Michael Ironside: movies and TV shows
Michael Ironside has 263 credits in the archive: 203 films and 60 TV series, from 1974 to 2026. Highest rated: Harley Quinn (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1974 – 2026 · busiest year: 1994 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marrow | Dr. Jonathan Myers | Film | — | 76 |
| 2026 | Ashes | Uncle | Film | — | 76 |
| 2025 | 1242: Gateway to the West | Narrator / Mihaly | Film | 5.0 | 75 |
| 2025 | This Too Shall Pass | Officer Shultz | Film | 7.7 | 75 |
| 2025 | Talking About the Sky | Officer Alfred Henry(voz) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2024 | Late Night with the Devil | The Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2024 | The Jester from Transylvania | Charles Pennington | Film | — | 74 |
| 2023 | BlackBerry | Charles Purdy | Film | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2023 | Confession | Film | 3.2 | 73 | |
| 2023 | Condor's Nest | Agent Astakhov | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 2023 | The Family Circus | The Cop | Film | 5.0 | 73 |
| 2022 | The Dropout | Don Lucas | TV | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2022 | Tin Can | Wayne | Film | 4.1 | 72 |
| 2022 | Dracula: The Original Living Vampire | Dr. Jack Seward | Film | 5.1 | 72 |
| 2022 | Pumpkin Everything | Tom | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2022 | The Fight Machine | Lou | Film | 3.8 | 72 |
| 2021 | Nobody | Eddie Williams | Film | 7.9 | 71 |
| 2021 | Hidden Assets | Richard Melnick | TV | 6.6 | 71 |
| 2021 | American Desert | Uncle Bill | Film | — | 71 |
| 2021 | Bloodthirsty | Dr. Swan | Film | 4.9 | 71 |
| 2021 | Skipping Stones | Mr. Travers | Film | 6.6 | 71 |
| 2019 | Harley Quinn | Darkseid (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 69 |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2018 | Barry | Andrei | TV | 7.9 | 68 |
| 2018 | The Alienist | J. P. Morgan | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2018 | The Detectives | Detective Mark Anstey | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2018 | Hellmington | Rupert Woodhouse | Film | 4.9 | 68 |
| 2018 | The Convent | The Magistrate | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 2018 | Atropa | Captain Schreiber | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2018 | Alterscape | Dr. Julian Loro | Film | 3.4 | 68 |
| 2018 | Still/Born | Film | 5.8 | 68 | |
| 2018 | Knuckleball | Jacob | Film | 5.9 | 68 |
| 2017 | Ransom | Freddie Woods | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 2017 | Tokyo Trial | Gen. Douglas MacArthur | Film | — | 67 |
| 2017 | The Greatest Show on Turf | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2017 | Lucky's Treasure | Henry Landis | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2017 | The Space Between | Nick | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2017 | The Harrowing | Lt. Logan | Film | 4.7 | 67 |
| 2017 | Stegman Is Dead | Don | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2016 | This Is Us | Mr. Pearson | TV | 8.2 | 66 |
| 2016 | Tokyo Trial | General Douglas MacArthur | TV | 6.7 | 66 |
| 2016 | The Encounter | Maximum Mike | TV | 9.7 | 66 |
| 2016 | Children of the Fall | Sam | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2016 | Element | Joe | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 2016 | Patient Seven | Dr. Daniel Marcus | Film | 5.2 | 66 |
| 2015 | Synchronicity | Klaus Meisner | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 2015 | Turbo Kid | Zeus | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 2015 | The Sin Seer | Alexander Rachet | Film | 4.1 | 65 |
| 2015 | 88 | Sheriff Knowles | Film | 5.1 | 65 |
| 2015 | California Winter | Sheriff Hillman | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Self | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2015 | Desecrated | Tom McClain | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2015 | Bloody Wasteland: The Making of Turbo Kid | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2014 | The Flash | Lewis Snart | TV | 7.8 | 64 |
| 2014 | Mental Saboteur | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2014 | Extraterrestrial | Travis | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 2014 | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Xanar (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man | Max Wynn | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 2013 | Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising | Ultra Magnus (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2013 | Ice Soldiers | Col. Desmond Trump | Film | 4.9 | 63 |
| 2013 | Stay | Frank | Film | 4.7 | 63 |
| 2013 | 6:14 | Warden | Film | — | 63 |
| 2012 | Vegas | Porter Gainsley | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2012 | All God's Children | Peter | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2012 | Burden of Evil | Senator Pitfield | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 2011 | Conduct Unbecoming | Col. Dodd | Film | — | 61 |
| 2011 | Transgression | Matthew | Film | 4.0 | 61 |
