History Creator / MichaelIronside

* 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/TotalRecall'', Miller in ''Film/TheMachinist'', Ultra Magnus in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', and so forth.

* 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), Miller in ''Film/TheMachinist'', Ultra Magnus in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', and so forth.

* 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), Miller in ''Film/TheMachinist'', Ultra Magnus in ''''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', and so forth.

* TheDragon: He is usually this rather than the BigBad when he is a villain (which would be 90 percent of his roles.)
* {{Fingore}}: A quite a number of his roles have his character lose or damage their limbs, usually an arm, hand, or fingers. Including his role in ''Film/TheMachinist'', [[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Ultra Magnus]], and so forth.

* ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]'': General Jack Granger

* ''Film/JettJacksonTheMovie'': Dr. Kragg.

Ironside is best known for playing military types, villains and anti-heroes due to his [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]] [[BadassBaritone 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.

* Franchise/{{DCAU}}: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}

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 many things, tropers, but here... he is God.]]

->'''Chris''': As always, Michael Ironside does not give a f**k.\\
'''Matt''': I think that’s on his SAG card.
-->-- Chris Sims and Matt Wilson [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-x-men-first-class-2011-part-two/ on]] ''Film/XMenFirstClass''

* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'': Colonel Moss

Ironside is best known for playing military types, villains and anti-heroes due to his [[EvilSoundsDeep deep]] [[BadassBaritone 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 in at least half of his roles.

* MeaningfulName: One of his most iconic roles is Darkseid, the god of Apokolips. His name is Michael, which means "Like Unto God."