Michael Ironside Biography

Michael Ironside attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and wrote a play at the age of 15 The Shelter which won the first prize in a university contest. He stated that his favourite science fiction novels are Dune by Frank Herbert and anything involving adventure. One of Ironside's first roles was a memorable turn as evil telepath Darryl Revok in Scanners (1981) an early film by David Cronenberg. He appeared as Miler Crane in The A-Team episode Taxicab Wars (1983). His breakthrough role was as cynical anti-hero Ham Tyler in the television miniseries V: The Final Battle (1984). He is also known for his roles in Top Gun (1986) as Naval Aviator Lieutenant Commander Rick 'Jester' Heatherly Extreme Prejudice (1987) as Major Paul Hackett and Total Recall (1990) as Richter (the murderous henchman of Ronny Cox's villain Cohaagen). In 1992 he starred as M. Emmet Walsh's brother in David Winning's thriller Killer Image. In 1997 Ironside was reunited with Total Recall director Paul Verhoeven for Starship Troopers. He also appeared in The Perfect Storm (2000) and The Machinist (2004). He also starred in the movie Chaindance as a small time crook unable to make it on the outside who was paired up with a handicapped man. Ironside recently starred as Resistance General Ashdown in Terminator Salvation reunited with his co-star Christian Bale from The Machinist.

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