Everything about Michael Ironside totally explained
Michael Ironside (born
February 12,
1950) is a
Canadian character actor. He has also worked as a
voice actor,
producer,
film director, and
screenwriter in
movie and
television series in various Canadian and
American works. He is best known for playing villains, "tough guy" heroes and amputees, though he's also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a
method actor who keeps in character between takes.
Biography
Early life
Ironside was born
Frederick Reginald Ironside He attended the
Ontario College of Art in
Toronto and wrote a play at the age of fifteen, "The Shelter", winning the first prize in a university contest. He also won the Senior writing award for
Riverdale Collegiate Institute in 1967.
Career
One of Ironside's first roles was a memorable turn as evil telepath Darryl Revok in
Scanners, an early film by David Cronenberg. His breakthrough role was in the television miniseries V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler. He is also known for his roles in Top Gun (Naval Aviator Lieutenant Commander Rick 'Jester' Heatherly), Extreme Prejudice and Total Recall. After a brief stint in 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 canceled the series after only thirteen episodes with Ironside as the star.
Ironside has also been recognized for his voice acting. He played the voice of iconic comic book villain
Darkseid in and its
spinoff,
Justice League to great accolade. In one episode of
The New Batman Adventures, he voiced
Batman in a sequence. Another part he also happened to play in the DC Comics universe was Lois Lane's father, General
Sam Lane in two episodes in
Smallville
He has also worked in video games as the voice of Tom Clancy's character
Sam Fisher in the
Splinter Cell games along with the
PSP game, and is cast as the
Global Defense Initiative's Lieutenant General
Jack Granger in . Ironside recently signed a 5 year deal to portray
Captain Jonas Trager in the
Spaceworks Television scifi series,
Ice Planet.
Ironside was successful as an arm wrestler in his teenage years. It isn't known if he still practices the sport. Curiously enough, he's "lost" his left arm in at least two of his films (
The Machinist and
Starship Troopers, in which he also loses his legs) and both arms in a fight with
Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in the film
Total Recall.
Filmography
Actor
Voice acting
in animated series
in video games
Director
The Arrangement (1999)
Screenwriter
The Arrangement (1999)
Chaindance (1990)Further Information
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