo Kid | Zeus | 2015-08-14 |
| Movie | Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid | 2015-10-05 | |
| Movie | The Sin Seer | Alexander Rachet | 2015-10-13 |
| Movie | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Self | 2015-08-18 |
| Movie | California Winter | Sheriff Hillman | 2015-12-01 |
| Movie | A Fighting Man | Max Wynn | 2014-04-24 |
| Movie | Extraterrestrial | Travis | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Xanar (voice) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising | Ultra Magnus (voice) | 2013-10-04 |
| Movie | Ice Soldiers | Col. Desmond Trump | 2013-12-06 |
| Movie | Stay | Frank | 2013-09-08 |
| Movie | All God's Children | 2012-10-19 | |
| Movie | Burden of Evil | Senator Pitfield | 2012-04-22 |
| Movie | X-Men: First Class | Captain | 2011-06-01 |
| Movie | Conduct Unbecoming | Col. Dodd | 2011-12-20 |
| Movie | Transgression | Matthew | 2011-10-21 |
| Movie | Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back | Col. Haggard | 2011-08-09 |
| Series | Transformers: Prime | Ultra Magnus (voice) | 2010-11-26 |
| Series | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen | 2010-01-06 |
| Movie | Eva | Alfonse | 2010-08-01 |
| Movie | Beneath the Blue | Blaine | 2010-11-16 |
| Movie | Dark Prophecy | Tom Riggins | 2010-10-14 |
| Movie | Lake Placid 3 | Sheriff Tony Willinger | 2010-08-21 |
| Movie | Terminator Salvation | General Ashdown | 2009-05-20 |
| Movie | The Beacon | Oficer Ned Hutton | 2009-10-25 |
| Movie | Hardwired | Hal | 2009-11-03 |
| Movie | The Jazzman | Bernie Kaddly | 2009-08-27 |
| Movie | The Butcher | Teddy Carmichael | 2009-07-10 |
| Movie | Surveillance | Billings | 2008-02-08 |
| Movie | The Alphabet Killer | Captain Nathan Norcross | 2008-11-07 |
| Movie | The Terrorist Next Door | Wade | 2008-06-12 |
| Movie | Mutants | Colonal Gauge | 2008-10-31 |
| Movie | Storm Cell | James | 2008-04-26 |
| Movie | The Veteran | Mark 'Doc' Jordan | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | The V Word | Mr. Chaney | 2006-11-10 |
| Movie | Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York | Levering | 2006-02-25 |
| Movie | 1st Bite | Theo | 2006-12-31 |
| Series | Young Blades | 2005-01-23 | |
| Movie | Reeker | Henry | 2005-03-13 |
| Movie | Bloodsuckers | Muco | 2005-07-30 |
| Movie | Deepwater | Walnut | 2005-06-09 |
| Movie | Guy X | Guy X | 2005-06-06 |
| Series | Justice League Unlimited | Darkseid | 2004-07-31 |
| Movie | The Red Phone: Checkmate | Bremer | 2004-04-01 |
| Movie | The Machinist | Miller | 2004-07-02 |
| Movie | Maximum Velocity | General Amberson | 2003-10-07 |
| Movie | Hemingway vs. Callaghan | Harry | 2003-03-31 |
| Movie | Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' | Himself | 2002-05-28 |
| Movie | Fairytales and Pornography | Justice Coulton | 2002-09-05 |
| Movie | Ignition | Jake Russo | 2002-01-17 |
| Movie | Fallen Angels | Sheriff Ed Rooney | 2002-08-30 |
| Movie | Cause Of Death | Jonas Phifer | 2001-01-10 |
| Movie | Soulkeeper | Voice of Mr.M (uncredited) | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Mindstorm | Senator Bill Armitage | 2001-02-28 |
| Movie | Dead Awake | Skay | 2001-11-06 |
| Movie | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Section Chief | 2001-11-10 |
| Movie | Children of the Corn: Revelation | Priest | 2001-10-09 |
| Movie | Down | Gunter Steinberg | 2001-09-06 |
| Movie | Jett Jackson: The Movie | Dr. Kragg | 2001-06-08 |
| Movie | Extreme Honor | Baker | 2001-06-12 |
| Movie | 1939-1945: The Seven Years That Shook the World | 2000-01-01 | |
| Movie | Heavy Metal 2000 | Tyler (voice) | 2000-04-19 |
| Movie | Borderline Normal | Coach Rehmer | 2000-12-01 |
| Movie | Crime + Punishment in Suburbia | Fred Skolnick | 2000-08-25 |
| Series | Nuremberg | Col. Burton C. Andrus | 2000-07-16 |
| Movie | The Perfect Storm | Bob Brown | 2000-06-29 |
| Movie | The Arrangement | Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Question of Privilege | Lt. Robert Ingram | 1999-04-16 |
| Movie | The Omega Code | Dominic | 1999-10-15 |
| Movie | Southern Cross | Garrison Carver | 1999-09-09 |
| Movie | A Twist of Faith | 1999-07-28 | |
| Movie | Black Light | Inspector Frank Schumann | 1999-05-23 |
| Movie | Desert Blue | Agent Frank Bellows | 1999-06-04 |
| Movie | Captive | Detective Briscoe | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Ivory Tower | Marshall Wallace | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Going to Kansas City | Mike Malone | 1998-07-31 |
| Movie | Chicago Cab | Al | 1998-09-18 |
| Movie | One of Our Own | Det. Jack Cooper | 1998-08-28 |
