
Biographie :
Michael Ironside est né le 12 Février 1950 à Toronto. Il fait ses premiers pas a la télévision dans des téléfilms qui ne sortiront pas des frontières du canada, mais il sort vraiment de l'anonymat de lanonymat qu'en 1981 grâce à David Cronenberg qui lui fait jouer le rôle de Darryl Revok, le méchant mutant qui fait exploser les têtes dans le film Scanners. On se souviendra longtemps du combat final où lon voit Ironside les veines saillantes et les yeux révulsés faire littéralement brûler son adversaire ! Lannée suivante, il interprètera un psycho-killer dans Terreur à lhôpital central. Avec ses deux films, Ironside impose son style : à la fois séduisant et brutal, son parcours cinématographique sera alors tout tracé : il jouera les bad-guys, les méchants


On le remarquera notamment dans deux films de Verhoeven : Total Recall, où il joue Richter, lhomme de main du vilain, qui ne rêve que de faire souffrir le pauvre Schwarzenegger et Starship Troopers dans lequel il interprète Jean Rasczak un sergent instructeur aussi efficace que sadique. Mais il marquera aussi le feuilleton V de sa présence en jouant le charismatique Ham Tyler.


En 2000 Ironside interprète un beau-père alcoolique et incestueux dans Crime and Punishment in suburbia, où on le remarque grâce à son sourire de psycho qui fout la trouille.
Il joue aussi les méchants de quelques bouses comme Highlander 2, En pleine tempete, Sauvez willy, Top Gun ou encore Miss Karaté Kid, et les guest stars dans des séries comme Walker Texas Rangers ou Urgences
On peut aussi noter quil prête sa voix a Tyler du dessin animé Heavy metal 2000 et à lagent sam Fisher du célèbre jeux Splinter Cell
Son dernier rôle marquant est dans The Machinist de Brad Anderson.
Jaime beaucoup cet acteur qui se fait malheureusement trop rare au cinéma



Filmographie :
1. "Ice Planet" (2006) TV Series (pre-production) .... Captain Jonus Trager
2. Deepwater (2005) .... Walnut
3. Bloodsuckers (2005) (TV) .... Muco
4. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Sam Fisher
5. Reeker (2005) .... Henry
6. "Young Blades" (2005) TV Series .... Cardinal Mazarin
7. Guy X (2005) .... Guy X
8. The Red Phone: Checkmate (2004) (TV) .... Bohr
9. Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Sam Fisher
... aka Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (USA: complete title)
10. Maquinista, El (2004) .... Miller
... aka The Machinist (International: English title) (USA)
11. The Failures (2003) .... Depressor
12. "The Last Chapter II: The War Continues" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Bob Durelle
... aka Dernier chapitre: La vengeance, Le (Canada: French title)
13. Alaska (2003) (TV)
14. Hemingway vs. Callaghan (2003) (TV) .... Harry
15. Maximum Velocity (2003) .... General Amberson
16. Splinter Cell (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Sam Fisher
... aka Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (USA: complete title)
17. Run Like Hell (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Cmdr. Mason
... aka RLH (USA)
... aka Run Like Hell: Hunt Or Be Hunted (UK)
18. Fairytales and Pornography (2002) .... Justice Coulton
19. Fallen Angels (2002) .... Sheriff Ed Rooney
20. "Dernier chapitre: La Suite, Le" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Bob Durelle
... aka The Last Chapter (Canada: English title) (USA)
21. "Dernier chapitre, Le" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Bob Durelle
22. Extreme Honor (2001) .... Baker
... aka Last Line of Defence 2 (Europe: English title: video title)
23. Dead Awake (2001) .... Skay
24. Soulkeeper (2001) (uncredited) .... Voice of Mr.M
25. Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) (V) .... Priest
26. Jett Jackson: The Movie (2001) (TV) .... Dr. Kragg
