Michael Ontkean
Born: 1946-01-24 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2014
- Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
2011
- The Descendants as Cousin Milo
2004
2003
- Mrs. Ashboro's Cat as Wes Merritt
2002
- A Killing Spring as Tom Keaton
2000
- Green Sails as John Scott
- Bear with Me as Greg Bradley
1999
- Just a Little Harmless Sex as Jeff
1998
- A Chance of Snow as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
- Nico the Unicorn as Tom Gentry
- Summer of the Monkeys as John Lee
1997
- Swann as Stephen
1996
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
- The Stepford Husbands as Mick Davidson
- The Man Next Door as Eli Cooley
1995
- The Outer Limits as Dr. Charles McCamber
1994
- Family Album as Ward Thayer
1993
- Vendetta II: The New Mafia as Hank Parnell
- Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica as Jan DeBoer
- Rapture as Jeff Lisker
1992
1991
- In a Child's Name as Kenneth Taylor
1990
- Twin Peaks as Harry S. Truman
- Postcards from the Edge as Robert Munch
- In Defense of a Married Man as Robert
1989
- Cold Front as Derek McKenzie
- Bye Bye Blues as Teddy Cooper
- Twin Peaks as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
1988
- Clara's Heart as Bill Hart
1987
- The Allnighter as Mickey
- Street Justice as Curt Flynn
- Maid to Order as Nick McGuire
1986
- The Right of the People as Christopher Wells
1985
- Kids Don't Tell as John Ryan
1984
- The Blood of Others as Jean
- Just the Way You Are as Peter Nichols
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Gordon Brooks
- The Witching as Frank Brandon
1982
- Making Love as Zach
1980
- Willie & Phil as Willie Kaufman
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Tommy
- Voices as Drew Rothman
1977
- Slap Shot as Ned Braden
- US Against the World as Self
1972
- The Rookies as Willie Gillis
- Necromancy as Frank Brandon
- The Rookies as Willie Gillis
- Hot Summer Week as Will
- Pickup on 101 as Chuck
1971
- Great Performances as Lucius Harney
- The Peace Killers as Jeff
- The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1970
- The Partridge Family as Lester Braddock
1967
1957
- Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Cochea