Michael Ontkean
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Descendants (2011)
as Cousin Milo
Slap Shot (1977)
as Ned Braden
Twin Peaks (1989)
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
as Robert Munch
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Maid to Order (1987)
as Nick McGuire
The Allnighter (1987)
as Mickey Leroi
Making Love (1982)
as Zach
Willie & Phil (1980)
as Willie Kaufman
Clara's Heart (1988)
as Bill Hart
Nico the Unicorn (1998)
as Tom Gentry
The Blood of Others (1984)
as Jean
Cold Front (1989)
as Derek McKenzie
Green Sails (2000)
as John Scott
The Right of the People (1986)
as Christopher Wells
Necromancy (1972)
as Frank Brandon
Pickup on 101 (1972)
as Chuck
Bye Bye Blues (1989)
as Teddy Cooper
The Rookies (1972)
as Willie Gillis
In Defense of a Married Man (1990)
as Robert
US Against the World (1977)
as Self
Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
as John Lee
Bear with Me (2000)
as Greg Bradley
Voices (1979)
as Drew Rothman
The Peace Killers (1971)
as Jeff
Swann (1997)
as Stephen
Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999)
as Jeff
The Witching (1983)
as Frank Brandon
Street Justice (1987)
as Curt Flynn
Vendetta II: The New Mafia (1993)
as Hank Parnell
Rapture (1993)
as Jeff Lisker
The Man Next Door (1996)
as Eli Cooley
The Stepford Husbands (1996)
as Mick Davidson
Hot Summer Week (1972)
as Will
Just the Way You Are (1984)
as Peter Nichols
A Killing Spring (2002)
as Tom Keaton
Legacy of Lies (1992)
Actor
A Chance of Snow (1998)
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica (1993)
as Jan DeBoer
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat (2003)
as Wes Merritt
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou (1971)
Actor
Kids Don't Tell (1985)
as John Ryan