| 2011 | Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back | Col. Haggard | Film | 2.6 | 61 |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | Captain | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Robert Castor | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 2010 | Justified | Sarno | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2010 | R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour | Margolin | TV | 8.2 | 60 |
| 2010 | Transformers: Prime | Ultra Magnus (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 60 |
| 2010 | Lake Placid 3 | Sheriff Tony Willinger | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2010 | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen | TV | 4.2 | 60 |
| 2010 | Eva | Alfonse | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 2010 | Beneath the Blue | Blaine | Film | 5.1 | 60 |
| 2010 | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 2010 | Dark Prophecy | Tom Riggins | Film | — | 60 |
| 2009 | Castle | Victor Racine | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2009 | Community | Colonel Archwood | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2009 | Terminator Salvation | General Ashdown | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 2009 | Hardwired | Hal | Film | 5.1 | 59 |
| 2009 | The Butcher | Teddy Carmichael | Film | 4.9 | 59 |
| 2009 | The Beacon | Oficer Ned Hutton | Film | 4.7 | 59 |
| 2009 | The Jazzman | Bernie Kaddly | Film | 2.0 | 59 |
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Captain Nathan Norcross | Film | 5.1 | 58 |
| 2008 | Surveillance | Billings | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 2008 | Storm Cell | James | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2008 | The Terrorist Next Door | Wade | Film | 3.9 | 58 |
| 2008 | Mutants | Colonal Gauge | Film | 2.7 | 58 |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Gregory Hart | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 2006 | The Veteran | Mark 'Doc' Jordan | Film | 4.3 | 56 |
| 2006 | Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York | Levering | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2006 | The V Word | Mr. Chaney | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 2006 | 1st Bite | Theo | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | John | TV | 8.3 | 55 |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | Mr. Chaney | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 2005 | Young Blades | TV | 5.0 | 55 | |
| 2005 | Reeker | Henry | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 2005 | Guy X | Guy X | Film | 4.6 | 55 |
| 2005 | Bloodsuckers | Muco | Film | 4.3 | 55 |
| 2005 | Deepwater | Walnut | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Curtis Monroe | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Darkseid (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 54 |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Ben Graybridge | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 2004 | The Machinist | Miller | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 2004 | The Red Phone: Checkmate | Bremer | Film | 4.9 | 54 |
| 2004 | The Failures | Depressor | Film | 4.0 | 54 |
| 2004 | Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun | Self | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Commandant Murillo | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 2003 | Hemingway vs. Callaghan | Harry | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 2003 | Maximum Velocity | General Amberson | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 2003 | The Last Chapter: The War Continues | Bob Durelle | TV | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2002 | The Last Chapter | Bob Durelle | TV | 7.6 | 52 |
| 2002 | Fallen Angels | Sheriff Ed Rooney | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | Ignition | Jake Russo | Film | 4.4 | 52 |
| 2002 | Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 2002 | Fairytales and Pornography | Justice Coulton | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 2001 | Smallville | Sam Lane | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 2001 | Justice League | Darkseid (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 2001 | Down | Gunter Steinberg | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2001 | Children of the Corn: Revelation | Priest | Film | 3.9 | 51 |
| 2001 | Extreme Honor | Baker | Film | 4.4 | 51 |
| 2001 | Jett Jackson: The Movie | Dr. Kragg | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 2001 | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Section Chief | Film | 4.6 | 51 |
| 2001 | Cause Of Death | Jonas Phifer | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 2001 | Soulkeeper | Voice of Mr.M (uncredited) | Film | 5.1 | 51 |
| 2001 | Dead Awake | Skay | Film | 4.1 | 51 |
| 2001 | Mindstorm | Senator Bill Armitage | Film | 3.9 | 51 |
| 2000 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Dragon Scout Leader (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2000 | Andromeda | The Patriarch | TV | 7.1 | 50 |
