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| alma_mater = [[Ontario College of Art]]
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'''Frederick "Michael" Reginald Ironside''' (born February 12, 1950), is a Canadian actor, voice artist, and filmmaker. A prominent [[character actor]] with over 270 film and television credits, he is known for playing villains and antiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters. He is best known for his roles in [[Action film|action]] and [[Science fiction films|science fiction]] films, and had his breakthrough performance in the 1981 [[David Cronenberg]] film ''[[Scanners]]''.
 
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.
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