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Michael Ironside

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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).

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Top Gun

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Scanners

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Nobody

As Eddie Williams

Total Recall

As Richter

The Next Karate Kid

As Dugan

Starship Troopers

As Lieutenant Jean Rasczak

Late Night with the Devil

As The Narrator (voice)

The Perfect Storm

As Bob Brown

Chains

KinoChain journeys

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The Reckless Edge - Talent as a Double-Edged Sword

Forty years after Top Gun roared into cinemas, Maverick's need for speed still feels as exhilarating as ever. But Pete Mitchell is part of a much bigger movie t...

7 films

Machines That Open the Wrong Doors

A chain of films where scientists build devices to widen the mind and find something with teeth waiting on the other side. Practical effects, saturated colour a...

8 films

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