Michael Ironside
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Frederick Reginald Ironside, known professionally as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor. A prominent character actor with more than 270 film and television credits, he is known for playing villains
Ironside in 2009
Total Recall (1990 film)
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Total Recall is a 1990 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven, with a screenplay by Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rache
Michael Ironside
…Scanners. Ironside's other notable roles include Overdog in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), "Jester" in Top Gun (1986), Richter in Total Recall (1990), and Rasczak in Starship Troopers (1997). His signature deep voice has been lent to various video games and animated television shows, most…
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Producer Dino De Laurentiis (pictured in 2009) thought Arnold Schwarzenegger was not suitable to lead the film.
Director Paul Verhoeven (pictured in 2016). He wanted the script rewritten to make it possible for the events of Total Recall to be a dream or reality.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1991. The actor playing against his action hero persona in portraying a sympathetic and vulnerable character was generally well received, although some found the role to be beyond his acting abilities.