Nobody plays bad quite like actor Michael Ironside, who's built a career on portraying nasty characters in films ranging from 1981's Scanners (in which he plays a cult leader) to 1993's Free Willy (in which he plays an evil theme park owner).Born Feb. 12, 1950, in Toronto, Ironside was a writer before he became an actor, penning his first play at age 15 and writing, directing and starring in his first film, Down Where the Lights Are, while attending Ontario College of Art. Soon, the young actor had become a regular in Canadian film and TV productions, and in 1983, he moved to Los Angeles, where he promptly landed leading roles in the miniseries V: The Final Battle and "V: The Series."
Since then Ironside has been a prolific performer in films such as The Falcon and the Snowman, Total Recall and Mindstorm, as well as on TV, with recurring roles on "ER," "Desperate Housewives" and more.
Heavy Metal 2000It's another one-way ticket to midnight! The follow-up to the classic animated sci-fi adventure Heavy Metal is a rollicking, music-filled ride as hapless miner Tyler (Michael Ironside) is transformed into the incarnation of evil by a mysterious glowing crystal. Enter Julie (voiced by, and based on,... Read More
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New YorkWhen a New York City tunnel digger discovers lava flowing beneath the streets, he teams with his geologist ex-wife to convince officials that disaster is imminent. Can a seemingly inevitable eruption be prevented? Read More
MutantsWhen a ruthless corporate-sponsored scientist develops an additive designed to make ordinary sugar wildly addictive, the chemical mutates his imprisoned test subjects into savage, bloodthirsty zombies. Now, the corporation's crack security team must contain the threat before the mutants escape and... Read More
Extreme HonorWhen Navy SEAL John Brascoe (Dan Anderson) is fingered as a traitor by an opportunistic cohort (Olivier Gruner), he's discharged and struggles to pay for the costly medical care his cancer-afflicted son urgently needs. But when a billionaire gamer (Michael Ironside) offers a cash prize to anyone... Read More
Masters of Horror: The V WordDirector Ernest R. Dickerson offers this chilling tale of two kids who break into a mortuary and unwittingly let loose a vampire who thirsts for blood -- theirs! When they suspect they're slowly joining the ranks of the undead, they seek their own kind of bloody revenge. Michael Ironside, Arjay... Read More
