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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 24, 1946
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Also Known As
- Michael Leonard Ontkean
Michael Ontkean
0.7 Popularity
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
7.3
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
6.8
Cousin Milo
The Descendants
2011
5.7
North Shore
2004
5.4
Wes Merritt
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
6.0
Tom Keaton
A Killing Spring
2002
5.3
Greg Bradley
Bear with Me
2000
1.0
John Scott
Green Sails
2000
5.2
Jeff
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999
5.6
Matthew 'Matt' Parker
A Chance of Snow
1998
5.4
John Lee
Summer of the Monkeys
1998
Credits
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
2014
7.3
The Descendants
as Cousin Milo
2011
6.8
North Shore
2004
5.7
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Wes Merritt
2003
5.4
A Killing Spring
as Tom Keaton
2002
6.0
Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
2000
5.3
Green Sails
as John Scott
2000
1.0
Just a Little Harmless Sex
as Jeff
1999
5.2
A Chance of Snow
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
1998
5.6
Summer of the Monkeys
as John Lee
1998
5.4
Nico the Unicorn
as Tom Gentry
1998
6.1
Swann
as Stephen
1997
2.5
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
6.9
The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
1996
6.0
The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley
1996
5.0
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Charles McCamber
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Field
1995
7.7
Family Album
as Ward Thayer
1994
3.9
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
as Hank Parnell
1993
5.0
🎬
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
as Jan DeBoer
1993
4.2
Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
1993
2.0
Legacy of Lies
1992
6.0
In a Child's Name
as Kenneth Taylor
1991
7.7
In Defense of a Married Man
as Robert
1990
4.5
Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
1990
6.6
Twin Peaks
as Harry S. Truman
1990
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
1989
8.4
Cold Front
as Derek McKenzie
1989
4.4
Bye Bye Blues
as Teddy Cooper
1989
4.5
Clara's Heart
as Bill Hart
1988
5.4
Maid to Order
as Nick McGuire
1987
5.4
The Allnighter
as Mickey
1987
4.7
Street Justice
as Curt Flynn
1987
0.0
The Right of the People
as Christopher Wells
1986
4.0
Kids Don't Tell
as John Ryan
1985
10.0
Just the Way You Are
as Peter Nichols
1984
5.8
The Blood of Others
as Jean
1984
5.0
The Witching
as Frank Brandon
1983
0.0
The Hitchhiker
as Gordon Brooks
1983
6.1
Making Love
as Zach
1982
6.8
Willie & Phil
as Willie Kaufman
1980
4.1
Tales of the Unexpected
as Tommy
1979
6.7
Voices
as Drew Rothman
1979
2.3
US Against the World
as Self
1977
0.0
Slap Shot
as Ned Braden
1977
6.8
Necromancy
as Frank Brandon
1972
4.4
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
1972
6.8
Hot Summer Week
as Will
1972
2.0
Pickup on 101
as Chuck
1972
3.5
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
1972
6.0
The Peace Killers
as Jeff
1971
4.7
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971
0.0
Great Performances
as Lucius Harney
1971
5.8
The Partridge Family
as Lester Braddock
1970
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.8
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Cochea
1957
4.8