| 1 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MichaelIronside_1654.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:310:'''[[{{ComicBook/Darkseid}} Ironside IS.]]''']] |
| 3 | ->''"I like to play bad guys, since good guys are always beaten up several times during the movie. Bad guys are beaten only once, in the end."'' |
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| 5 | [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague It seems I have you to thank for my]] [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere description.]] [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Though your life will be ruined slowly,]] [[ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} I grant you my trope page.]] |
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| 7 | Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor and voice actor, hailing from Toronto. [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries He is the DEFINITIVE iconic voice for Darkseid, the Lord of Apokolips himself. He is many things, tropers, but here... he is God.]] |
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| 9 | Ironside is best known for playing military types, villains and anti-heroes due to his [[BaritoneOfStrength deep voice]] and his eyebrows setting off the ObviouslyEvil meter, a [[TypeCasting type]] he established in his breakthrough performance as the villainous telepath Darryl Revok in Creator/DavidCronenberg's 1981 film ''Film/{{Scanners}}''; it was his character's PsychicPowers that resulted in the film's [[YourHeadAsplode most famous moment.]] He also plays military officers or government agents in at least half of his roles, most notably as Sam Fisher from the ''VideoGame/SplinterCell'' series. |
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| 11 | His characters seem to have a strange recurring tendency to [[AnArmAndALeg lose or damage their limbs]], as evidenced [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zRM8uTW3KU here.]] |
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| 13 | Ironside is a self-admitted lover of ScienceFiction, ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' in particular. |
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| 15 | !!Tropes in his roles include: |
| 16 | * AnArmAndALeg: Quite a number of his roles have his character lose or damage their limbs, usually an arm, hand, or {{fing|ore}}ers, even in voiceover roles. Instances include Rasczak of ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' (who's already lost an arm before the movie even starts), Richter in ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', Miller in ''Film/TheMachinist'', Ultra Magnus in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', and so forth. |
| 17 | * TheDragon: He is usually this rather than the BigBad when he is a villain (which would be 90 percent of his roles). |
| 18 | * MeanCharacterNiceActor: Although he's usually cast as villains or tough guys, Michael Ironside has a reputation for being a friendly and generally mild-mannered man. |
| 19 | * MeaningfulName: One of his most iconic roles is Darkseid, the god of Apokolips. His stage name is Michael, which means "Like Unto God." |
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| 23 | !!Live-action roles: |
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| 25 | * ''Film/TheAlphabetKiller'': Captain Nathan Norcross |
| 26 | * ''Film/AmericanNightmare1983'': Sgt. Skylar |
| 27 | * ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCornRevelation'': Priest |
| 28 | * ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer3TiberiumWars'': General Jack Granger |
| 29 | * ''Series/DesperateHousewives'': Curtis Monroe |
| 30 | * ''Film/ExtremePrejudice'': Major Paul Hackett |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheFalconAndTheSnowman'': FBI Agent |
| 32 | * ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Lewis Snart |
| 33 | * ''Film/FreeWilly'': Dial |
| 34 | * ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'': General Katana |
| 35 | * ''Film/JettJacksonTheMovie'': Dr. Kragg |
| 36 | * ''Series/{{Justified}}'': [[OneSceneWonder Sarno]] |
| 37 | * ''Film/LakePlacid3'': Sheriff Tony Willinger |
| 38 | * ''Film/TheMachinist'': Miller |
| 39 | * ''Film/MajorPayne'': Lt. Col. Stone |
| 40 | * ''Series/MastersOfHorror'': Mr. Chaney in "The V Word" |
| 41 | * ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'': Colonel Dugan |
| 42 | * ''Film/TheOmegaCode'': Dominic |
| 43 | * ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'': Bob Brown |
| 44 | * ''Film/HelloMaryLouPromNightII'': Bill Nordham |
| 45 | * ''Film/RedScorpion 2'': Colonel West. |
| 46 | * ''Film/{{Scanners}}'': Darryl Revok |
| 47 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': General Sam Lane |
| 48 | * ''Series/SeaquestDSV'': Captain Oliver Hudson |
| 49 | * ''[[Film/SpacehunterAdventuresInTheForbiddenZone Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone]]'' as Overdog |
| 50 | * ''Film/StarshipTroopers'': Lieutenant Rasczak |
| 51 | * ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'': General Ashtown |
| 52 | * ''Film/TopGun'': [[IronicNickname Jester]] |
| 53 | * ''Film/TotalRecall1990'': Richter |
| 54 | * ''Film/TurboKid'': Zeus |
| 55 | * ''Series/{{V 1983}}'': Ham Tyler |
| 56 | * ''Film/VisitingHours'': Colt Hawker. |
| 57 | * ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': A [[TypeCasting Navy Captain]]. His face is revealed almost as a homage to his many military roles. |
| 58 | * ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Nolan "The Chairman" Pierce. |
| 59 | * ''Series/YoungBlades'': Cardinal Mazarin |
| 60 | |
| 61 | !!Voice roles: |
| 62 | |
| 63 | * Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} |
| 64 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': [[Comicbook/TheDarkknightReturns '80s]] [[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE19LegendsOfTheDarkKnight Batman]] |
| 65 | * ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Darkseid |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains'': Darkseid |
| 67 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal2000'': Tyler [[{{Series/V 1983}} (No relation.)]] |
| 68 | * ''Film/LateNightWithTheDevil'': The Narrator |
| 69 | * ''[[VideoGame/SplinterCell Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]'': Samuel Leo "Sam" Fisher |
| 70 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Splinter Cell|1}}'' |
| 71 | ** ''VideoGame/SplinterCellPandoraTomorrow'' |
| 72 | ** ''VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory'' |
| 73 | ** ''VideoGame/SplinterCellDoubleAgent'' |
| 74 | ** ''VideoGame/SplinterCellConviction'' |
| 75 | ** ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'' (cameo) |
| 76 | ** ''VideoGame/GhostReconBreakpoint'' |
| 77 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'': Ultra Magnus |
| 78 | * ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'': Colonel Moss |
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