Biography
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor. He has worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He gained early widespread recognition for his terrifying portrayal of the deadly psychic Darryl Revok in David Cronenberg's Scanners (1981) and was equally chilling as the misogynistic psychopath Colt Hawker in Visiting Hours (1982). Ironside followed that up by playing Jester in Top Gun (1986). Recently, Ironside is known for his roles as Eddie Williams in Nobody (2021) and Charles Purdy in BlackBerry (2023).
Filmography (14)
BlackBerry
as Charles Purdy
Nobody
as Eddie Williams
Turbo Kid
as Zeus
Extraterrestrial
as Travis
Terminator Salvation
as General Ashdown
The Machinist
as Miller
Starship Troopers
as Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
Major Payne
as Lt. Col. Stone
The Next Karate Kid
as Colonel Paul Dugan
Free Willy
as Dial
Highlander II: The Quickening
as Gen. Katana
Total Recall
as Richter
Top Gun
as Jester
Scanners
as Darryl Revok