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| name = Michael Ironside
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|12}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| alma_mater = [[Ontario College of Art]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|filmmaker}}
| years_active = 1977–present
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'''Frederick
Ironside's other notable roles include Overdog in ''[[Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone]]'' (1983), "Jester" in ''[[Top Gun]]'' (1986), Richter in ''[[Total Recall (1990 film)|Total Recall]]'' (1990), and Rasczak in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' (1997). His signature deep voice has been lent to various [[Video game|video games]] and [[Animation|animated]] television shows, most notably as [[Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)|Sam Fisher]] in the ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]'' franchise.
He is a four-time [[Gemini Awards|Gemini Award]], a [[Genie Awards|Genie Award]], and a [[Canadian Film Awards|Canadian Film Award]] nominee.
==Early life==
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One of Ironside'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 slasher film ''[[Visiting Hours (film)|Visiting Hours]]'' (1982) and appeared in 1983 as Miler Crane in ''[[The A-Team]]'' episode "Taxicab Wars" as well as Overdog McNab in ''[[Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone]]''.
Ironside's breakthrough role was as cynical antihero 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
Ironside voiced comic book villain [[Darkseid]] in the [[DC Animated Universe]], including ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''. He later reprised the role in the 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]]''. 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]]''.
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In 2015, he appeared in the television series ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' as [[Lewis Snart]], the father of [[Leonard Snart (Arrowverse)|Captain Cold]]. Also in 2015, he starred as the main villain Zeus in the cult hit film ''[[Turbo Kid]]''.
In 2016, he portrayed
In 2018, he played [[J. P. Morgan]] in 4 episodes of [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]]'s ''[[The Alienist]]''.
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