Michael Ontkean
Date of birth: 1946-01-24
Place of birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Michael Leonard 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.
Movie Credits
Maid to Order
1987-07-10
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exas
The Blood of Others
1984-08-25
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for th
Slap Shot
1977-02-25
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993-11-28
Making Love
1982-02-12
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-r
Necromancy
1972-09-22
After Lori suffers a stillbirth, her husband Frank obtains a job with a northern California toy comp
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003-10-26
Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than they bargained for when they buy an old hous
Bear with Me
2000-09-16
An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her a
The Rookies
1972-03-07
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of lif
Clara's Heart
1988-10-07
David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies.
Willie & Phil
1980-08-15
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — beco
Just the Way You Are
1984-11-16
Despite her success as a professional flute player and the constant attention of men around her, Sus
The Peace Killers
1971-09-29
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of
The Descendants
2011-09-09
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King take
US Against the World
1977-09-07
This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United States ag
Hot Summer Week
1972-06-21
Two girls pick up a crazed hitchhiker who may or may not be the serial killer murdering hippies in t
Summer of the Monkeys
1998-10-30
One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.
Street Justice
1987-01-01
A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.
The Witching
1983-11-25
This is Gordon's re-edit of his 1972 horror film Necromancy starring Orson Welles and Pamela Frankli
A Killing Spring
2002-01-29
When Reed Gallagher, dean of Journalism at Lanholme College, is found dead of asphyxiation in an app
Cold Front
1989-09-29
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999-06-11
A young married couple faces a serious break-up when the husband is caught committing adultery with
A Chance of Snow
1998-12-07
After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and dau
The Stepford Husbands
1996-05-14
Something sinister is going on in the town of Stepford, and this time the men should watch their bac
Voices
1979-03-14
An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a da
Swann
1997-03-01
Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as s
Postcards from the Edge
1990-09-14
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in w
The Allnighter
1987-05-01
Molly, Val and Gina are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired. Molly
Legacy of Lies
1992-04-22
A famous orchestra director was killed by the mafia when he left a restaurant. But the policeman who
Kids Don't Tell
1985-03-05
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat i
The Right of the People
1986-01-13
The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a
Bye Bye Blues
1989-09-09
During World War II, Daisy Cooper returns home to Canada with her children after her British husband
Twin Peaks
1989-12-08
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic t
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993-09-26
Based on the infamous "Baby Jessica" case, A heated custody battle between her biological and adopti
In Defense of a Married Man
1990-10-14
When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he w
Pickup on 101
1972-05-01
An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom
Rapture
1993-03-11
A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years bef
Nico the Unicorn
1998-01-01
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unic
The Man Next Door
1996-01-18
Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014-07-16
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971-02-07
Green Sails
2000-01-01
When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his life spirals out of cont