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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

5.5

Maid to Order
1987-07-10

The Blood of Others

5.2

The Blood of Others
1984-08-25

6.8

Slap Shot
1977-02-25

6.9

Making Love
1982-02-12

4.6

Necromancy
1972-09-22

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

5.6

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003-10-26

5.5

Bear with Me
2000-09-16

7

The Rookies
1972-03-07

5.5

Clara's Heart
1988-10-07

4.6

Willie & Phil
1980-08-15

Just the Way You Are

6

Just the Way You Are
1984-11-16

The Peace Killers

4.9

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

4.3

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

7

The Witching
1983-11-25

A Killing Spring

7.3

A Killing Spring
2002-01-29

5.1

Cold Front
1989-09-29

Just a Little Harmless Sex

5.9

Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999-06-11

The Stepford Husbands

6.1

The Stepford Husbands
1996-05-14

3.8

Voices
1979-03-14

4.7

Swann
1997-03-01

Postcards from the Edge

6.6

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

5.7

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

4.7

In Defense of a Married Man
1990-10-14

4.4

Pickup on 101
1972-05-01

3.2

Rapture
1993-03-11

Nico the Unicorn

6.2

Nico the Unicorn
1998-01-01

The Man Next Door

5

The Man Next Door
1996-01-18

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

7.2

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

5.9

A Chance of Snow
1998-12-07

0

Cherry Pie
2001-12-18

Welcome to Twin Peaks

0

Welcome to Twin Peaks
1997-10-10

6.9

The Rookies
1972-09-11

6

North Shore
2004-06-14

8.335

Twin Peaks
1990-04-08

Tales of the Unexpected

6.8

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

6.8

Ironside
1967-03-28

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

6.9

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

6.2

The Hitchhiker
1983-11-23

The Outer Limits

7.7

The Outer Limits
1995-03-26

4.3

Family Album
1994-10-23

The Outer Limits

7.7

The Outer Limits
1995-03-26

In a Child's Name

7.8

In a Child's Name
1991-11-17

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

5.9

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

The Partridge Family

6.8

The Partridge Family
1970-09-25

Great Performances

6.1

Great Performances
1971-01-28

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

0

Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993-04-06