Michael Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American works. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between takes.
Movie | Liberty | Fischer | 2025 |
Movie | Super Dicks | Police Chief | 2025 |
Movie | 1242: Gateway to the West | Narrator / Mihaly | 2024 |
Movie | Confession | 2023-03-10 | |
Movie | The Family Circus | The Cop | 2023-01-21 |
Movie | Tin Can | Wayne | 2022-08-05 |
Movie | Bloodthirsty | Dr. Swan | 2021-04-23 |
Movie | Skipping Stones | Mr. Travers | 2021-11-02 |
Series | The Alienist | J. P. Morgan | 2018-01-22 |
Movie | Still/Born | 2018-02-09 | |
Movie | The Convent | The Magistrate | 2018-10-26 |
Movie | Knuckleball | Jacob | 2018-04-17 |
Movie | Alterscape | Dr. Julian Loro | 2018-02-23 |
Movie | The Harrowing | Lt. Logan | 2017-08-03 |
Movie | Stegman is Dead | Don | 2017-11-17 |
Movie | Tokyo Trial | General Douglas MacArthur | 2017-12-14 |
Movie | Element | Joe | 2016-06-10 |
Movie | Patient Seven | Dr. Daniel Marcus | 2016-10-11 |
Movie | Children of the Fall | Sam | 2016-07-15 |
Movie | Desecrated | Tom McClain | 2015-01-06 |
Movie | 88 | Sheriff Knowles | 2015-01-06 |
Movie | Turbo Kid | Zeus | 2015-08-14 |
Movie | The Sin Seer | Alexander Rachet | 2015-10-13 |
Movie | California Winter | Sheriff Hillman | 2015-12-01 |
Movie | Synchronicity | Klaus Meisner | 2015-07-22 |
Movie | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Xanar (voice) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | A Fighting Man | Max Wynn | 2014-04-24 |
Movie | Extraterrestrial | Travis | 2014-10-17 |
Movie | Stay | Frank | 2013-09-08 |
Movie | Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising | Ultra Magnus (voice) | 2013-10-04 |
Movie | Ice Soldiers | Col. Desmond Trump | 2013-12-06 |
Movie | Burden of Evil | Senator Pitfield | 2012-04-22 |
Movie | All God's Children | 2012-10-19 | |
Movie | Conduct Unbecoming | Col. Dodd | 2011-12-20 |
Movie | X-Men: First Class | Captain | 2011-06-01 |
Movie | Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back | Col. Haggard | 2011-08-09 |
Movie | Transgression | Matthew | 2011-10-21 |
Movie | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen | 2010-01-06 |
Movie | Dark Prophecy | Tom Riggins | 2010-10-14 |
Movie | Eva | Alfonse | 2010-08-01 |
Movie | Terminator Salvation | General Ashdown | 2009-05-20 |
Movie | The Butcher | Teddy Carmichael | 2009-07-10 |
Movie | Hardwired | Hal | 2009-11-03 |
Movie | The Jazzman | Bernie Kaddly | 2009-08-27 |
Movie | The Beacon | Oficer Ned Hutton | 2009-10-25 |
Movie | Surveillance | Billings | 2008-02-08 |
Movie | Storm Cell | James | 2008-04-26 |
Movie | The Alphabet Killer | Captain Nathan Norcross | 2008-11-07 |
Movie | The Terrorist Next Door | Wade | 2008-06-12 |
Movie | Mutants | Colonal Gauge | 2008-10-31 |
Movie | 1st Bite | Theo | 2006-12-31 |
Movie | The V Word | Mr. Chaney | 2006-11-10 |
Series | Young Blades | 2005-01-23 | |
Movie | Bloodsuckers | Muco | 2005-07-30 |
Movie | Guy X | Guy X | 2005-06-06 |
Movie | Reeker | Henry | 2005-03-13 |
Movie | The Machinist | Miller | 2004-07-02 |
Movie | The Red Phone: Checkmate | Bremer | 2004-04-01 |
Movie | Maximum Velocity | General Amberson | 2003-10-07 |
Movie | Hemingway vs. Callaghan | Harry | 2003-03-31 |
Movie | Ignition | Jake Russo | 2002-01-17 |
Movie | Fallen Angels | Sheriff Ed Rooney | 2002-08-30 |
Movie | Fairytales and Pornography | Justice Coulton | 2002-09-05 |
Movie | Mindstorm | Senator Bill Armitage | 2001-02-28 |
Movie | Cause Of Death | Jonas Phifer | 2001-01-10 |
Movie | The Red Phone - Manhunt | Section Chief | 2001-11-10 |
Movie | Jett Jackson: The Movie | Dr. Kragg | 2001-06-08 |
Movie | Soulkeeper | Voice of Mr.M (uncredited) | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Extreme Honor | Baker | 2001-06-12 |
Movie | Dead Awake | Skay | 2001-11-06 |
Movie | Children of the Corn: Revelation | Priest | 2001-10-09 |
Movie | Down | Gunter Steinberg | 2001-09-06 |
Movie | Heavy Metal 2000 | Tyler (voice) | 2000-04-19 |
Movie | The Perfect Storm | Bob Brown | 2000-06-29 |
Series | Nuremberg | Col. Burton C. Andrus | 2000-07-16 |
Movie | Crime + Punishment in Suburbia | Fred Skolnick | 2000-08-25 |
Movie | Borderline Normal | Coach Rehmer | 2000-12-01 |
Movie | Question of Privilege | Lt. Robert Ingram | 1999-04-16 |
Movie | The Arrangement | Det. Francis John 'Jack' Connor | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Desert Blue | Agent Frank Bellows | 1999-06-04 |