| 2000 | The District | Dmitri Putin | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | Bob Brown | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Col. Burton C. Andrus | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2000 | Heavy Metal 2000 | Tyler (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 2000 | Crime + Punishment in Suburbia | Fred Skolnick | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 2000 | Borderline Normal | Coach Rehmer | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1999 | Southern Cross | Garrison Carver | Film | 3.5 | 49 |
| 1999 | Desert Blue | Agent Frank Bellows | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1999 | The Omega Code | Dominic | Film | 4.5 | 49 |
| 1999 | Question of Privilege | Lt. Robert Ingram | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1999 | A Twist of Faith | Alex Hunt | Film | 4.5 | 49 |
| 1999 | Black Light | Inspector Frank Schumann | Film | 5.1 | 49 |
| 1999 | The Arrangement | Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor | Film | 4.2 | 49 |
| 1999 | The Arrangement | Film | 4.2 | 49 | |
| 1999 | The Arrangement | Film | 4.2 | 49 | |
| 1998 | Cold Squad | TV | 7.1 | 48 | |
| 1998 | Voyage of Terror | McBride | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 1998 | Chicago Cab | Al | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1998 | Going to Kansas City | Mike Malone | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1998 | Captive | Detective Briscoe | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1998 | One of Our Own | Det. Jack Cooper | Film | 4.5 | 48 |
| 1998 | Johnny 2.0 | Frank Donahue | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1998 | Ivory Tower | Marshall Wallace | Film | 4.0 | 48 |
| 1998 | Death Row: The Tournament | The Judge | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Seevis | TV | 8.3 | 47 |
| 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | 80's Batman (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 47 |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers | Lieutenant Jean Rasczak | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1997 | The Arrow | CIA Director | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1997 | Cold Night Into Dawn | Frank Parr | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1997 | The Arrow | CIA Director | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Darkseid (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1996 | FX: The Series | Montree | TV | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1996 | Too Fast Too Young | Capt. Floyd Anderson | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1996 | Portraits of a Killer | Sgt. Ernie Hansen | Film | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1996 | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Mr. Capelli | Film | 4.5 | 46 |
| 1996 | One Way Out | Walt | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1996 | Terminal | Sterling Rombauer | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Ambassador Prosser | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Gen. Quince | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1995 | Major Payne | Lt. Col. Stone | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1995 | Red Scorpion 2 | Col. West | Film | 4.4 | 45 |
| 1995 | The Killing Machine | Mr. Green | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1995 | Kids of the Round Table | Butch Scarsdale | Film | 5.1 | 45 |
| 1995 | Bolt | Billy Niles | Film | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1994 | ER | William Swift | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1994 | The Next Karate Kid | Colonel Paul Dugan | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1994 | The Glass Shield | Det. Gene Baker | Film | 5.2 | 44 |
| 1994 | Save Me | Oliver | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1994 | Fortunes of War | Carl Pimmler | Film | 4.2 | 44 |
| 1994 | Dead Man's Revenge | Luck Hatcher | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1994 | Red Sun Rising | Capt. Meisler | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1994 | Forced to Kill | Sheriff Wilson | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1994 | Probable Cause | Gary Yanuck | Film | 4.6 | 44 |
| 1994 | Probable Cause | Film | 4.6 | 44 | |
| 1994 | Tokyo Cowboy | Lyle | Film | 4.2 | 44 |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Nolan Pierce | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Captain Oliver Hudson | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1993 | Free Willy | Dial | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1993 | Father Hood | Jerry | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1993 | Sweet Killing | Inspector Garcia | Film | 4.7 | 43 |
| 1993 | Night Trap | Bishop | Film | 4.0 | 43 |
| 1993 | Marked for Murder | Bats O'Bannion | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1993 | Point of Impact | Roberto Largo | Film | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1992 | Killer Image | Luther Kane | Film | 4.3 | 42 |
