Michael Ironside
Actor
Biography
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950) 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).
As Director
Filmography
X-Men: First Class
as Captain 2011
Top Gun
as Jester 1986
Nobody
as Eddie Williams 2021
Terminator Salvation
as General Ashdown 2009
Total Recall
as Richter 1990
The Machinist
as Miller 2004
Starship Troopers
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak 1997
The Perfect Storm
as Bob Brown 2000
Late Night with the Devil
as The Narrator (voice) 2024
Free Willy
as Dial 1993
Scanners
as Darryl Revok 1981
The Next Karate Kid
as Colonel Paul Dugan 1994
Highlander II: The Quickening
as Gen. Katana 1991
Major Payne
as Lt. Col. Stone 1995
BlackBerry
as Charles Purdy 2023
Turbo Kid
as Zeus 2015
Extraterrestrial
as Travis 2014