Michael Ironside

Michael Ironside was born in Toronto, Canada, on February 12, 1950, into a family of ordinary workers. Michael had many relatives, as his mother had 16 sisters and brothers who lived next door. The father of the future actor worked as a street lighting technician, his mother was a housewife. From a young age, Michael loved sports, especially armwrestling, but the boy’s dream was a writing career. At the age of 15, he participated in a Canadian university competition, writing the game Shelter, more

Michael Ironside was born in Toronto, Canada, on February 12, 1950, into a family of ordinary workers. Michael had many relatives, as his mother had 16 sisters and brothers who lived next door.
The father of the future actor worked as a street lighting technician, his mother was a housewife. From a young age, Michael loved sports, especially armwrestling, but the boy’s dream was a writing career.
At the age of 15, he participated in a Canadian university competition, writing the game Shelter, and eventually won. As a prize, he received a small amount of money, which he used to launch the production of this game.
After graduating from an art college in Ontario, the future actor worked as a roofer in a construction company and at the same time studied cinematography at the National Council.
Repeated attempts to act in films ended in failure, but Michael Ironside did not abandon this idea and continued to try to sneak into television.
Finally, in 1981, the first fantastic picture with the actor called “Scanners” was released, the actor instantly liked by the audience, who appreciated the talent. However, Ironside was not only an actor, but also a producer of his first film.

From that moment, Michael’s career rapidly began to rise, and the pictures with his participation came out: "Space Hunter" Visiting Hours, Top Gun.

The actor liked to play the roles of creepy villains who are physically and emotionally unstable. Most often he got the roles of military or police, sometimes he played positive characters.

The audience loved the film: Starborne troops "Free Willie," "The perfect storm" "Beyond the Possible." Michael’s entire acting career consists of several television series and a hundred films.