Michael Ontkean
Acting
Born: January 24, 1946 (age 80) · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Highest Rated
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
The Descendants
2011
Twin Peaks
1990
Twin Peaks
1989
Slap Shot
1977
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
The Outer Limits
1995
Ironside
1967
Maid to Order
1987
Clara's Heart
1988
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Nico the Unicorn
1998
Photos (5)
Movies (40)
The Descendants
Cousin Milo
Slap Shot
Ned Braden
Postcards from the Edge
Robert Munch
Twin Peaks
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
The Allnighter
Mickey Leroi
Maid to Order
Nick McGuire
Just the Way You Are
Peter Nichols
Nico the Unicorn
Tom Gentry
Making Love
Zach
Rapture
Jeff Lisker
Clara's Heart
Bill Hart
Necromancy
Frank Brandon
The Peace Killers
Jeff
Just a Little Harmless Sex
Jeff
Willie & Phil
Willie Kaufman
Kids Don't Tell
John Ryan
Hot Summer Week
Will
The Blood of Others
Jean
Summer of the Monkeys
John Lee
In Defense of a Married Man
Robert
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Wes Merritt
Bear with Me
Greg Bradley
The Right of the People
Christopher Wells
Street Justice
Curt Flynn
Cold Front
Derek McKenzie
Bye Bye Blues
Teddy Cooper
Pickup on 101
Chuck
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Hank Parnell
The Rookies
Willie Gillis
A Chance of Snow
Matthew 'Matt' Parker
The Witching
Frank Brandon
Voices
Drew Rothman
Legacy of Lies
1992
The Stepford Husbands
Mick Davidson
Green Sails
John Scott
A Killing Spring
Tom Keaton
Swann
Stephen
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971
The Man Next Door
Eli Cooley
TV Shows (14)
Ironside
1 eps
Twin Peaks
Harry S. Truman · 30 eps
Great Performances
Lucius Harney · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Dr. Charles McCamber · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Dr. Field · 1 eps
The Partridge Family
Lester Braddock · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Tommy · 1 eps
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Gordon Brooks · 1 eps
The Rookies
Willie Gillis · 46 eps
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Cochea · 1 eps
North Shore
1 eps
Family Album
Ward Thayer · 2 eps
In a Child's Name
Kenneth Taylor · 2 eps
