Michael Ironside
Birthplace: Toronto
Born: 1950-02-12
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; film director; screenwriter; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known professionally as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor. A prominent character actor with more than 270 film and television credits, he is known for playing villains and antiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters. He is best known for his roles in action and science fiction films, and had his breakthrough performance in the 1981 David Cronenberg film Scanners.
Ironside's other notable roles include Overdog in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), "Jester" in Top Gun (1986), Richter in Total Recall (1990), and Rasczak in Starship Troopers (1997). His signature deep voice has been lent to various video games and animated television shows, most notably as Sam Fisher in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell franchise and Darkseid in the DC Animated Universe.
He is a four-time Gemini Award, a Genie Award, and a Canadian Film Award nominee.
Sources & attribution
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Night Trap (1993)
- Point of Impact (1993)
- Sweet Killing (1993)
- Killer Image (1992)
- The Vagrant (1992) — Lt. Ralf Barfuss
- Chaindance (1991) — J.T. Blake
- Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) — Gen. Katana
- McBain (1991) — Frank Bruce
- Neon City (1991) — Harry M. Stark
- Total Recall (1990) — Richter
- Destiny to Order (1989) — Kenrick
- Mindfield (1989)
- Thunderground (1989)
- Office Party (1988)
- Watchers (1988) — Lem Johnson
- Extreme Prejudice (1987) — Maj. Paul Hackett
- Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987) — Bill Nordham
- Nowhere to Hide (1987)
- Top Gun (1986) — Jester
- Murder in Space (1985) — Capt. Neal Braddock
- The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) — FBI-Agent
- Best Revenge (1984)
- Terror in the Aisles (1984)
- American Nightmare (1983)
- Spacehunter - Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (1983) — McNabb, 'Overdog'
- The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
- Visiting Hours (1982) — Colt Hawker
- Scanners (1981) — Darryl Revok
- Suzanne (1980)
- High-Ballin' (1978)
- I, Maureen (1978)
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.