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Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside

Acting Born Feb 12, 1950 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 hi...

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X-Men: First Class
7.3
movie
X-Men: First Class
as Captain
2011
The Flash
7.8
tv
The Flash
as Lewis Snart
2014
Top Gun
7.1
movie
Top Gun
as Jester
1986
Nobody
7.9
movie
Nobody
as Eddie Williams
2021
Terminator Salvation
6.1
movie
Terminator Salvation
as General Ashdown
2009
Total Recall
7.3
movie
Total Recall
as Richter
1990
The Machinist
7.5
movie
The Machinist
as Miller
2004
Starship Troopers
7.1
movie
Starship Troopers
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
1997
Smallville
8.2
tv
Smallville
as Sam Lane
2001
Criminal Minds
8.3
tv
Criminal Minds
as John
2005
The Perfect Storm
6.5
movie
The Perfect Storm
as Bob Brown
2000
Late Night with the Devil
7.1
movie
Late Night with the Devil
as The Narrator (voice)
2024