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Michael Ironside is an author who began his professional career in 1977. He was born on February 12, 1950, and has two children. His published works include *One Way Out* and *Facing up to Thatcherism*.
According to available records, Ironside has authored two works listed in the Open Library, while Crossref data indicates a total of five works. His name is referenced by 402 other encyclopedia articles. On Last.fm, his music has been played ten times by four listeners.
Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- Frederick Reginald Ironside , ( 1950-02-12 ) February 12, 1950 (age 76) , Toronto , Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Spouse
- Karen Dinwiddie, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- OCAD University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Michael Ironside WOH-06 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Los Angeles County
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- date of birth
- 1950-02-12
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- name in native language
- Michael Ironside
- Commons category
- Michael Ironside
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known professionally as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor. 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.
Ironside's other notable roles include Overdog in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), "Jester" in Top Gun (1986), Richter in Total Recall (1990), and Rasczak in Starship Troopers (1997). His signature deep voice has been lent to various video games and animated television shows, most notably as Sam Fisher in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell franchise and Darkseid in the DC Animated Universe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Ironside” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.