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Biography

Michael Ironside, born in Toronto, Ontario as Frederick Reginald Ironside on February 12, 1950, made a name for himself playing antagonists and tough anti-heroes…more

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2/12/1950, Toronto, Ontario

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Star (5)

Role
- Young Blades
  Cardinal Mazarin
  - S 1: Ep 13 Secrets
    6/2/05
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Chameleon
    5/26/05
  - S 1: Ep 11 To Heir Is Human
    5/19/05
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Invincible Sword
    5/12/05
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Girl from Upper Gaborski
    5/5/05
  - + 8 More Credits
- SeaQuest DSV
  Captain Oliver Hudson (Season 3)
  - S 3: Ep 13 Weapons of War
    6/9/96
  - S 3: Ep 12 Reunion
    1/28/96
  - S 3: Ep 11 Brainlock
    1/12/96
  - S 3: Ep 10 Second Chance
    12/27/95
  - S 3: Ep 9 Good Soldiers
    12/20/95
  - + 8 More Credits
- V: The Series (1984)
  Ham Tyler [ episodes 3 - 17 ]
  - S 1: Ep 19 Breakout
    5/24/85
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Rescue
    2/1/85
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Betrayal
    1/18/85
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Hero
    1/11/85
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Conversion
    1/4/85
  - + 3 More Credits
- V: The Series (1984)
  Ham Tyler
  - S 1: Ep 5 Visitor's Choice
    11/23/84
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Sanction
    11/16/84
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Deception
    11/9/84
  - S 1: Ep 2 Dreadnaught
    11/2/84
  - S 1: Ep 1 Liberation Day
    10/26/84
- V: The Original Miniseries
  Ham Tyler
  - S 1: Ep 5 V: The Final Battle: Part 3
    5/8/84
  - S 1: Ep 4 V: The Final Battle: Part 2
    5/7/84
  - S 1: Ep 3 V: The Final Battle: Part 1
    5/6/84
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- ER
  Dr. William Swift (uncredited])
  - S 8: Ep 21 On the Beach
    5/9/02
- Superman: The Animated Series
  Darkseid
  - S 4: Ep 3 Legacy, Part II
    2/12/00
  - S 4: Ep 2 Legacy
    2/5/00
  - S 2: Ep 28 Little Girl Lost (2)
    5/2/98
  - S 2: Ep 26 Apokolips...Now! (2)
    2/14/98
  - S 2: Ep 25 Apokolips...Now! (1)
    2/7/98
  - + 2 More Credits
- ER
  Dr. William Swift
  - S 4: Ep 11 Think Warm Thoughts
    1/8/98
  - S 1: Ep 24 Everything Old Is New Again
    5/18/95
  - S 1: Ep 22 Love Among the Ruins
    5/4/95
  - S 1: Ep 21 Men Plan, God Laughs
    4/27/95
  - S 1: Ep 20 House of Cards
    4/6/95
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (36)

Role
- Justified
  Sarno
  - S 3: Ep 11 Measures
    3/27/12
- Smallville
  General Sam Lane
  - S 10: Ep 7 Ambush
    11/5/10
  - S 4: Ep 3 Façade
    10/6/04
  - S 4: Ep 2 Gone
    9/29/04
- Burn Notice
  Gregory Hart
  - S 4: Ep 1 Friends And Enemies
    6/3/10
- Castle
  Victor Racine
  - S 2: Ep 21 Den of Thieves
    4/19/10
- Wolverine and the X-Men
  Colonel Moss
  - S 1: Ep 19 Guardian Angel
    9/4/09
  - S 1: Ep 9 Future X
    5/22/09
  - S 1: Ep 8 Time Bomb
    3/6/09
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hindsight, Part 1
    1/23/09
- Cold Case
  Commandant Murillo
  - S 6: Ep 23 Into the Blue (2)
    5/10/09
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Long Blue Line (1)
    5/3/09
- Criminal Minds
  John
  - S 3: Ep 16 Elephant's Memory
    4/16/08
- Masters Of Horror
  Mr. Chaney
  - S 2: Ep 3 The V Word
    11/10/06
- The Electric Playground
  Dr. Krone (voice - "Time Shift")
  - S 16: Ep 27 A Journey Begins
    9/11/06
- Justice League Unlimited
  Darkseid
  - S 5: Ep 13 Destroyer (2)
    5/13/06
  - S 5: Ep 12 Alive! (1)
    5/6/06
  - S 2: Ep 2 Twilight (2)
    7/5/03
  - S 2: Ep 1 Twilight (1)
    7/5/03
- Stargate SG-1
  Seevis
  - S 9: Ep 19 Crusade
    3/3/06
- Desperate Housewives
  Curtis Monroe
  - S 2: Ep 11 One More Kiss
    1/8/06
  - S 2: Ep 10 Coming Home
    12/4/05
- Icons
  Sam Fisher (Voice)
  - S 4: Ep 2 Splinter Cell
    3/3/05
- Medical Investigation
  Ben Graybridge
  - S 1: Ep 10 Price of Pleasure
    11/19/04
- Andromeda
  Patriarch Constantine Stark
  - S 4: Ep 17 Abridging the Devil's Divide
    4/12/04
- Andromeda
  Patriarch
  - S 3: Ep 20 Twilight of the Idols
    4/28/03
- The District
  Dimitri Putin
  - S 2: Ep 15 Daughter for Daughter
    3/9/02
  - S 2: Ep 11 Russian Winter (a.k.a.The Russian Wars)
    1/12/02
- The Outer Limits
  Quince
  - S 7: Ep 17 Rule of Law
    8/25/01
- The Famous Jett Jackson
  Dr. Kragg
  - S 1: Ep 1 Jett Jackson: The Movie
    6/8/01
- The Directors
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 10 David Cronenberg
    5/9/01
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  The Chairman/Nolan Pierce
  - S 9: Ep 8 Retribution
    11/25/00
  - S 9: Ep 7 Turning Point
    11/18/00
  - S 9: Ep 6 Lazarus (2)
    11/11/00
  - S 9: Ep 5 The Winds of Change (1)
    11/4/00
- Cold Squad
  Chief Magnus Mulray
  - S 3: Ep 1 Deadly Games (1)
    10/22/99
- Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Faith, Hope and Love/Behind Every Great Man is a Great Woman/Mother's Day...
    9/21/99
- The Outer Limits
  Ambassador Prosser
  - S 5: Ep 13 Summit
    5/21/99
- Batman Gotham Knights
  80's Batman
  - S 2: Ep 6 Legends of the Dark Knight
    10/10/98
- F/X: The Series
  Montrey
  - S 1: Ep 19 Get Fast
    4/21/97
- Tales from the Crypt
  Col. Thomas Parker
  - S 6: Ep 13 Comes the Dawn
    1/11/95
- ER
  Dr. William Swift [uncredited]
- Tales from the Crypt
  Jerry Jasper
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Sacrifice
    5/15/90
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Acton
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Fruit At the Bottom of the Bowl
    1/23/88
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  Lieutenant Rick Muldoon
  - S 2: Ep 3 Man on the Edge
    2/7/87
- The Hitchhiker
  Lee
  - S 1: Ep 21 Dead Man's Curve
    2/11/86
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
  Wade Bennett
  - S 2: Ep 5 Warpath
    10/27/84
- Hill Street Blues
  Schrader
  - S 4: Ep 8 Midway to What?
    12/1/83
- The A-Team
  Miler Crane
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Taxicab Wars
    11/1/83
- The Littlest Hobo
  Bill
  - S 1: Ep 6 Silent Witness
    11/15/79

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- Michael played the role of General Jack Granger in the game Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars.
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- Prior to acting, Michael attended the Ontario College of Art.
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- Michael got his facial scar by going through a plate glass door while drunk. He felt it could help him get interesting roles, so never had plastic surgery to correct it.
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- Michael Ironside: The word "career" scares me! It's the sort of thing you say about dead actors, old guys. I think this festival wanted to do a retrospective on me a few years ago and I told them to fuck off. Jesus, that's for guys that are on crutches and in wheelchairs and that you need to spoon-feed.
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- Michael Ironside: Acting itself is a very childlike thing. You're asked to suspend reality and to play - and what better place than when you're sitting there looking like the most weird villain imaginable? You have all these toys around you. It brings out the child in you much easier than when you're standing around in a suit playing a cop.
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- Michael Ironside: I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end.
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