Movie | Black Light | Inspector Frank Schumann | 1999-05-23 |
Movie | Southern Cross | Garrison Carver | 1999-09-09 |
Movie | A Twist of Faith | 1999-07-28 | |
Movie | Captive | Detective Briscoe | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Ivory Tower | Marshall Wallace | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Going to Kansas City | Mike Malone | 1998-07-31 |
Movie | Johnny 2.0 | Frank Donahue | 1998-09-12 |
Movie | Voyage of Terror | McBride | 1998-01-02 |
Movie | Chicago Cab | Al | 1998-09-18 |
Movie | The Arrow | CIA Director | 1997-01-12 |
Movie | Starship Troopers | Lieutenant Jean Rasczak | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | Cold Night Into Dawn | Frank Parr | 1997-10-21 |
Movie | Highlander 2: To Be or Not to Be a Sequel | Self | 1997-10-23 |
Movie | Terminal | Sterling Rombauer | 1996-02-12 |
Movie | Too Fast Too Young | Capt. Floyd Anderson | 1996-05-21 |
Movie | Portraits of a Killer | Sgt. Ernie Hansen | 1996-05-21 |
Movie | One Way Out | Walt | 1996-07-23 |
Movie | The Killing Machine | Mr. Green | 1995-01-11 |
Movie | Red Scorpion 2 | Col. West | 1995-02-04 |
Movie | Kids of the Round Table | Butch Scarsdale | 1995-12-15 |
Movie | Bolt | Billy Niles | 1995-10-01 |
Movie | Forced to Kill | Sheriff Wilson | 1994-05-18 |
Movie | Dead Man's Revenge | Luck Hatcher | 1994-04-15 |
Movie | The Next Karate Kid | Colonel Paul Dugan | 1994-07-18 |
Movie | Save Me | Oliver | 1994-03-23 |
Movie | Red Sun Rising | Capt. Meisler | 1994-09-01 |
Movie | Probable Cause | Gary Yanuck | 1994-11-20 |
Movie | Fortunes of War | Carl Pimmler | 1994-12-07 |
Movie | The Glass Shield | Det. Gene Baker | 1994-09-16 |
Movie | Night Trap | Bishop | 1993-05-01 |
Movie | Marked for Murder | Bats O'Bannion | 1993-01-17 |
Movie | Free Willy | Dial | 1993-07-16 |
Series | seaQuest DSV | Captain Oliver Hudson | 1993-09-12 |
Movie | Point of Impact | Roberto Largo | 1993-12-01 |
Movie | Sweet Killing | Inspector Garcia | 1993-10-20 |
Movie | Father Hood | Jerry | 1993-08-27 |
Movie | Neon City | Harry M. Stark | 1992-02-01 |
Movie | Killer Image | Luther Kane | 1992-03-01 |
Movie | Black Ice | Quinn | 1992-12-03 |
Movie | The Vagrant | Lt. Ralf Barfuss | 1992-05-15 |
Movie | Cafe Romeo | Natino | 1992-06-11 |
Movie | Highlander II: The Quickening | Gen. Katana | 1991-01-13 |
Movie | Chaindance | J.T. Blake | 1991-05-31 |
Movie | Payback | Sheriff Pete | 1991-07-18 |
Movie | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Asylum Interrogator (uncredited) | 1991-09-28 |
Movie | Deadly Surveillance | Fender | 1991-09-06 |
Movie | McBain | Frank Bruce | 1991-09-20 |
Movie | Total Recall | Richter | 1990-06-01 |
Movie | Murder by Night | Det. Carl Madsen | 1989-07-20 |
Movie | Thunderground | 1989-09-01 | |
Movie | Mindfield | Kellen O'Reilly | 1989-12-15 |
Movie | Watchers | Lem Johnson | 1988-12-02 |
Movie | Ford: The Man and the Machine | Harry Bennett | 1987-05-11 |
Movie | Extreme Prejudice | Maj. Paul Hackett | 1987-04-24 |
Movie | Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II | Bill Nordham | 1987-10-16 |
Movie | Nowhere to Hide | Ben | 1987-07-17 |
Movie | Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Detective Lawrence | 1986-05-02 |
Movie | Top Gun | Lt. Cmdr. Rick 'Jester' Heatherly | 1986-05-16 |
Movie | The Falcon and the Snowman | FBI Agent | 1985-01-25 |
Movie | Murder in Space | Capt. Neal Braddock | 1985-07-28 |
Movie | The Cap | Dad | 1985-03-05 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Darryl Revok (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Series | V: The Final Battle | Ham Tyler | 1984-05-06 |
Movie | The Surrogate | George Kyber | 1984-10-15 |
Movie | Best Revenge | Dealer | 1984-10-19 |
Movie | American Nightmare | Sgt. Skylar (as Mike Ironside) | 1983-03-17 |
Movie | The Sins of Dorian Gray | Alan Campbell | 1983-05-27 |
Movie | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | OverDog | 1983-05-20 |
Series | V | Ham Tyler | 1983-05-01 |
Movie | Visiting Hours | Colt Hawker | 1982-05-21 |
Movie | Suzanne | Jimmy | 1981-09-18 |
Movie | Surfacing | Wayne | 1981-07-25 |
Movie | Coming Out Alive | Gateway | 1980-09-27 |
Movie | Double Negative | Edgar | 1980-05-12 |
Movie | Stone Cold Dead | Murdered Police Detective | 1979-09-14 |
Movie | High-Ballin' | Butch | 1978-05-26 |
Movie | Power Play | Torturer | 1978-11-01 |
Movie | Outrageous! | Drunk | 1977-07-31 |
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