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Michael Ironside

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Michael Ironside

Born Feb 12, 1950 · 76 years256 titles 198 movies · 58 TV
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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).

Also known as

Frederick Reginald Ironside · 마이클 아이언사이드 · مایکل آیرونساید · Mike Ironside

Born

Feb 12, 1950

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

256

Acting credits

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Directing

2

Writing

2

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Career timeline

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1974 1 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1978 3 title(s)

1979 4 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1981 4 title(s)

1982 2 title(s)

1983 7 title(s)

1984 4 title(s)

1985 5 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 5 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 4 title(s)

1990 2 title(s)

1991 7 title(s)

1992 5 title(s)

1993 8 title(s)

1994 10 title(s)

1995 6 title(s)

1996 7 title(s)

1997 6 title(s)

1998 9 title(s)

1999 7 title(s)

2000 8 title(s)

2001 11 title(s)

2002 5 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 7 title(s)

2005 7 title(s)

2006 4 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 5 title(s)

2009 7 title(s)

2010 10 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2012 3 title(s)

2013 4 title(s)

2014 5 title(s)

2015 8 title(s)

2016 6 title(s)

2017 7 title(s)

2018 9 title(s)

2019 2 title(s)

2021 5 title(s)

2022 5 title(s)

2023 4 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 3 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)

Undated 5 title(s)