Michael Ironside (Frederick Reginald Ironside) is a Canadian film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor for video game and cartoon characters, who has given cinema for many years and starred in dozens of films and TV shows.
Viewers most often see Ironside as a villain and / or a negative hero. Perhaps this is due to the fact that he played his first successful role in the film "Scanners", where he embodied on the screen the image of the telepathist Darryl Revok, who uses his abilities to gain power and gradually forgets about his real destiny. The actor himself has repeatedly said that the images of villains are easier for him to play, because the heroes throughout the film are exposed to numerous dangers and sometimes have to endanger their own lives, but villains usually have to fight with good only at the end of the picture.
The beginning of the biography
Michael was born in Canada in the winter of 1950 in a large family. His mother was a housewife, and his father was an electrician.
The boy early began to get involved in creativity, cinema and literature, and also for a long time he was professionally engaged in arm wrestling and even participated in competitions.
His childhood dream was the desire to learn how to write books and become a famous writer. To develop in this direction, he entered the College of Arts and at the age of fifteen he wrote his first full-fledged play entitled "Shelter". At a literary competition among students, his play won first place, which confirmed his desire to continue to engage in creativity.
After graduating from college, the young man was forced to earn a living on his own and at first began working on a construction site. But the dream to devote himself to art did not leave him, and Michael entered the University of Cinematography, deciding to start a career as a film actor.
Creative career and film career
At first, his attempts to find work in films or on television did not bring success, but Michael did not despair and continued to master the profession, go to auditions and look for new opportunities for himself. After some time, he got a job on local television, where he worked for several years.
His debut role in the movie took place in the film "Scanners", after which the young actor gained popularity. The next successful role was the image of Ham Tyler in the science fiction television series “Visitors: The Last Battle”, which tells how alien creatures try to subjugate the inhabitants of the Earth and the fight against them by a detachment of volunteers. The film was quite a big success with the audience, and Ironside became one of the favorite actors of this series.
Over the next few years, he starred in a number of films, including: “Visiting Hours”, “Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone”, “Best Shooter”, “Guardian Angels”, “Field of Mind”.
In the early 90s, Ironside received an invitation to the fantastic film "Remember Everything", based on the novel by Philip Dick, where Arnold Schwarzenegger played the main role. And a year later he became a member of the film "Highlander 2" along with Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert and Virginia Madsen.
In the further biography of the actor, many roles in various films and series. Pictures with his participation came out almost every year, and Ironside became one of the most famous and sought-after actors. Despite his advanced age, and the actor is almost 70 years old, he continues his creative career and starred in new projects.
Among the well-known works of Ironside over the past decade, it is worth noting the films: “Terminator: May the Savior Come, ” “People Claim: First Class, ” “Visitors, ” “Turbo Boy, ” “Children of the Fall, ” and the series “This Is Us, ” “Tokyo process ", " Detectives ", " Alienist. " In 2019, fans of the actor are also waiting for his new roles in already planned films: “The Illusion of Freedom” and “American Desert”.
