Biography
Michael Ironside, whose real name is Frederick Reginald Ironside, was born in Toronto, Canada, on February 12th, 1950. Known mainly for his roles as a villain or tough guy, he is also a producer, director and screenwriter, as seen in The Arrangement (1999) or Allan A. Goldstein’s film Chaindance (1991). His first big film appearance in David Cronenberg’s Scanners (1981), although his face, with its rough, aggressive features, became popular thanks to TV, in V: The Series (1984–1985).
Likewise, he’s also had outstanding appearances in movies like Top Gun (1986), by Tony Scott, Extreme Prejudice (1987), by Walter Hill, Total Recall (1990) and Starship Troopers (1997), both by Paul Verhoeven, The Perfect Storm (2000), by Wolfgang Petersen, The Machinist (2004), by Brad Anderson, and X-Men: First Class (2011), by Matthew Vaughn, as well as in the TV series ER, SeaQuest 2032, Stargate SG-1 and Desperate Housewives.
Sitges Film Festival
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2019 |
The Quiet Revolution: State, Society and the Canadian Horror Film - Part One: Gimme Shelter: Cinepix and the Birth of the Canadian Horror Film - a.f. |
2017 |
Tax Shelter Terrors: The Real Story of Canadian Cult Film - a.f. |
2010 |
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape - a.f. |
2009 |
Surveillance: The Watched Are Watching |
2004 |
Danger Zone: The Making of 'Top Gun' |
2002 |
Death From Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' |
Icons (series) |
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2001 |
Inside the Kill Box: Fighting the Gulf War (TV movie) |
2000 |
A Supercarrier Is Burning: U.S.S. Enterprise (TV movie) |
Heavy Metal 2000: Voice Talent Featurette |
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1998 |
Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (TV movie) - a.f. |
1997 |
The Directors (series) |
1990 |
The Making of 'Total Recall' (TV movie) |
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2023 |
The Family Circus |
2013 |
Grays |
1998 |
Death Row the Tournament |
Screenwriter
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1999 |
The Arrangement |
1990 |
Chaindance |
Director
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1999 |
The Arrangement |
Performer
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2018 |
Collider Live |
1996 |
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