27. Down (2001) .... Gunter Steinberg
... aka The Shaft (USA: video title)
28. Mindstorm (2001) .... Sen. William Armitage
... aka Projet Mindstorm, Le (Canada: French title)
29. Ignition (2001) .... Russo
... aka Mise à feu (Canada: French title)
30. The Red Phone: Manhunt (2001) (TV) .... Bremer
... aka AT13: Anti-Terror-Warfare (Europe: English title)
31. "Nuremberg" (2000) (mini) TV Series .... Col. Burton C. Andrus
32. The Perfect Storm (2000) .... Bob Brown
... aka Sturm, Der (Germany)
33. Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) (voice) .... Tyler
... aka Heavy Metal F.A.K.K.2 (Germany)
34. Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (2000) .... Fred Skolnick
35. Borderline Normal (2000) .... Coach Rehmer
... aka Plus rien à perdre (Canada: French title)
36. Cause of Death (2000) .... Jonas Phifer
37. The Omega Code (1999) .... Dominic
38. A Twist of Faith (1999) .... Alex Hunt
... aka Beyond Redemption (Canada: English title: cable TV title) (USA: video title)
39. Question of Privilege (1999) .... Lt. Ingram
... aka Piège mortel (Canada: French title)
40. The Arrangement (1999) .... Det. Jack Connor
... aka Blood Money (USA: video title)
... aka Deadly Arrangement (Canada: English title)
41. Southern Cross (1999)
42. Desert Blue (1998) .... Agent Frank Bellows
43. Johnny 2.0 (1998) (TV) .... Frank Donahue
44. Going to Kansas City (1998) .... Mike Malone
45. Death Row the Tournament (1998) .... Judge
46. Voyage of Terror (1998) (TV) .... McBride
... aka Schreckensfahrt der Orion Star, Die (Germany)
... aka The Fourth Horseman
47. Ivory Tower (1998) .... Marshall Wallace
48. Chicago Cab (1998) .... Al
... aka Hellcab (USA: video title)
49. Black Light (1998) .... Insp. Frank Schumann
50. Captive (1998/I) .... Det. Briscoe
51. One of Our Own (1997) .... Det. Jack Cooper
... aka Denver P.D.: One of Our Own (USA: long title)
52. Starship Troopers (1997) .... Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
53. Cold Night Into Dawn (1997) .... Frank Parr
... aka The Bomb Squad (USA: video title)
54. "The New Batman Superman Adventures" (1997) TV Series .... Darkseid
55. The Arrow (1997) (TV) .... CIA Director
... aka Projet arrow (Canada: French title)
56. Terminal (1996) (TV) .... Sterling Rombauer
... aka Robin Cook's Terminal
57. The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996) .... Mr. Capelli
58. One Way Out (1996) .... Walt
59. Portraits of a Killer (1996) .... Sgt. Ernie Hansen
... aka Portraits de l'innocence (Canada: French title)
... aka Portraits of Innocence
60. "SeaQuest DSV" (1993) TV Series .... Capt. Oliver Hudson (1995-1996)
... aka SeaQuest 2032 (USA: new title)
61. Major Payne (1995) .... Lt. Col. Stone
62. Kids of the Round Table (1995) .... Butch Scarsdale
63. Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay (1995) (TV) .... Steiger
... aka Asian Connection: Road to Mandalay (USA)
64. Too Fast Too Young (1995) .... Capt. Floyd Anderson
65. Probable Cause (1994) (TV) .... Gary Yanuck
... aka Sleepless
... aka Victime du passé (Canada: French title)
66. The Glass Shield (1994) .... Baker
... aka The Johnny Johnson Trial (USA)
67. The Next Karate Kid (1994) .... Colonel Dugan
68. Dead Man's Revenge (1994) (TV) .... Luck Hatcher
69. Bolt (1994) .... Billy Niles
... aka Rebel Run
70. The Killing Machine (1994) .... Mr. Green
... aka The Killing Man
71. Red Scorpion 2 (1994) .... Col. West
72. Tokyo Cowboy (1994) .... Lyle
73. Red Sun Rising (1993) .... Capt. Meisler
74. Father Hood (1993) .... Jerry
... aka Desperado
... aka Honor Among Thieves
... aka Mike Hardy
75. Free Willy (1993) .... Dial
... aka Sauvez Willy (France: dubbed version)
76. Night Trap (1993) .... Bishop
... aka Mardi Gras for the Devil
77. Sweet Killing (1993) .... Insp. Garcia
