Michael Ontkean
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1946-01-24
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biografía
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.
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Filmografía
Twin Peaks: Las piezas desaparecidas
Los descendientes
North Shore
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
A Killing Spring
Cherry Pie
Bear with Me
Green Sails
Pequeños desastres amorosos
A Chance of Snow
Summer of the Monkeys
Nico, el unicornio
Welcome to Twin Peaks
Swann
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Los maridos de Stepford
The Man Next Door
Más allá del límite
Danielle Steel: Recuerdos de familia
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Rapture
Legacy of Lies
In a Child's Name
In Defense of a Married Man
Postales desde el filo
Twin Peaks
Asesinato en Twin Peaks
Golpe frío
Bye Bye Blues
El desafío de una mujer
Su excelencia la criada
La noche de la graduación
Street Justice
The Right of the People
Kids Don't Tell
Tal como eres
Con la sangre de otros
The Witching
El Autoestopista
Su otro amor
Willie y Phil (Una almohada para tres)
Tales of the Unexpected
Voices
US Against the World
El castañazo
El hechicero
The Rookies
Hot Summer Week
Pickup on 101
The Rookies
The Peace Killers
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
Great Performances
The Partridge Family
Ironside
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans