Michael Ironside: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|Canadian actor}}

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| caption = Ironside in November 2009

| birth_place = [[Toronto|Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]

| spouse = {{marriage|Karen Dinwiddie<br />|1986}}

'''Frederick "Michael" Reginald Ironside''' (born February 12, 1950), knownis asa '''MichaelCanadian Ironside''',actor isand afilmmaker. CanadianA prominent [[character actor,]] producer,with director,over 270 film and screenwriter.television Hecredits, he is known for playing villains and "tough guy" rolesantiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters. He hasis playedbest Darrylknown Revokfor inhis ''[[Scanners]]'' (1981), [[Lieutenant commander|LCDR]] Richard "Jester" Heatherlyroles in ''[[TopAction Gun]]'' (1986), Dial in ''[[Free Willy]]'' (1993), Lt. Jean Rasczak in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopersaction]]'' (1997), Miller in ''[[The Machinist]]'' (2004) and Eddie Williams in ''[[NobodyScience (2021fiction film)films|Nobody]]''science (2021). He has also voiced [[Darkseidfiction]] in the [[DC Animated Universe]] (1997–2006)films, [[Samand Fisherhad (Splinterhis Cell)|Sambreakthrough Fisher]]performance in the ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]'' series (2002–10) and1981 [[UltraDavid MagnusCronenberg]] onfilm ''[[Transformers: PrimeScanners]]''. (2013).

Frederick Reginald Ironside was born in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] on February 12, 1950, the son of Robert Walter Ironside andhousewife Patricia June Ironside (''{{née}}'' Passmore). His father was aand street lighting technician andRobert laborerWalter Ironside.<ref name="fullname">{{cite web |url=http://www.canadianactors.info/michael_ironside_bio_info.htm |title=Michael Ironside |publisherwebsite=Canadianactors.infoCanadian Actors Info |access-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228061104/http://www.canadianactors.info/michael_ironside_bio_info.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> andHe hishas motherfour asiblings housewife. Heand is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent, and is one of five children.<ref>{{cite webmagazine |last=Allis |first=Tim |url=httphttps://www.people.com/people/archive/articlea-face-you-cant-totally-recall-bad-guy-michael-ironside-chased-arnold-schwarzenegger-to-mars-vol-34-no-2/0,,20118238,00.html |title=A Face You Can't Totally Recall? Bad Guy Michael Ironside Chased Arnold Schwarzenegger to Mars |publishermagazine=[[People.com (magazine)|People]] |volume=34 |number=2 |access-date=January 16, 2014 |date=July 16, 1990}}</ref> IronsideHe attended the [[Ontario College of Art]] in Toronto. and atAt age 15, he wrote a play, called ''The Shelter'', which won the first prize in a university contest.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800025929/bio |title=Michael Ironside Biography – |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |publisheraccess-date=MoviesJanuary 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629001929/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800025929/bio |accessarchive-date=JanuaryJune 1629, 20142011}}</ref> He also won the Seniorsenior year writing award at [[Riverdale Collegiate Institute]] in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Ironside_1968_Grade_11_Poem2.jpg by Rainer Bessel |url=https://pbase.com/raineredward/image/145282169 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |website=PBase |language=en-US}}</ref>

Ironside specializes in playing villains and tough guys. One of hisIronside's first roles was as evil telepath Darryl Revok in ''[[Scanners]]'' (1981), an early film by [[David Cronenberg]]. He played the role of a serial killer, Colt Hawker, in the 1982 slasher film ''[[Visiting Hours (film)|Visiting Hours]]'', directed by Jean-Claude Lord,(1982) and appeared in 1983 as Miler Crane in ''[[The A-Team]]'' episode "Taxicab Wars" (1983)as well as Overdog McNab in ''[[Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone]]''.

HisIronside's breakthrough role was as cynical anti-heroantihero Ham Tyler in the television miniseries ''[[V The Final Battle|V: The Final Battle]]'' and its following [[V (1984 TV series)|19-episode series]] (1984). He is also known for his roles in ''[[Top Gun]]'' (1986) as [[Naval Aviator]] [[Lieutenant Commander]] Rick "Jester" Heatherly, ''[[Extreme Prejudice (film)|Extreme Prejudice]]'' (1987) as Major Paul Hackett, ''[[Watchers (film)|Watchers]]'' (1988) as a conscience-free mutant assassin, and ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]'' (1990) as Richter, the murderous henchman of [[Ronny Cox]]'s villain Cohaagen. Ironside played the villainous General Katana in the science fiction sequel ''[[Highlander II: The Quickening]]'' (1991) and, after a brief stint in ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'''s inaugural season, he was tapped to replace [[Roy Scheider]] as captain of the high-tech submarine ''seaQuest'' in the third season of ''[[seaQuest DSV]]'' as Captain Oliver Hudson. However, [[NBC]] cancelled the series after only thirteen episodes with Ironside as the star. In 1992, he starred as [[M. Emmet Walsh]]'s brother in [[David Winning]]'s thriller ''[[Killer Image (1992 film)|Killer Image]]''. In 1993, he played Dial, the main antagonist of ''[[Free Willy]]''. In 1994, Ironside starred as Luck Hatcher in the western ''Dead Man's Revenge''. In 1995, Ironside had a brief cameo as Lt. Col. Stone in ''[[Major Payne]]''. In 1997, Ironside was reunited with ''Total Recall'' director [[Paul Verhoeven]] for ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''. He appeared in ''[[The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm]]'' (2000) and ''[[The Machinist]]'' (2004). He starred in the film ''[[Chaindance]]'' as a small-time crook, unable to make it on the outside, who was paired up with a disabled man. Ironside starred as Resistance General Hugh Ashdown in ''[[Terminator Salvation]],'' reunited with his co-star from ''The Machinist'', [[Christian Bale]].<ref name="Iro">{{cite web |first=Drew |last=Tinnin |url=httphttps://www.dreadcentral.com/news/87280/exclusive-michael-ironside-talks-turbo-kid/ |title=Exclusive: Michael Ironside Talks Turbo Kid|publisher=IGN |datewebsite=June[[Dread 2, 2010Central]] |access-date=January 1626, 20142015}}</ref> In 2003, Ironside guest starred in season 3 episode 20 ("Twilight of the Idols") of ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]''.

HeIronside voiced comic book villain [[Darkseid]] in the [[DC Animated Universe]], specificallyincluding ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'',. andHe later reprised the role in 2020the 2018 video game ''Lego DC Supervillains'' and the 2020 [[DC Universe (streaming service)|DC Universe]]/[[HBO Max]] web series ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]. Ironside's performance as Darkseid was met with wide critical acclaim, with some comparing the impact it had on the character to that of [[Mark Hamill]]'s voice performance as the [[Joker (character)|Joker]]. In one episode of ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]'', he voiced [[Batman]] in a ''[[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]'' sequence. Another part he played in the DC Comics universe was Lois Lane's father, General [[Sam Lane (comics)|Sam Lane]] in three episodes of ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville.]]''.

HeIronside has worked in video games as the voice of [[Tom Clancy]]'s character [[Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)|Sam Fisher]] in the ''[[Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell]]'' games and is cast as the Global Defense Initiative's Lieutenant General [[Characters of the Global Defense Initiative#General Jack Granger|Jack Granger]] in ''[[Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]''. IronsideHe signed a five-year deal to portray Captain Jonas Trager in the SpaceWorks Television science -fiction series, ''[[Ice Planet (film)#TV series|Ice Planet]]'' but the show was not produced.

In 2009, he starred in ''The Beacon'' under the direction of Michael Stokes.<ref name="Iro" />

In 2010, Ironside guest starred in season 4, episode 1 ("Friends and Enemies") of ''[[Burn Notice]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Fowler |url=httphttps://tvwww.ign.com/articles/1092010/1093650p1.html06/02/burn-notice-friends-and-enemies-review |title=Burn Notice: "Friends and Enemies" Review |publisherwebsite=[[IGN]] |date=June 2, 2010 |access-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref>

In 2011, Ironside appeared in the film: ''[[X-Men: First Class]],'' playing the Captain of the 7th Fleet. He appeared in ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' playing a supporting role as a [[Detroit]] hitman the following year. He also voiced the role of [[Ultra Magnus]] in season 3 of the ''[[Transformers Prime]] Beast Hunters'' television series in 2013.<ref name="Iro" />

In 2018, he played [[J. P. Morgan]] in 4 episodes of [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]'s ''[[The Alienist]]''.

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HeIronside has survived cancer of the [[ThyroidColorectal cancer|thyroidbowel]], bowel[[Prostate cancer|prostate]], and [[prostateThyroid cancer|thyroid]].<ref>{{cite interview |last=Ironside |first=Michael |interviewer=Chris Watters |title=Ghost Recon Wildlands: Michael Ironside Talks Splinter Cell Crossover {{pipe}} UbiBlog {{pipe}} Ubisoft [NA] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVVvrSDGwvA |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=April 13, 2018 |work=[[Ubisoft]] |access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref>