ACTOR

Michael Ironside

1950 - Today

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Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known professionally as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor 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 4,892,154 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Michael Ironside is the 1,113th most popular actor (up from 1,134th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Canada (down from 85th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 4.9M

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  • 58.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Ironside ranks 1,113 out of 13,578. Before him are Ernie Hudson, John Lone, Jerry Stiller, Mira Furlan, Henry Cavill, and Florinda Bolkan. After him are Daryl Hannah, Valentina Cortese, Ricardo Montalbán, Lee Remick, Christiane Martel, and Eddie Constantine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Michael Ironside ranks 87. Before him are Googoosh, Alberto Juantorena, Karen Carpenter, Mikhail Fradkov, Marius Trésor, and Martin Short. After him are Jeffery Deaver, Moshe Ya'alon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Javier Clemente, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Ueli Maurer.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michael Ironside ranks 91 out of 1,622. Before him are Yvonne De Carlo (1922), John Charles Fields (1863), Victor Garber (1949), Martin Short (1950), Simon Newcomb (1835), and Robbie Robertson (1943). After him are Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Wayne Gretzky (1961), Norman Bethune (1890), Jack L. Warner (1892), Rudolph A. Marcus (1923), and Norma Shearer (1902).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Michael Ironside ranks 26. Before him are Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), Geneviève Bujold (1942), Shannon Tweed (1957), Yvonne De Carlo (1922), Victor Garber (1949), and Martin Short (1950). After him are Norma Shearer (1902), Nathan Fillion (1971), Rachel McAdams (1978), Margot Kidder (1948), Deanna Durbin (1921), and Walter Huston (1883).

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Television and Movie Roles

Top Gun
Jester
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
May 16th 19867.056 / 10
Nobody
Eddie Williams
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
Mar 18th 20217.9 / 10
Total Recall
Richter
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
Jun 1st 19907.308 / 10