
Michael Ironside
Born
1950-02-12
Place of birth
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 hi...
Known for

X-Men: First Class
Captain

The Flash
Lewis Snart

Top Gun
Jester

Nobody
Eddie Williams

Terminator Salvation
General Ashdown

Total Recall
Richter

The Machinist
Miller

Starship Troopers
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

Smallville
Sam Lane

Criminal Minds
John

The Perfect Storm
Bob Brown

Castle
Victor Racine

Desperate Housewives
Curtis Monroe

Late Night with the Devil
The Narrator (voice)

Community
Colonel Archwood