Michael Ontkean
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-01-24
- Place of birth:
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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.
Known For
Filmography
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
The Descendants
North Shore
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
A Killing Spring
Cherry Pie
Bear with Me
Green Sails
Just a Little Harmless Sex
A Chance of Snow
Summer of the Monkeys
Nico the Unicorn
Welcome to Twin Peaks
Swann
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
The Stepford Husbands
The Man Next Door
The Outer Limits
Family Album
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
Postcards from the Edge
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Cold Front
Bye Bye Blues
Clara's Heart
Maid to Order
The Allnighter
Street Justice
The Right of the People
Kids Don't Tell
Just the Way You Are
The Blood of Others
The Witching
The Hitchhiker
Making Love
Willie & Phil
Tales of the Unexpected
Voices
US Against the World
Slap Shot
Necromancy
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