| 1992 | Guncrazy | Mr. Kincaid | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1992 | The Vagrant | Lt. Ralf Barfuss | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1992 | Black Ice | Quinn | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 1992 | Cafe Romeo | Natino | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1991 | Highlander II: The Quickening | Gen. Katana | Film | 4.7 | 41 |
| 1991 | Payback | Sheriff Pete | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Deadly Surveillance | Fender | Film | 3.6 | 41 |
| 1991 | McBain | Frank Bruce | Film | 4.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Asylum Interrogator (uncredited) | Film | 8.7 | 41 |
| 1991 | Neon City | Harry M. Stark | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1991 | Chaindance | J.T. Blake | Film | 4.0 | 41 |
| 1991 | Chaindance | Film | 4.0 | 41 | |
| 1991 | Chaindance | Film | 4.0 | 41 | |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Richter | Film | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1990 | Destiny To Order | Kenrick | Film | 3.6 | 40 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Sergeant Burrows | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Jerry | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1989 | Mindfield | Kellen O'Reilly | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 1989 | Hostile Takeover | Larry Gaylord | Film | 4.9 | 39 |
| 1989 | Murder by Night | Det. Carl Madsen | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1988 | Watchers | Lem Johnson | Film | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1987 | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | Bill Nordham | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Major Paul Hackett | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1987 | Nowhere to Hide | Ben | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1987 | Race for the Bomb | Werner Heisenberg | TV | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1987 | Ford: The Man and the Machine | Harry Bennett | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1986 | Top Gun | Jester | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1986 | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Detective Lawrence | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lt. Rick Muldoon | TV | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | William Acton | TV | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | FBI Agent | Film | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1985 | Murder in Space | Capt. Neal Braddock | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1985 | The Cap | Dad | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1984 | V | Ham Tyler | TV | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | Ham Tyler | TV | 7.4 | 34 |
| 1984 | The Surrogate | George Kyber | Film | 4.9 | 34 |
| 1984 | Best Revenge | Dealer | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Miler Crane | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Sheriff Lee | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1983 | V | Ham Tyler | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | OverDog | Film | 5.4 | 33 |
| 1983 | American Nightmare | Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside) | Film | 4.3 | 33 |
| 1983 | The Sins of Dorian Gray | Alan Campbell | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1983 | Cross Country | Det. Sgt. Roersch | Film | 5.1 | 33 |
| 1982 | Visiting Hours | Colt Hawker | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1982 | Off Your Rocker | Victor | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1981 | Scanners | Darryl Revok | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1981 | Clown White | Max | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1981 | Suzanne | Jimmy | Film | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1981 | Surfacing | Wayne | Film | 4.7 | 31 |
| 1980 | Double Negative | Edgar | Film | 3.8 | 30 |
| 1980 | Coming Out Alive | Gateway | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1979 | The Littlest Hobo | Bill | TV | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1979 | Stone Cold Dead | Murdered Police Detective | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1979 | The Family Man | Bartender | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1979 | Summer's Children | Pimp | Film | 4.4 | 29 |
| 1978 | I, Maureen | Dr. Paul Oswald | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1978 | Power Play | Torturer | Film | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1978 | High-Ballin' | Butch | Film | 5.6 | 28 |
| 1977 | Outrageous! | Drunk | Film | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1976 | For the Record | TV | 9.0 | 26 | |
| 1974 | The Ottawa Valley | Soldier on train (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| Deep Tissue | Uncle Nik | Film | — | — | |
| Super Dicks | Police Chief | Film | — | — | |
| Liberty | Fischer | Film | — | — | |
| My Best Friend Depression | Ralph Johnson | Film | — | — | |
| Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette | Self | Film | — | — |