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Michael Ironside
Highest Rated: 100% Outrageous! (1977)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Feb 12, 1950
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Immediately recognizable to film and television audiences for his piercing gaze and gravelly tones, Michael Ironside essayed powerful, often dangerous, figures on both sides of the law in countless films, including "Top Gun" (1986), "Total Recall" (1990) and "Terminator Salvation" (2009). He burst onto the international scene as a malevolent telepath in David Cronenberg's gory "Scanners" (1981) and bounced between heels and anti-heroes for the next decade. His ubiquitous presence in everything from low-budget thrillers to straight drama boosted him to Hollywood features in the late '80s and early '90s, as well as television series like "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009) and "Seaquest DSV" (NBC, 1993-96), and continued to divide his time between mainstream and indie product well into the next millennium. His vast body of work and undeniable screen presence made him a favorite among cult movie fans and tough guy aficionados for nearly four decades.
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Filmography
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | 94% | BlackBerry | Unknown (Character) | $1.5M | 2023 |
| 40% | 51% | Condor's Nest | Agent Astakhov (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Confession | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 86% | No Score Yet | The Fight Machine | Lou (Character) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Pumpkin Everything | Tom (Character) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Dracula: The Original Living Vampire | Dr. Jack Seward (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 80% | 39% | Tin Can | Wayne (Character) | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Skipping Stones | Mr. Travers (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 84% | 94% | Nobody | Eddie Williams (Character) | $27.2M | 2021 |
| 80% | 26% | Bloodthirsty | Dr. Swan (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | The Convent | The Magistrate (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 40% | 40% | The Harrowing | Lt. Logan (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitman Never Dies | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 83% | 49% | Knuckleball | Jacob (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alterscape | Dr. Julian Loro (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 67% | 36% | Still/Born | Dr. Neilson (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Space Between | Nick (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lucky's Treasure | Henry Landis (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stegman Is Dead | Don (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tokyo Trial | Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Patient Seven | Dr. Daniel Marcus (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Element | Joe (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Children of the Fall | Sam (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Sin Seer | Alexander Ratchet (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 47% | 34% | Synchronicity | Klaus Meisner (Character) | $4.3K | 2015 |
| 91% | 77% | Turbo Kid | Zeus (Character) | $50.0K | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Desecrated | Tom McClain (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | 88 | Sheriff Knowles (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2014 |
| 28% | 26% | Extraterrestrial | Travis (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | A Fighting Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 24% | 26% | Stay | Frank (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Ice Soldiers | Col. Desmond Trump (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Burden of Evil | Senator Pitfield (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | California Winter | Sheriff Hillman (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All God's Children | Peter (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Dark Rising: Summer Strikes Back! | Colonel Haggerd (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conduct Unbecoming | Col. Dodd (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Transgression | Matthew (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 16% | Lake Placid 3 | Sheriff Tony Willinger (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Beneath the Blue | Capt. Elias Blaine (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eva | Alfonse (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Level 26: Dark Prophecy | Tom Riggins (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Jazzman | Bernie Kaddly (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Hardwired | Hal (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Beacon | Lieutenant Hutton (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 33% | 53% | Terminator Salvation | Gen. Ashdown (Character) | $125.3M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Terrorist Next Door | Wade (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 2% | Mutants | Col. Gauge (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 55% | 43% | Surveillance | Captain Billings (Character) | $25.4K | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | Storm Cell | James (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 13% | 23% | The Alphabet Killer | Captain Nathan Norcross (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Abduction of Jesse Bookman | Captain Jones (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | The Veteran | Mark 'Doc' Jordan (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York | Levering (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 42% | 23% | Guy X | Guy X (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Reeker | Henry (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Deepwater | Walnut (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Bloodsuckers | Muco (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 77% | 83% | The Machinist | Miller (Character) | $1.1M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Failures | Depressor (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Maximum Velocity | General Amberson (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Phone: Checkmate | Bremer (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Fallen Angels | Sheriff Ed Rooney (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 5% | Ignition | Jake Russo (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fairytales and Pornography | Justice Coulton (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Jett Jackson: The Movie | Dr. Kragg (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Dead Awake | Skay (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 4% | Mindstorm | Senator Bill Armitage (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Soulkeeper | Female Tour Guide (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 0% | 23% | Children of the Corn: Revelation | Priest (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 20% | 19% | Down | Gunter Steinberg (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Phone: Manhunt | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extreme Honor | Baker (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Cause of Death | Jonas Phifer (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 21% | 58% | Crime and Punishment in Suburbia | Fred (Character) | $26.4K | 2000 |
| 8% | 36% | Heavy Metal 2000 | Tyler (Voice) | - | 2000 |
| 46% | 63% | The Perfect Storm | Bob Brown (Character) | $182.6M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Borderline Normal | Coach Rehmer (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 8% | 31% | The Omega Code | Dominic (Character) | $12.6M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | A Twist of Faith | Alex Hunt (Character) | $2.5K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Southern Cross | Garrison Carver (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ivory Tower | Marshall Wallace (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Question of Privilege | Lt. Robert Ingram (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arrangement |
Det. Francis John "Jack" Connor (Character), Director |
- | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captive | Detective Briscoe (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 56% | 66% | Chicago Cab | Al (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 37% | 47% | Desert Blue | Agent Frank Bellows (Character) | $99.1K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Light | Insp. Frank Schumann (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Denver, P.D. | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Voyage of Terror | McBride (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Going to Kansas City | Mike Malone (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny 2.0 | Frank Donahue (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 72% | 70% | Starship Troopers | Jean Rasczak (Character) | $54.7M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Night Into Dawn | Frank Parr (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Portraits of Innocence | Sgt. Ernie Hansen (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Way Out | Walt (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Terminal | Sterling Rombauer (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Destiny of Marty Fine | Mr. Capelli (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paradise Run | Walt (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sin Salida | Walt (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Kids of the Round Table | Butch Scarsdale (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 29% | 68% | Major Payne | Lt. Col. Stone (Character) | $29.4M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Fast, Too Young | Capt. Floyd Anderson (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Asian Connection: Road to Mandalay | Steiger (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Red Sun Rising | Capt. Meisler (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Probable Cause | Gary Yanuck (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man's Revenge | Luck Hatcher (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Forced to Kill | Sheriff Wilson (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 68% | 40% | The Glass Shield | Baker (Character) | $2.5M | 1994 |
| 7% | 24% | The Next Karate Kid | Colonel Dugan (Character) | $8.7M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tokyo Cowboy | Lyle (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Red Scorpion 2 | Col. West (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rebel Run | Billy Niles (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | The Killing Man | Mr. Green (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Fortunes of War | Carl Pimmler (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | Save Me | Oliver (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Point of Impact | Roberto Largo (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Mardi Gras for the Devil | Bishop (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 10% | 34% | Father Hood | Jerry (Character) | $3.3M | 1993 |
| 71% | 50% | Free Willy | Dial (Character) | $76.3M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | A Passion for Murder | Quinn (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Killer Image | Luther Kane (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 63% | 39% | Guncrazy | Mr. Kincaid (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Vagrant | Lt. Ralf Barfuss (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Neon City | Harry M. Stark (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 33% | 35% | McBain | Frank Bruce (Character) | $294.5K | 1991 |
| 0% | 23% | Highlander II: The Quickening | Gen. Katana (Character) | $13.7M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Asylum Interrogator (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Chaindance | J.T. Blake (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Surveillance | Fender (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Payback | Sheriff Pete (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 82% | 79% | Total Recall | Richter (Character) | $117.8M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Destiny to Order | Kenrick (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Mindfield | Kellen O'Reilly (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder by Night | Det. Carl Madsen (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunderground | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hostile Takeover | Larry Gaylord (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 0% | 30% | Watchers | Lem (Character) | $457.0K | 1988 |
| 56% | 60% | The Haunting of Hamilton High | Bill Nordham (Character) | $2.6M | 1987 |
| 73% | 58% | Extreme Prejudice | Maj. Paul Hackett (Character) | $9.9M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Nowhere to Hide | Ben (Character) | $303.8K | 1987 |
| 57% | 83% | Top Gun | Lt. Cmdr. Rick "Jester" Heatherly (Character) | $179.8M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Surrogate | George Kyber (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 27% | 36% | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Overdog (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cross Country | Det. Sgt. Roersch (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | American Nightmare | Sgt. Skylar (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 14% | 25% | Visiting Hours | Colt Hawker (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 68% | 64% | Scanners | Darryl Revok (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coming Out Alive | Gateway (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I, Maureen | Dr. Paul Johnson (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 100% | 84% | Outrageous! | Drunk (Character) | - | 1977 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 85% | Hidden Assets | Unknown (Character) | 2021 2023 |
| 97% | 86% | Harley Quinn | Unknown (Voice) | 2023 |
| 90% | 82% | The Dropout | Don Lucas (Character) | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Bob (Guest Star) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Ransom | Frederic Woods (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 89% | 59% | The Flash | Lewis Snart (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 68% | 71% | Rake | Victor (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 67% | 67% | Vegas | Porter Gainsley (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 88% | 88% | Community | Colonel Archwood (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 78% | 69% | Smallville | General Sam Lane (Guest Star) | 2004 2010 |
| 82% | 87% | Castle | Victor Racine (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bannen Way | Chief Bannen (Character) | 2009-2010 |
| 67% | 91% | Wolverine and the X-Men | Unknown (Voice) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 63% | 85% | Masters of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
| 72% | 88% | Desperate Housewives | Curtis Monroe (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Blades | Unknown (Character) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 77% | Jackie Chan | Dragon Scout Leader (Guest Voice) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Andromeda | The Patriarch (Guest Star) | 2003-2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The District | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nuremberg | Col. Burton C. Andrus (Character) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Ambassador Prosser (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Dr. William 'Wild Willy' Swift (Guest Star) | 1995 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | seaQuest DSV | Unknown (Character) | 1993-1996 |
| 82% | 97% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1990 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Acton (Character) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger Bay | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitchhiker | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
| 67% | 83% | V | Ham Tyler (Character) | 1984-1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| 69% | 100% | V: The Final Battle | Unknown (Character) | 1984 |
| 97% | No Score Yet | Hill Street Blues | Schrader (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The A-Team | Miler Crane (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Littlest Hobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |