Michael Ontkean
Actor/Actriz
41
Movies
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TV Shows
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.
As Actor/Actress
Twin Peaks
Harry S. Truman
Ironside
Great Performances
Lucius Harney
The Outer Limits
Dr. Charles McCamber
Tales of the Unexpected
Tommy
The Rookies
Willie Gillis
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
The Hitchhiker
Gordon Brooks
The Partridge Family
Lester Braddock
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Cochea
North Shore
Twin Peaks
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Los descendientes
Cousin Milo
Todo vale
Ned Braden
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Recuerdos de Hollywood
Robert Munch
Family Album
Ward Thayer
The Allnighter
Mickey Leroi
In a Child's Name
Kenneth Taylor
Maid to Order
Nick McGuire
Clara's Heart
Bill Hart
Making Love
Zach
The Blood of Others
Jean
Willie & Phil
Willie Kaufman
The Rookies
Willie Gillis
Pickup on 101
Chuck
Nico, el unicornio
Tom Gentry
Summer of the Monkeys
John Lee
US Against the World
Self
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Hank Parnell