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Ironside specializes in playing villains and tough guys. One of his 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, and appeared as Miler Crane in ''[[The A-Team]]'' episode "Taxicab Wars" (1983).
His breakthrough role was as cynical anti-hero 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|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/87280/exclusive-michael-ironside-talks-turbo-kid/ |title=Exclusive: Michael Ironside Talks Turbo Kid|publisher=IGN |date=June 2, 2010 |access-date=January 16, 2014}}</ref>
He voiced comic book villain [[Darkseid]] in the [[DC Animated Universe]], specifically ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'' and ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', and reprised the role in 2020 the [[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.]]''
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