Michael Ironside is a Canadian-born actor

Actor

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. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer

Film producer

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, film director

Film director

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, and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 in movie

Film

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 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

Method acting

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, who stays in character between takes.
He was born Frederick Reginald Ironside in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, the son of Robert Walter Ironside and Patricia June Passmore.