Michael Ironside is a famous actor, screenwriter, film director and producer, who has a large number of feature films and popular television series to his credit. Most of all, the viewer remembers Michael for the roles of tough guys and villains.
Ironside knows how to fully get used to his roles and remains in them even after the shooting process.
Michael Ironside: biography. Childhood
Michael was born in Ontario (Toronto, Canada) on February 12, 1950. The family was large and consisted of 16 people. Mom Patricia June was a housekeeper, father Robert W alter was a street lighting technician. In Toronto, the future actor attended the Ontario College of Art.
At the age of 15, his first play, The Refuge, came out of his pen and won first place in a university competition. Also at a young age, Michael was seriously into arm wrestling.
Vocation - movies
After graduating from college, he briefly worked as a roofer for a construction company while studying at the Canadian Nationaluniversity of cinematography. Initial attempts to become an actor failed, 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" - the telepath 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 are able to send bioenergy impulses that help 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 great power with a simultaneous loss of moral character. But among the scanners there are good personalities who do not allow negative characters to take over the world.
Michael Ironside Filmography
Michael became popular with the roles of negative characters (police and military), although he also got good roles. The actor himself believes that playing villains, most of which are physically and mentally unstable people, is more advantageous and interesting in terms of the fact that the positive guys are often in danger throughout the film, and the villains only once - in the finale.
The entire acting career of Ironside consists of a number of television series and more than a hundred films. Professionally, Michael proved himself as a producer, director, screenwriter and sound accompanist for a number of television and film projects. A breakthrough in the actor's career was the role of the cynical Ham Tyler in the television series "Visitors: The Last Stand". A picture about aliens who came to Earth supposedly to establish contact with people. In fact, the uninvited guests actually established control over the states. An instantly organized resistance detachment entered the fight against alien invaders.
The movie "Total Recall" tells about the builder Doug Quaid, who is tormented by dreams about Mars. Night visions seem so real that Doug, determined to sort himself out, travels to Mars, where he joins the rebel movement. Michael Ironside played the role of Richter. In the fantasy series "Highlander-2. Revitalization "Michael appeared to the viewer in the role of General Katanu.
In the American comedy "Major Payne" Michael Ironside brilliantly played the role of Lieutenant Colonel Stone. The film tells about the Marine Major Payne, who received a sudden resignation and failed to find a use in civilian life. By the will of fate, an experienced military man ends up in a cadet school as an educator.
Michael Ironside's Perfect Storm
In the picture "The Perfect Storm", where the viewer can enjoy watching the game of Michael, it tells about fishermen whose well-being depended only on the catch that the Atlantic waters would bring them. Toilers of the sea went on a voyage for a long time, and on the shore their relatives and relatives were waiting for them with bated breath. The fishermen of the Andrea Gale, having returned with a small catch, decided to try their luck once again, despite the end of the season and the likelihood of the beginning of autumnstorms.
The detective drama The Journalist, where Michael played the role of Miller, tells about Trevor Reznik, who, for unknown reasons, began to turn into a living corpse. The man began to lose weight catastrophically due to insomnia.
In the film “Terminator. Let the savior come Michael acts as General Ashdown. Here you will see the world after the dire consequences of a nuclear war unleashed by war machines. Humanity is on the verge of destruction. In the war against cyborgs, Joe Connor becomes the leader of the people, who resolutely went to the very core of the rebellious operating system. It is there that lies a terrible secret, behind which lies a plan for the potential destruction of mankind.
"Elevator". Who is the killer?
In 2001, Michael Ironside starred in the mystical film "Elevator". The skyscrapers of New York are 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. An elevator mechanic, a dodgy journalist and the authorities have taken over the investigation of such incomprehensible deaths.
Michael Ironside also starred in a series about housewives whose lives don't always seem to be what they really are.
Michael has voiced several films, including Justice League, Superman, Heavy Metal 2000 and several animated series.
In the action series "The Last Chapter"tells about the cruel world of bikers, where love and hate, brutal murders and family values, brotherhood and blood feud walk in parallel. This is everyday survival, representing the only possible way of existence. This is a tale of ambition that destroys all good qualities and turns a normal person into a ruthless predator.
Private life
As for family life, Michael is married for the second time. From his first marriage, he has a beautiful daughter, Adrianne. The girl went the way of her father and actively manifests herself in acting. From the second union there is a daughter, Findlay. Michael's siblings live on the same street in Toronto with their families.
