Michael Ironside

Career timeline

1. 1950 · Born

   Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2. 1976 · Screen debut

   For the Record (TV)

3. 2001 · Breakthrough

   Smallville (TV)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   Ashes (Movie)

Career in numbers

3 1970s

15 1980s

23 1990s

30 2000s

21 2010s

6 2020s

• Drama52
• Thriller28
• Crime24
• Action20
• Mystery17
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy16

Highest-rated title Criminal Minds 2005 8.3 Most popular title The Flash 2014 7.7

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Michael Ironside in our catalogue.

Peter Markle

4 titles together

Christopher Plummer

4 titles together

David Barrett

3 titles together

Kenneth Johnson

3 titles together

William Fruet

3 titles together

David Nutter

3 titles together

Michael Moriarty

3 titles together

Roxann Dawson

3 titles together

Michael Katleman

3 titles together

Blair Tefkin

2 titles together

1. 2026 Ashes as Uncle Movie
2. 2026 Marrow as Dr. Jonathan Myers Movie
3. 2024 Late Night with the Devil as The Narrator (voice) 7.1 Movie
4. 2023 BlackBerry as Charles Purdy 7.2 Movie
5. 2021 Hidden Assets as Richard Melnick 6.7 TV
6. 2021 Nobody as Eddie Williams 7.9 Movie
7. 2019 Harley Quinn as Darkseid (voice) 8.3 TV
8. 2018 Hellmington as Rupert Woodhouse 4.8 Movie
9. 2018 Barry as Andrei 7.9 TV
10. 2018 The Alienist as J. P. Morgan 7.5 TV
11. 2018 The Detectives as Detective Mark Anstey TV
12. 2017 Ransom as Freddie Woods 6.6 TV
13. 2016 Tokyo Trial as General Douglas MacArthur 6.7 TV
14. 2016 The Encounter as Maximum Mike TV
15. 2016 This Is Us as Mr. Pearson 8.2 TV
16. 2015 88 as Sheriff Knowles 5.1 Movie
17. 2015 Synchronicity as Klaus Meisner 5.7 Movie
18. 2015 Turbo Kid as Zeus 6.5 Movie
19. 2014 Extraterrestrial as Travis 5.6 Movie
20. 2014 The Flash as Lewis Snart 7.7 TV
21. 2013 Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters - Predacons Rising as Ultra Magnus (voice) 8.0 Movie
22. 2012 Vegas as Porter Gainsley 6.9 TV
23. 2010 Transformers: Prime as Ultra Magnus (voice) 8.1 TV
24. 2010 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour as Margolin 8.2 TV
25. 2010 Lake Placid 3 as Sheriff Tony Willinger 5.0 Movie
26. 2010 Hawaii Five-0 as Robert Castor 7.7 TV
27. 2010 Justified as Sarno 8.0 TV
28. 2009 Hardwired as Hal 5.1 Movie
29. 2009 Community as Colonel Archwood 8.0 TV
30. 2009 Terminator Salvation as General Ashdown 6.1 Movie
31. 2009 Castle as Victor Racine 8.0 TV
32. 2008 The Alphabet Killer as Captain Nathan Norcross 5.1 Movie
33. 2008 Surveillance as Billings 6.0 Movie
34. 2007 Burn Notice as Gregory Hart 7.5 TV
35. 2005 Masters of Horror as Mr. Chaney 7.2 TV
36. 2005 Criminal Minds as John 8.3 TV
37. 2005 Deepwater as Walnut 5.0 Movie
38. 2005 Guy X as Guy X 4.7 Movie
39. 2005 Reeker as Henry 5.7 Movie
40. 2004 Desperate Housewives as Curtis Monroe 7.9 TV
41. 2004 The Machinist as Miller 7.5 Movie
42. 2004 Medical Investigation as Ben Graybridge TV
43. 2004 Justice League Unlimited as Darkseid (voice) 8.3 TV
44. 2003 Cold Case as Commandant Murillo 7.7 TV
45. 2002 Ignition as Jake Russo 4.6 Movie
46. 2001 Justice League as Darkseid (voice) 8.2 TV
47. 2001 Dead Awake as Skay 4.1 Movie
48. 2001 Smallville as Sam Lane 8.2 TV
49. 2001 Down as Gunter Steinberg 5.1 Movie
50. 2001 Mindstorm as Senator Bill Armitage Movie
51. 2000 Borderline Normal as Coach Rehmer Movie
52. 2000 The District as Dmitri Putin 6.9 TV
53. 2000 Andromeda as The Patriarch 7.1 TV
54. 2000 Jackie Chan Adventures as Dragon Scout Leader (voice) 8.2 TV
55. 2000 Nuremberg as Colonel Burton Andrus 7.4 TV
56. 2000 The Perfect Storm as Bob Brown 6.5 Movie
57. 2000 Heavy Metal 2000 as Tyler (voice) 6.0 Movie
58. 1999 The Omega Code as Dominic 4.5 Movie
59. 1998 Cold Squad TV
60. 1998 Captive as Detective Briscoe Movie
61. 1997 Starship Troopers as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak 7.1 Movie
62. 1997 The New Batman Adventures as 80's Batman (voice) 8.1 TV
63. 1997 Stargate SG-1 as Seevis 8.3 TV
64. 1997 The Arrow as CIA Director TV
65. 1997 The Arrow as CIA Director Movie
66. 1996 FX: The Series as Montree 6.5 TV
67. 1996 Superman: The Animated Series as Darkseid (voice) 7.7 TV
68. 1996 Terminal as Sterling Rombauer Movie
69. 1995 The Outer Limits as Ambassador Prosser 7.7 TV
70. 1995 Major Payne as Lt. Colonel Stone 6.5 Movie
71. 1994 ER as William Swift 7.8 TV
72. 1994 The Next Karate Kid as Dugan 5.4 Movie
73. 1994 Save Me as Oliver 4.5 Movie
74. 1993 seaQuest DSV as Captain Oliver Hudson 7.1 TV
75. 1993 Free Willy as Dial 6.2 Movie
76. 1992 Guncrazy as Mr. Kincaid 5.4 Movie
77. 1991 McBain as Frank Bruce 4.4 Movie
78. 1991 Payback as Sheriff Pete Movie
79. 1991 Highlander II: The Quickening as Gen. Katana 4.7 Movie
80. 1990 Total Recall as Richter 7.3 Movie
81. 1989 Mindfield as Kellen O'Reilly 4.8 Movie
82. 1987 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II as Bill Nordham 6.0 Movie
83. 1987 Extreme Prejudice as Major Paul Hackett 6.3 Movie
84. 1986 Top Gun as Jester 7.1 Movie
85. 1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Detective Lawrence 6.5 Movie
86. 1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lt. Rick Muldoon 7.2 TV
87. 1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater as William Acton 7.0 TV
88. 1985 The Falcon and the Snowman as FBI Agent 6.4 Movie
89. 1984 V as Ham Tyler 7.1 TV
90. 1984 V: The Final Battle as Ham Tyler 7.4 TV
91. 1983 The Hitchhiker as Sheriff Lee 6.2 TV
92. 1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as OverDog 5.4 Movie
93. 1983 V as Ham Tyler 7.8 TV
94. 1981 Scanners as Darryl Revok 6.7 Movie
95. 1980 Double Negative as Edgar Movie
96. 1979 The Littlest Hobo as Bill TV
97. 1979 Stone Cold Dead as Murdered Police Detective Movie
98. 1976 For the Record TV

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