Michael Ontkean
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-01-24 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael Ontkean
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
Acting
(2014)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
(2011)
The Descendants
as Cousin Milo
(2003)
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Wes Merritt
(2002)
A Killing Spring
as Tom Keaton
(2000)
Green Sails
as John Scott
(2000)
Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
(1999)
Just a Little Harmless Sex
as Jeff
(1998)
Nico the Unicorn
as Tom Gentry
(1998)
A Chance of Snow
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
(1998)
Summer of the Monkeys
as John Lee
(1997)
Swann
as Stephen
(1996)
The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley
(1996)
The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
(1993)
Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
(1993)
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
as Hank Parnell
(1993)
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
as Jan DeBoer
(1992)
(1990)
Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
(1990)
Cold Front
as Derek McKenzie
(1990)
In Defense of a Married Man
as Robert
(1989)
Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
(1989)
Bye Bye Blues
as Teddy Cooper
(1988)
Clara's Heart
as Bill Hart
(1987)
The Allnighter
as Mickey
(1987)
Maid to Order
as Nick McGuire
(1987)
Street Justice
as Curt Flynn
(1986)
The Right of the People
as Christopher Wells
(1985)
Kids Don't Tell
as John Ryan
(1984)
The Blood of Others
as Jean
(1984)
Just the Way You Are
as Peter Nichols
(1983)
The Witching
as Frank Brandon
(1982)
Making Love
as Zach
(1980)
Willie and Phil
as Willie Kaufman
(1979)
Voices
as Drew Rothman
(1977)
Slap Shot
as Ned Braden
(1977)
US Against the World
as Self
(1972)
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
(1972)
Necromancy
as Frank Brandon
(1972)
Hot Summer Week
as Will
(1972)
Pickup on 101
as Chuck
(1971)
The Peace Killers
as Jeff
(1971)