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Michael Ontkean‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1946-01-24

Popularity

star6.7

Michael Ontkean

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael Ontkean

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1946-01-24

Popularity

star6.7

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.

Movie Credits

Maid to Order

Maid to Order‌
star5.6
calendar 1987

The Blood of Others

The Blood of Others‌
star5.0
calendar 1984

Slap Shot

Slap Shot‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

Vendetta II: The New Mafia‌
star5.0
calendar 1993

Making Love

Making Love‌
star7.0
calendar 1982

Necromancy

Necromancy‌
star4.5
calendar 1972

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat‌
star5.4
calendar 2003

Bear with Me

Bear with Me‌
star5.1
calendar 2000

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Clara's Heart

Clara's Heart‌
star5.5
calendar 1988

Willie and Phil

Willie and Phil‌
star4.4
calendar 1980

Just the Way You Are

Just the Way You Are‌
star6.0
calendar 1984

The Peace Killers

The Peace Killers‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

The Descendants

The Descendants‌
star6.8
calendar 2011

US Against the World

US Against the World‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Hot Summer Week

Hot Summer Week‌
star2.0
calendar 1972

Summer of the Monkeys

Summer of the Monkeys‌
star5.8
calendar 1998

Street Justice

Street Justice‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

The Witching

The Witching‌
star0.0
calendar 1983

A Killing Spring

A Killing Spring‌
star6.0
calendar 2002

Cold Front

Cold Front‌
star4.4
calendar 1990

Just a Little Harmless Sex

Just a Little Harmless Sex‌
star5.2
calendar 1999

A Chance of Snow

A Chance of Snow‌
star6.0
calendar 1998

The Stepford Husbands

The Stepford Husbands‌
star5.0
calendar 1996

Voices

Voices‌
star3.0
calendar 1979

Swann

Swann‌
star4.0
calendar 1997

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge‌
star6.6
calendar 1990

The Allnighter

The Allnighter‌
star5.0
calendar 1987

Legacy of Lies

Legacy of Lies‌
star6.0
calendar 1992

Kids Don't Tell

Kids Don't Tell‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

The Right of the People

The Right of the People‌
star4.0
calendar 1986

Bye Bye Blues

Bye Bye Blues‌
star5.2
calendar 1989

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks‌
star8.4
calendar 1989

Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica‌
star4.2
calendar 1993

In Defense of a Married Man

In Defense of a Married Man‌
star5.0
calendar 1990

Pickup on 101

Pickup on 101‌
star3.5
calendar 1972

Rapture

Rapture‌
star2.0
calendar 1993

Nico the Unicorn

Nico the Unicorn‌
star6.2
calendar 1998

The Man Next Door

The Man Next Door‌
star6.0
calendar 1996

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces‌
star7.3
calendar 2014

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou‌
star0.0
calendar 1971

Green Sails

Green Sails‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Tv Credits

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

North Shore

North Shore‌
star6.1
calendar 2004

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks‌
star8.3
calendar 1990

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

The Hitchhiker

The Hitchhiker‌
star6.1
calendar 1983

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.7
calendar 1995

Family Album

Family Album‌
star3.9
calendar 1994

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.7
calendar 1995

In a Child's Name

In a Child's Name‌
star7.7
calendar 1991

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans‌
star4.8
calendar 1957

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family‌
star6.7
calendar 1970

Great Performances

Great Performances‌
star4.9
calendar 1971