78. Marked for Murder (1993) (TV) .... Bats O'Bannion
... aka The Sandman
79. Forced to Kill (1993) .... Sheriff Wilson
80. Fortunes of War (1993) .... Carl Pimmler
81. Point of Impact (1993) .... Roberto Largo
... aka In Too Deep (UK: video title)
... aka Spanish Rose
82. Save Me (1993) .... Oliver
83. Cafe Romeo (1992) .... Natino
84. Guncrazy (1992) .... Mr. Kincaid
85. The Vagrant (1992) .... Lt. Ralf Barfuss
86. Black Ice (1992) .... Quinn
... aka A Passion for Murder (UK)
87. Killer Image (1992) .... Luther Kane
... aka Meurtre dans l'objectif (Canada: French title)
88. Neon City (1992) .... Harry M. Stark
89. McBain (1991) .... Frank Bruce
90. Deadly Surveillance (1991) (TV) .... Fender
91. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1991) (TV) .... Cameo appearance
... aka Victim of Beauty (USA: video title)
92. Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) .... Gen. Katana
... aka Highlander II: The Renegade Version (UK: director's cut) (USA: video title (director's cut))
... aka Highlander - Le retour (France)
... aka Highlander 2 (Argentina)
93. Total Recall (1990) .... Richter
94. Chaindance (1990) .... J.T. Blake
... aka Common Bonds
95. Destiny to Order (1990) .... Kenrick
96. Payback (1990) .... Sheriff Pete
97. Murder by Night (1989) (TV) .... Det. Carl Madsen
98. Mindfield (1989) .... Kellen O'Reilly
99. One Boy, One Wolf, One Summer (1988) (TV)
100. Hostile Takeover (1988) .... Larry Gaylord
... aka The Devastator (USA: video box title)
... aka The Office Party (Canada: English title)
101. Watchers (1988) .... Lem Johnson
102. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987) .... Bill Nordham
... aka Prom Night II (USA)
... aka Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou (UK: video box title)
... aka The Haunting of Hamilton High
103. Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987) (TV) .... Harry Bennett
104. "Race for the Bomb" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Werner Heisenberg
... aka Course à la bombe, La (France)
105. Extreme Prejudice (1987) .... Maj. Paul Hackett
106. Nowhere to Hide (1987) .... Ben
107. Top Gun (1986) .... Lt. Cmdr. Rick 'Jester' Heatherly
108. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) .... Det. Lawrence
109. Murder in Space (1985) (TV) .... Capt. Neal Braddock
110. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) .... FBI agent
111. The Surrogate (1984) .... George Kyber
... aka Blind Rage
112. "V" (1984) TV Series .... Ham Tyler
... aka V: The Series
113. "V: The Final Battle" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Ham Tyler
114. The Cap (1984) (TV)
115. Coming Out Alive (1984)
116. Cross Country (1983) .... Det. Sgt. Roersch
117. The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983) (TV) .... Alan Campbell
118. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) .... Overdog/McNab, Mutant Ruler
... aka Adventures in the Creep Zone
... aka Road Gangs
119. American Nightmare (1983) .... Det. Skylar
120. Visiting Hours (1982) .... Colt Hawker
... aka Get Well Soon
... aka Terreur à l'hôpital central (Canada: French title)
... aka The Fright
121. Best Revenge (1982) .... Dealer
... aka Misdeal (Canada: English title)
122. Surfacing (1981) .... Wayne
123. Scanners (1981) .... Darryl Revok
... aka Telepathy 2000
124. The July Group (1981) (TV)
125. Suzanne (1980) .... Jimmy
126. I, Maureen (1980) .... Dr. Paul Johnson
127. Clown White (1980) (TV) .... Max
128. Double Negative (1980) .... Edgar
... aka Deadly Companion
129. The Family Man (1979) (TV) .... Bartender
130. Stone Cold Dead (1979) .... Murdered Police Detective
131. Summer's Children (1979) .... Pimp
132. High-Ballin' (1978) .... Butch
133. The Last Campaign (1978) .... Dr. Paul Johnson
134. Outrageous! (1977) .... Drunk