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Michael Ironside

Acting Born Feb 12, 1950 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 24 credits

Biography

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).

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Full filmography

  • Criminal Minds (2005) as John
  • Smallville (2001) as Sam Lane
  • The Flash (2014) as Lewis Snart
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Robert Castor
  • Castle (2009) as Victor Racine
  • Desperate Housewives (2004) as Curtis Monroe
  • Stargate SG-1 (1997) as Seevis
  • The A-Team (1983) as Miler Crane
  • ER (1994) as William Swift
  • Cold Case (2003) as Commandant Murillo
  • This Is Us (2016) as Mr. Pearson
  • Community (2009) as Colonel Archwood
  • Jackie Chan Adventures (2000) as Dragon Scout Leader (voice)
  • Burn Notice (2007) as Gregory Hart
  • Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Nolan Pierce
  • Justified (2010) as Sarno
  • Superman: The Animated Series (1996) as Darkseid (voice)
  • Andromeda (2000) as The Patriarch
  • Harley Quinn (2019) as Darkseid (voice)
  • seaQuest DSV (1993) as Captain Oliver Hudson
  • R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010) as Margolin
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Sergeant Burrows
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Jerry
  • Barry (2018) as Andrei