Michael Ironside

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Well known Canadian character actor, he typically plays grizzled high-ranking military personnel or villains. He is perhaps most recognized for his roles in Top Gun, Total Recall and Scanners.

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2013 Transformers Prime (1) Ultra Magnus
2012 Liberty Fischer
2012 Community (1) Colonel Archwood
2011 Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back Colonel Haggerd
2011 X-Men: First Class Captain
2010 Smallville (3) General Samuel 'Sam' Lane
2010 Lake Placid 3 Sheriff Tony Willinger
2010 Burn Notice (1) Gregory Hart
2010 Castle (1) Victor Racine
2010 Beneath the Blue Blaine
2009 Cold Case (3)
2009 The Butcher
2009 Terminator Salvation General Ashdown
2009 Hardwired Hal
2009 Wolverine and the X-Men (6) Colonel Moss
2009 The Bannen Way Chief Bannen
2008 The Alphabet Killer Captain Nathan Norcross
2008 Surveillance Captain Billings
2006 Masters of Horror (1)
2006 Justice League (4) Darkseid
2006 Stargate SG-1 (1) Seevis
2006 Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York Levering
2006 Reeker Henry
2006 Desperate Housewives (2)
2006 1st Bite Theo
2006 The Veteran Mark 'Doc' Jordan
2006 Deepwater Walnut
2005 Guy X Guy X
2005 Criminal Minds (1) John
2005 Bloodsuckers Muco
2005 Young Blades (13) Cardinal Mazarin
2004 Medical Investigation (1) Ben Graybridge
2004 The Machinist Miller
2004 Jackie Chan Adventures (1) Dragon Scout Leader
2004 The Failures Depressor
2003 Borderline Normal Coach Rehmer
2003 Maximum Velocity General Amberson
2002 Fallen Angels Sheriff Ed Rooney
2002 Le dernier chapitre: La Suite Bob Durelle
2002 The District (2)
2002 Ignition Jake Russo
2001 Children of the Corn 7: Revelation Priest
2001 Down Gunter Steinberg
2001 The Outer Limits (2)
2001 Jett Jackson: The Movie Dr. Kragg
2001 Mindstorm Senator Bill Armitage
2001 Dead Awake Skay
2001 Soulkeeper Voice of Mr.M
2001 Extreme Honor Baker
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger (4) Nolan Pierce
2000 Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Fred Skolnick
2000 Nuremberg Col. Burton C. Andrus
2000 Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette Tyler
2000 Heavy Metal 2000 Tyler
2000 The Perfect Storm Bob Brown
2000 Superman: The Animated Series (7) Darkseid
2000 Cause of Death Jonas Phifer
1999 Question of Privilege Lt. Robert Ingram
1999 The Omega Code Dominic
1999 A Twist of Faith Alex Hunt
1999 The Directors (1) Himself
1999 Beyond Redemption
1998 The New Batman Adventures (1) Batman
1998 Chicago Cab Al
1998 Desert Blue
1998 Captive Detective Briscoe
1997 Starship Troopers Jean Rasczak
1997 Cold Night Into Dawn Frank Parr
1997 F/X: The Series (1)
1996 SeaQuest 2032 (13)
1996 Terminal Sterling Rombauer
1995 The Glass Shield Baker
1995 Major Payne Lt. Col. Stone
1995 Tales from the Crypt (2)
1995 Kids of the Round Table
1995 Highlander 2: Renegade Version General Katana
1994 Probable Cause Gary Yanuck
1994 The Next Karate Kid Col. Dugan
1994 Dead Man's Revenge Luck Hatcher
1994 Save Me Oliver
1993 Father Hood Jerry
1993 Free Willy Dial
1993 Guncrazy Mr. Kincaid
1993 Forced to Kill Sheriff Wilson
1992 Neon City Harry M. Stark
1992 The Vagrant Lt. Ralf Barfuss
1992 Black Ice
1991 Highlander II: The Quickening General Katana
1991 McBain Frank Bruce
1990 Total Recall Richter
1989 The Hitchhiker (1) Sheriff Lee
1989 Murder by Night Det. Carl Madsen
1988 Watchers Lem Johnson
1988 The Ray Bradbury Theater (1)
1987 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II Bill Nordham
1987 Nowhere to Hide Ben
1987 Ford: The Man and the Machine Harry Bennett
1987 Extreme Prejudice Maj. Paul Hackett
1986 Top Gun Lt. Cmdr. Rick Heatherly
1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Det. Lawrence
1985 V (13) Ham Tyler
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman FBI Agent
1984 The Surrogate George Kyber
1984 The New Mike Hammer (1)
1984 Terror in the Aisles Scanners archival footage
1984 Best Revenge Dealer
1983 Hill Street Blues (1)
1983 Cross Country Det. Sgt. Roersch
1983 The A-Team (1)
1983 The Sins of Dorian Gray Alan Campbell
1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Overdog
1982 Visiting Hours Colt Hawker
1981 Suzanne Jimmy
1981 Surfacing Wayne
1981 Scanners Darryl Revok
1980 Double Negative Edgar
1980 Stone Cold Dead Murdered Police Detective
1978 Power Play Torturer
1978 High-Ballin' Butch
1977 Outrageous! Drunk
Producer Credits (1) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
1994 Probable Cause executive producer
Writer Credits (0) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
General Information Edit
Credited Name Michael Ironside
Gender Male
Birthday Feb. 12, 1950
Death
Primary Role Actor
Hometown Toronto, Ontario
Country Canada
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