Frederick Reginald Ironside was born on the 12th February 1950, in Toronto, Canada, and is an actor and voice actor, also having worked as a director, screenwriter and producer. Ironside has been involved in more than 100 films, and in about 20 of them was the protagonist. He has had major roles in the films “Scanners” (1981), “Starship Troopers – Starship Troopers” (1997), “Terminator Salvation” (2009), and many television series including “Visitors” (1984 – 1985) and “Smallville” (2001 – 2011). Ironside has been active in the entertainment industry since 1977.
How much is the net worth of Michael Ironside? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $8 million, as of the data presented in early 2017. Films and television are the main sources of Ironside’s net worth.
Michael Ironside Net Worth $8 Million
To begin with, Frederick Ironside is the son of Robert Walter Ironside, a factory janitor, and Patricia June, a housewife. He first studied at the Ontario College of Art during his teenage years, and moving towards an acting career, at the age of 15 he wrote the play “Le Refuge”, winning the first prize at a university competition. In addition, he won an editorial prize at the Rivergate Collegiate Institute in 1967.
It was in 1981 when Michael Ironside made his breakthrough in cinema, in the role of Darryl Revok in the film “Scanners”, directed by David Cronenberg, and in 1982 he was nominated for the Genie Award for the role as the Best New Comer. After his move to Los Angeles in 1982, Ironside played mainly dark and morally ambivalent roles, often policemen and soldiers. In 1983, he played a role in the television series “The A-Team” as a villain in the episode “The Taxicab Wars”. His breakthrough in film is owed to the role in the television series “V – The Final Battle”, in which he played the role of Tyler Ham. In addition to this, he is known for his role as Commander of the 1st class (Lieutenant Commander) Rick Jester Heatherly in “Top Gun” in 1986. He portrayed the Major Paul Hackett in “Extreme Prejudice” (1987) and the murderous Richter in “Total Recall” in 1990.
In the ‘90s and new millennium, Ironside played the villainous Katana in the sequel “Highlander II: the Quickening” in 1991, and in the movie “Starship Troopers”, which was directed by Paul Verhoeven, with whom he had previously worked in “Total Recall”. Ironside also starred in “The Perfect Storm” in 2000 and “The Machinist” in 2004. More recently, the actor starred in the drama film “The Space Between” (2017) written and directed by Amy Jo Johnson – the film was first presented at numerous festivals at the end of 2016, before its release scheduled in 2017.
Besides his work as a film and TV actor, Ironside has worked as a voice actor; he was the voice of comic villain Darkseid in the animated series “Superman: The Animated Series” and the spinoff “Justice League”. He also voiced Batman in the series “The New Batman Adventures”, and Sam Fisher in “Splinter Cell” series.
Finally, in the personal life of the actor, he has been married to Karen Marls Dinwiddie since 1986, with whom he has two daughters.
