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Michael Ontkean
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Michael Ontkean
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-01-24,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

5.427

Maid to Order
1987-07-10

The Blood of Others

5.346

The Blood of Others
1984-08-25

6.778

Slap Shot
1977-02-25

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

6.333

Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993-11-28

6.92

Making Love
1982-02-12

4.514

Necromancy
1972-09-22

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

5.632

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003-10-26

5.455

Bear with Me
2000-09-16

7

The Rookies
1972-03-07

5.509

Clara's Heart
1988-10-07

4.583

Willie & Phil
1980-08-15

Just the Way You Are

5.952

Just the Way You Are
1984-11-16

The Peace Killers

4.929

The Peace Killers
1971-09-29

The Descendants

6.8

The Descendants
2011-09-09

US Against the World

0

US Against the World
1977-09-07

Hot Summer Week

4.333

Hot Summer Week
1972-06-21

Summer of the Monkeys

5.8

Summer of the Monkeys
1998-10-30

7

Street Justice
1987-01-01

0

The Witching
1983-11-25

A Killing Spring

7.333

A Killing Spring
2002-01-29

5.125

Cold Front
1989-09-29

Just a Little Harmless Sex

5.857

Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999-06-11

The Stepford Husbands

6.667

The Stepford Husbands
1996-05-14

3.75

Voices
1979-03-14

4.667

Swann
1997-03-01

Postcards from the Edge

6.634

Postcards from the Edge
1990-09-14

4.7

The Allnighter
1987-05-01

8

Legacy of Lies
1992-04-22

Kids Don't Tell

10

Kids Don't Tell
1985-03-05

The Right of the People

5.667

The Right of the People
1986-01-13

5

Bye Bye Blues
1989-09-09

8.5

Twin Peaks
1989-12-08

Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

4.8

Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993-09-26

In Defense of a Married Man

4.667

In Defense of a Married Man
1990-10-14

4.4

Pickup on 101
1972-05-01

3.25

Rapture
1993-03-11

Nico the Unicorn

6.178

Nico the Unicorn
1998-01-01

The Man Next Door

5.6

The Man Next Door
1996-01-18

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

7.217

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014-07-16

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

10

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971-02-07

5

Green Sails
2000-01-01

A Chance of Snow

5.917

A Chance of Snow
1998-12-07

6.857

The Rookies
1972-09-11

5.95

North Shore
2004-06-14

8.3

Twin Peaks
1990-04-08

Tales of the Unexpected

6.776

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

6.855

Ironside
1967-03-28

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

6.9

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996-09-28

6.25

The Hitchhiker
1983-11-23

The Outer Limits

7.7

The Outer Limits
1995-03-26

4.389

Family Album
1994-10-23

The Outer Limits

7.7

The Outer Limits
1995-03-26

In a Child's Name

7.75

In a Child's Name
1991-11-17

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

5.429

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957-04-03

The Partridge Family

6.887

The Partridge Family
1970-09-25

Great Performances

6.1

Great Performances
1971-01-28