| Movie | Johnny 2.0 | Frank Donahue | 1998-09-12 |
| Movie | Voyage of Terror | McBride | 1998-01-02 |
| Movie | The Arrow | CIA Director | 1997-01-12 |
| Movie | Starship Troopers | Lieutenant Jean Rasczak | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | Portraits of a Killer | Sgt. Ernie Hansen | 1996-05-21 |
| Movie | One Way Out | Walt | 1996-07-23 |
| Movie | Too Fast Too Young | Capt. Floyd Anderson | 1996-05-21 |
| Movie | Terminal | Sterling Rombauer | 1996-02-12 |
| Movie | The Killing Machine | Mr. Green | 1995-01-11 |
| Movie | Kids of the Round Table | Butch Scarsdale | 1995-12-15 |
| Movie | Bolt | Billy Niles | 1995-10-01 |
| Movie | Major Payne | Lt. Col. Stone | 1995-03-24 |
| Movie | Red Scorpion 2 | Col. West | 1995-02-04 |
| Movie | Save Me | Oliver | 1994-03-23 |
| Movie | Dead Man's Revenge | Luck Hatcher | 1994-04-15 |
| Movie | Forced to Kill | Sheriff Wilson | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Probable Cause | Gary Yanuck | 1994-11-20 |
| Movie | Fortunes of War | Carl Pimmler | 1994-12-07 |
| Movie | The Glass Shield | Det. Gene Baker | 1994-09-16 |
| Movie | Red Sun Rising | Capt. Meisler | 1994-09-01 |
| Movie | The Next Karate Kid | Colonel Paul Dugan | 1994-07-18 |
| Movie | Tokyo Cowboy | Lyle | 1994-09-01 |
| Movie | Marked for Murder | Bats O'Bannion | 1993-01-17 |
| Movie | Night Trap | Bishop | 1993-05-01 |
| Series | seaQuest DSV | Captain Oliver Hudson | 1993-09-12 |
| Movie | Free Willy | Dial | 1993-07-16 |
| Movie | Father Hood | Jerry | 1993-08-27 |
| Movie | Sweet Killing | Inspector Garcia | 1993-10-20 |
| Movie | Point of Impact | Roberto Largo | 1993-12-01 |
| Movie | Killer Image | Luther Kane | 1992-03-01 |
| Movie | The Vagrant | Lt. Ralf Barfuss | 1992-05-15 |
| Movie | Guncrazy | Mr. Kincaid | 1992-09-11 |
| Movie | Cafe Romeo | Natino | 1992-06-11 |
| Movie | Black Ice | Quinn | 1992-12-03 |
| Movie | Highlander II: The Quickening | Gen. Katana | 1991-01-13 |
| Movie | Neon City | Harry M. Stark | 1991-12-16 |
| Movie | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Asylum Interrogator (uncredited) | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Deadly Surveillance | Fender | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | McBain | Frank Bruce | 1991-09-20 |
| Movie | Chaindance | J.T. Blake | 1991-05-31 |
| Movie | Destiny To Order | Kenrick | 1990-02-09 |
| Movie | Total Recall | Richter | 1990-06-01 |
| Movie | Hostile Takeover | Larry Gaylord | 1989-09-01 |
| Movie | Thunderground | 1989-09-01 | |
| Movie | Murder by Night | Det. Carl Madsen | 1989-07-20 |
| Movie | Mindfield | Kellen O'Reilly | 1989-12-15 |
| Movie | Watchers | Lem Johnson | 1988-12-02 |
| Series | Race for the Bomb | Werner Heisenberg | 1987-02-01 |
| Movie | Ford: The Man and the Machine | Harry Bennett | 1987-05-11 |
| Movie | Nowhere to Hide | Ben | 1987-07-17 |
| Movie | Extreme Prejudice | Maj. Paul Hackett | 1987-04-24 |
| Movie | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | Bill Nordham | 1987-10-16 |
| Movie | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Detective Lawrence | 1986-05-02 |
| Movie | Top Gun | Jester | 1986-05-16 |
| Movie | The Cap | Dad | 1985-03-05 |
| Movie | Murder in Space | Capt. Neal Braddock | 1985-07-28 |
| Movie | The Falcon and the Snowman | FBI Agent | 1985-01-25 |
| Series | V: The Final Battle | Ham Tyler | 1984-05-06 |
| Movie | The Surrogate | George Kyber | 1984-10-15 |
| Movie | Best Revenge | Dealer | 1984-10-19 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Darryl Revok (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
| Movie | Cross Country | Det. Sgt. Roersch | 1983-11-18 |
| Movie | American Nightmare | Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside) | 1983-03-17 |
| Movie | The Sins of Dorian Gray | Alan Campbell | 1983-05-27 |
| Movie | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | OverDog | 1983-05-20 |
| Series | V | Ham Tyler | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Visiting Hours | Colt Hawker | 1982-05-21 |
| Movie | Clown White | Max | 1981-10-01 |
| Movie | Suzanne | Jimmy | 1981-09-18 |
| Movie | Surfacing | Wayne | 1981-07-25 |
| Movie | Scanners | Darryl Revok | 1981-01-14 |
| Movie | Coming Out Alive | Gateway | 1980-09-27 |
| Movie | Double Negative | Edgar | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | Summer's Children | Pimp | 1979-09-07 |
| Movie | The Family Man | Bartender | 1979-12-19 |
| Movie | Stone Cold Dead | Murdered Police Detective | 1979-09-14 |
| Movie | High-Ballin' | Butch | 1978-05-26 |
| Movie | Power Play | Torturer | 1978-11-01 |
| Movie | Outrageous! | Drunk | 1977-07-31 |