Michael Ironside is a well-known actor, screenwriter, film director and producer, who has accounted for a large number of feature films and popular television series. Most of all, Michael was remembered for the roles of tough guys and villains.
Ironside can fully get used to its roles and remains in them even after the end of the filming process.
Michael Ironside: a biography. Childhood
Michael was born in Ontario (Toronto, Canada) on February 12, 1950. The family was large and consisted of 16 people. Patricia June's mom was a housekeeper, and father Robert Walter was a street lighting technician. In Toronto, the future actor attended Ontario College of Art.
At the age of 15, his first play “Asylum” left the pen, winning first place at a university competition. Also at a young age, Michael was seriously interested in arm wrestling.
Calling - Cinema
After college, he worked for a short time as a roofer at a construction company, while studying at the Canadian National University of Cinematography. Initial attempts to become an actor turned out to be a failure, but Michael Ironside (photo in the article) was not disappointed and got a job on Canadian television.
In the late 1970s, the film “Scanners” was released, in which Michael played the “bad guy” - telepathic Darryl Revok. He became famous and received recognition from the audience. This is a picture of normal-looking people - scanners who have incredible abilities. They know how to send bioenergetic impulses that help to scan other people's thoughts. With an increase in the strength of these signals, the victim’s head simply falls apart. Such unusual properties give enormous power with a simultaneous loss of moral character. But among the scanners come across good personalities that do not allow negative characters to take over the world.
Michael Ironside: filmography
Michael's roles were made popular as negative characters (police and military), although he also got good roles. The actor himself believes that playing villains, most of which are people physically and morally unbalanced, is more advantageous and interesting in terms of the fact that positive guys throughout the film are often at risk, and villains only once in the final.
Ironside's entire acting career consists of a series of television series and more than hundreds of films. Professionally, Michael proved himself as a producer, director, screenwriter and soundtracker for a number of television and cinema projects. A breakthrough in the actor’s career was the role of the cynical Ham Tyler in the television series “Visitors: The Last Battle”. A picture of aliens who came to Earth supposedly to establish contact with people. In fact, uninvited guests actually established control over the states. An instantly organized resistance detachment entered the fight against alien invaders.
In the movie “Remember Everything”, the story is about the builder Dag Quaid, who is tormented by dreams about Mars. Night visions seem so real that Doug, deciding to figure out himself, goes to Mars, where he joined the rebel movement. Michael Ironside played the role of Richter. In the science fiction series Highlander 2. Revival ”Michael appeared to the viewer in the role of General Katan.
In the American comedy Major Payne, Michael Ironside brilliantly played the role of Lt. Col. Stone. The film tells about the Marine Marines Payne, who received a sudden resignation and was unable to find application in civilian life. By the will of fate, an experienced soldier enters the cadet school as a teacher.
Michael Ironside's Perfect Storm
In the picture “The Perfect Storm”, where the viewer can enjoy watching Michael’s game, he talks about fishermen whose welfare depended only on the catch that the waters of the Atlantic brought to them. The workers of the sea went swimming for a long time, and on the shore, their loved ones were waiting with bated breath. The fishermen of the Andrea Gail, returning with a small catch, decided to try their luck again, despite the end of the season and the likelihood of autumn storms.
In the detective drama “Journalist”, where Michael played the role of Miller, he talks about Trevor Reznik, who for some reason began to turn into a living corpse. Man began to lose weight dramatically due to insomnia.
In the picture “Terminator. May the Savior Come ”Michael acts as General Ashdown. Here you will see the world after the dire consequences of a nuclear war that unleashed military vehicles. Humanity is on the verge of destruction. In the war against cyborgs, Joe Connor becomes the head of the people, decisively heading to the very core of the rebel operating system. It is there that a terrible secret lurks, behind which lies a plan for the potential destruction of humanity.
"Elevator". Who is the killer?
In 2001, Michael Ironside starred in the lead role in the mystical motion picture "Elevator". Skyscrapers of New York - a place where a huge number of people work and hang around. They all use elevators. Some get stuck in them for no reason. Some die in the elevator. The investigation of such incomprehensible deaths was taken over by the elevator mechanic, the dodgy journalist and the authorities.
Also, Michael Ironside starred in the series about housewives, whose life does not always seem to be what it really is.
Michael has scored several films, including Justice League, Superman, Heavy Metal 2000, and several animated series.
The action movie "The Last Charter" tells the story of the cruel world of bikers, where love and hate, brutal murders and family values, fraternity and blood feud are walking in parallel. This is daily survival, the only possible way to survive. This is a story about ambitions that destroy all good qualities and turn a normal person into a ruthless predator.
Personal life
As for family life, Michael is married a second time. From his first marriage he has a beautiful daughter Adrianne. The girl went dear to her father and actively manifests herself in acting. From the second union there is a daughter, Findlay. Michael's brothers and sisters live with their families on the same street in Toronto.