Michael Ironside - famous actor, screenwriter,film director and producer, on account of which a large number of feature films and popular television series. Most of all, the viewer Michael remembered the roles of tough guys and villains.
Michael Ironside: biography. Childhood
Michael was born in Ontario (Toronto,Canada) February 12, 1950. The family was large and consisted of 16 people. Patricia June's mom was a housekeeper; Robert Walter's father was a street lighting technician. In Toronto, the future actor attended the Ontario College of Art.
At the age of 15, his first play “Refuge,” which won first place at a university competition, was released from pen. Also at a young age, Michael was seriously into armwrestling.
Vocation - movie
After graduating from college, he is a short timeHe worked as a roofer in a construction company, while at the same time studying at the Canadian National University of Cinematography. Initial attempts to become an actor turned out to be unsuccessful, but Michael Ironside (photo in the article) did not give up and got Canadian television.
In the late 1970s, a movie came out."Scanners" in which Michael played the "bad guy" - the telepath Darryl Revok. He became famous and gained recognition from the audience. This is a picture of normal-looking people - scanners who have incredible abilities. They know how to send bio-energy impulses to help scan other people's thoughts. With an increase in the strength of these signals, the victim's head simply falls apart. Such unusual properties provide tremendous power with the simultaneous loss of moral character. But among scanners come across good personalities who do not allow negative characters to take over the world.
Michael Ironside: Filmography
Popular Michael made the role of negativecharacters (police and military), although he also got good roles. The actor himself believes that playing villains, most of which are people physically and morally unbalanced, is more advantageous and more interesting in terms of the fact that the positive guys throughout the film are often in danger, and the villains only once - in the final.
All Ironside's acting activity consists ofTV series and more than hundreds of films. Professionally, Michael proved himself to be a producer, director, screenwriter and sound companion of a number of television and cinema projects. A breakthrough in the career of an actor was the role of the cynical Ham Tyler in the television series "The Visitors: The Last Stand." The picture of the aliens who came to Earth supposedly to establish contact with people. In fact, uninvited guests actually took control of the states. In the fight against alien invaders joined instantly organized resistance squad.
In the movie "Remember All" is aboutbuilder Daga Quaide, who is plagued by dreams about Mars. Night visions seem so real that Doug, who decided to understand himself, goes to Mars, where he joined the rebel movement. Michael Ironside played the role of Richter. In the fantastic series “Highlander-2. Revival "Michael appeared to the viewer in the role of General Katan.
In the American comedy "Major Payne" MichaelIronside brilliantly played the role of Lieutenant Colonel Stone. The film tells about the marine major Payne, who received a sudden resignation and failed to find application in civilian life. By the will of fate, a seasoned military man enters a cadet school as an educator.
Michael Ironside's Perfect Storm
В картине «Идеальный шторм», где зритель может с the pleasure of watching Michael play, tells of the fishermen, whose well-being depended only on the catch that the waters of the Atlantic brought them. Sea workers for a long time went to sea, and on the shore, their relatives and relatives waited with a sinking heart. The fishermen of the ship “Andrea Gale”, returning with a small catch, decided once again to try their luck, despite the end of the season and the likelihood of the beginning of autumn storms.
In the detective drama "The Journalist", where Michael playedthe role of Miller, is told about Trevor Reznik, who due to unclear circumstances began to turn into a living corpse. The man began to lose catastrophically weight because of insomnia.
В картине «Терминатор.May the savior come. ”Michael plays the role of General Ashdown. Here you will see the world after the harsh effects of nuclear war, which unleashed military vehicles. Humanity is on the verge of death. In the war against cyborg, Joe Connor becomes the head of the people, determinedly heading into the very core of the rebel operating system. It is there that hides a terrible secret behind which lies the plan for the potential destruction of humanity.
"Elevator". Who is the killer?
In 2001, Michael Ironside starred inin the mystical film "Elevator". The skyscrapers of New York are a place where a huge number of people work and hang around. They all use elevators. Some get stuck in them for no reason. Some die in the elevator. The investigation of such incomprehensible deaths were taken into their own hands by an elevator mechanic, a quirky journalist and authorities.
Also, Michael Ironside starred in the series about housewives, whose life is not always represented the way it really is.
On account of Michael voicing of several films, among which are the “League of Justice”, “Superman”, “Heavy Metal 2000” and several animated series.
In the action movie "Last Chapter"It tells about the cruel world of bikers, where love and hate, cruel murders and family values, fraternity and blood feud are walking in parallel. This is everyday survival, representing the only possible way of existence. This is a story about ambitions, destroying all the good qualities and turning a normal person into a ruthless predator.
Personal life
As for family life, Michael is married.second time. From the first marriage has a beautiful daughter Adrianne. The girl went dear father and actively manifests itself in acting. From the second union there is a daughter Findlay. Michael's brothers and sisters with their families live on the same street in Toronto.
