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Michael Ironside

1950 - Today

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Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known professionally as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor, voice artist, and filmmaker. A prominent character actor with over 270 film and television credits, he is known for playing villains and antiheroes, but has also portrayed sympathetic characters. He is best known for his roles in action and science fiction films, and had his breakthrough performance in the 1981 David Cronenberg film Scanners. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ironside has received more than 4,530,158 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Ironside is the 1,136th most popular actor (up from 1,411th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Canada (up from 108th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Ironside ranks 1,136 out of 9,996. Before him are Ruth Gordon, Ashley Judd, Christine Baranski, Renée Simonot, Gunnel Lindblom, and Ted Danson. After him are Yevgeny Leonov, Al Lettieri, Girish Karnad, Soad Hosny, Kemal Sunal, and Kurt Gerron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Michael Ironside ranks 80. Before him are Tsui Hark, John Landis, Lakshmi Mittal, Laura Gemser, Julius Erving, and Ueli Maurer. After him are Corinne Cléry, Bobby McFerrin, Chantal Akerman, Bernie Taupin, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Alberto Juantorena.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michael Ironside ranks 85 out of 1,350. Before him are Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), Victor Garber (1949), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Simon Newcomb (1835), and Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880). After him are Justin Bieber (1994), Jack L. Warner (1892), Graham Greene (1952), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), Brian Tracy (1944), and Norma Shearer (1902).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Michael Ironside ranks 23. Before him are John Candy (1950), Mike Myers (1963), Rachel McAdams (1978), Yvonne De Carlo (1922), Rick Moranis (1953), and Victor Garber (1949). After him are Graham Greene (1952), Norma Shearer (1902), Walter Huston (1883), Conrad Bain (1923), Joseph Wiseman (1918), and Margot Kidder (1948).

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