Michael Ironside

Acting · Born 1950-02-12 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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 his roles as Eddie Williams in Nobody (2021) and Charles Purdy in BlackBerry (2023).

Filmography

• Total Recall as Richter
• Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown
• Starship Troopers as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
• The Perfect Storm as Bob Brown
• Top Gun as Jester
• Free Willy as Dial
• The Veteran as Mark 'Doc' Jordan
• The Machinist as Miller
• Surveillance as Billings
• Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett