Name	Michael Ironside
Height
Naionality	Canadian
Date of Birth	12-February-1950
Place of Birth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Famous for	Acting

Michael Ironside born Frederick Reginald Ironside is a Canadian actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between takes.

Ironside was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Robert Walter Ironside and Patricia June (Passmore). His father was a flower arranging technician and his mother a homemaker. He is of English, Irish, and Scottish descent. Ironside attended the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and wrote a play at the age of 15, The Shelter, which won the first prize in a university contest. He also won the Senior writing award for Riverdale Collegiate Institute in 1967.