Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 24, 1946
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Credits
55 titles
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
Filmography
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
The Descendants
Cousin Milo
North Shore
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Wes Merritt
A Killing Spring
Tom Keaton
Bear with Me
Greg Bradley
Green Sails
John Scott
Just a Little Harmless Sex
Jeff
A Chance of Snow
Matthew 'Matt' Parker
Summer of the Monkeys
John Lee
Nico the Unicorn
Tom Gentry
Swann
Stephen
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
The Stepford Husbands
Mick Davidson
The Man Next Door
Eli Cooley
The Outer Limits
Dr. Charles McCamber
Family Album
Ward Thayer
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Hank Parnell
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
Jan DeBoer
Rapture
Jeff Lisker
Legacy of Lies
In a Child's Name
Kenneth Taylor
In Defense of a Married Man
Robert
Postcards from the Edge
Robert Munch
Twin Peaks
Harry S. Truman
Twin Peaks
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Cold Front
Derek McKenzie
Bye Bye Blues
Teddy Cooper
Clara's Heart
Bill Hart
Maid to Order
Nick McGuire
The Allnighter
Mickey Leroi
Street Justice
Curt Flynn
The Right of the People
Christopher Wells
Kids Don't Tell
John Ryan
Just the Way You Are
Peter Nichols
The Blood of Others
Jean
The Witching
Frank Brandon
The Hitchhiker
Gordon Brooks
Making Love
Zach
Willie & Phil
Willie Kaufman
Tales of the Unexpected
Tommy
Voices
Drew Rothman
US Against the World
Self
Slap Shot
Ned Braden
Necromancy
Frank Brandon
The Rookies
Willie Gillis
Hot Summer Week
Will
Pickup on 101
Chuck
The Rookies
Willie Gillis
The Peace Killers
Jeff