Michael Ironside, born on February 12, 1950, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a versatile figure in the entertainment industry, donning hats as an actor, producer, screenwriter, director, editor, and playwright.
In 2015, Ironside joined the cast of The Flash, portraying Lewis Snart, the father of Captain Cold.
The same year, he took on the main villain role of Zeus in the cult hit film Turbo Kid.
His filmography includes notable appearances such as X-Men: First Class (2011), where he played the Captain of the 7th Fleet, and the slasher film Visiting Hours (1982).
Ironside voiced the character Ultra Magnus in Season 3 of the Transformers Prime Beast Hunters television series in 2013.
Ironside guest-starred in Season 4, Episode 1 (“Friends and Enemies”) of Burn Notice in 2010.
In 2009, Ironside starred in The Beacon under the direction of Michael Stokes.
Michael Ironside is married to Karen Marls Dinwiddie, and the couple shares two daughters: Adrienne Lynn Ironside (from Ironside’s previous marriage) and Findlay Ironside (born 1998).
Known for portraying villains and tough-guy characters, Ironside’s early roles included the evil telepath Darryl Revok in Scanners (1981) by David Cronenberg.
His breakthrough came as Ham Tyler in the television miniseries V: The Final Battle (1984).
Ironside’s notable film roles include Naval Aviator Lieutenant Commander Rick “Jester” Heatherly in Top Gun (1986), Major Paul Hackett in Extreme Prejudice (1987), and Richter in Total Recall (1990).
Beyond film and television, Ironside tackled various roles, from playing General Katana in Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) to replacing Roy Scheider as the captain of seaQuest in the third season of seaQuest DSV.
He played Resistance General Hugh Ashdown in Terminator Salvation, reuniting with Christian Bale from The Machinist.
Born in Toronto, Ironside attended the Ontario College of Art and exhibited his early talent by writing a prize-winning play, “The Shelter,” at age 15.
In 1967, he earned the Senior Writing Award at Riverdale Collegiate Institute.
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