Michael Ontkean
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 24, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Michael Leonard Ontkean (born January 24, 1946) is a Canadian retired actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ontkean relocated to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire on a hockey scholarship before pursuing a career in acting in the early 1970s. He initially came to prominence portraying Officer Willie Gillis on the crime drama series The Rookies from 1972 to 1974, followed by lead roles in the hockey sports comedy film Slap Shot (1977) and the romantic comedy Willie & Phil (1980). In 1982, he had a starring role opposite Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson in the drama Making Love, in which he portrayed a married man who comes to terms with his homosexuality. Ontkean continued to appear in films, such as Clara's Heart (1988) and Postcards from the Edge (1990) before being cast as Sheriff Harry S. Truman on David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991), the role for which he is best known.
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Filmography
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Movie · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
The Descendants
Movie · as Cousin Milo
North Shore
TV · 1 ep
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Movie · as Wes Merritt
A Killing Spring
Movie · as Tom Keaton
Bear with Me
Movie · as Greg Bradley
Green Sails
Movie · as John Scott
Just a Little Harmless Sex
Movie · as Jeff
Summer of the Monkeys
Movie · as John Lee
Nico the Unicorn
Movie · as Tom Gentry
A Chance of Snow
Movie · as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
Swann
Movie · as Stephen
The Stepford Husbands
Movie · as Mick Davidson
The Man Next Door
Movie · as Eli Cooley
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
TV · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Charles McCamber, Dr. Field · 1 ep
Family Album
TV · as Ward Thayer · 2 eps
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
Movie · as Jan DeBoer
Rapture
Movie · as Jeff Lisker
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
TV · as Hank Parnell · 2 eps
Legacy of Lies
Movie
In a Child's Name
TV · as Kenneth Taylor · 2 eps
Postcards from the Edge
Movie · as Robert Munch
In Defense of a Married Man
Movie · as Robert
Twin Peaks
TV · as Harry S. Truman · 30 eps
Cold Front
Movie · as Derek McKenzie
Bye Bye Blues
Movie · as Teddy Cooper
Twin Peaks
Movie · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Clara's Heart
Movie · as Bill Hart
Maid to Order
Movie · as Nick McGuire
Street Justice
Movie · as Curt Flynn
The Allnighter
Movie · as Mickey Leroi
The Right of the People
Movie · as Christopher Wells
Kids Don't Tell
Movie · as John Ryan
The Blood of Others
Movie · as Jean
Just the Way You Are
Movie · as Peter Nichols
The Witching
Movie · as Frank Brandon
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Gordon Brooks · 1 ep
Making Love
Movie · as Zach
Willie & Phil
Movie · as Willie Kaufman
Voices
Movie · as Drew Rothman
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Tommy · 1 ep
Slap Shot
Movie · as Ned Braden
US Against the World
Movie · as Self
Necromancy
Movie · as Frank Brandon
The Rookies
Movie · as Willie Gillis
Hot Summer Week
Movie · as Will
Pickup on 101
Movie · as Chuck
The Rookies
TV · as Willie Gillis · 46 eps
The Peace Killers
Movie · as Jeff
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
Movie
Great Performances
TV · as Lucius Harney · 1 ep
The Partridge Family
TV · as Lester Braddock · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
TV · as Cochea · 1 ep