Michael Ironside (born February 12, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian character actor. He has also worked as a producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American works. He is best known for playing villains or "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters and he is considered one of Canada's most in-demand actors.

Contents

1 Brief Filmography 1.1 Actor 1.2 Voice acting 1.3 Director 1.4 Screenwriter 2 External link

Brief Filmography

Actor

• Scanners (1981)
• Visiting Hours (1982)
• V (1984)
• Top Gun (1986)
• (1987)
• Total Recall (1990)
• (1991)
• Guncrazy (1992)
• Free Willy (1993)
• Major Payne (1995)
• The Arrow (1997)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• The Arrangement (1999)
• The Last Chapter (2002)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Deepwater (2004)

Voice acting

• in animated series
  • Superman: The Animated Series ...as Darkseid
• in video games
  • Run Like Hell (2002) ...as Cmdr. Mason
  • Splinter Cell (2002) ...as Sam Fisher

Director

• The Arrangement (1999)

Screenwriter

• The Arrangement (1999)
• Chaindance (1990)

External link

• Michael Ironside at IMDB.com