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Michael Ontkean
ActorBorn January 24, 1946 (78 years)
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.
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 |
| 2008 | Sophie (TV Series) · as Victor Hearst |
| 2004 | Ghost Cat · as Wes Merritt |
| 2004 | North Shore (TV Series) |
| 2002 | A Killing Spring · as Tom Keaton |
| 2000 | Bear with Me · as Greg Bradley |
| 2000 | Green Sails · as John Scott |
| 1998 | Just a Little Harmless Sex · as Jeff |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow · as Matthew 'matt' Parker |
| 1998 | Summer of the Monkeys · as John Lee |
| 1998 | Nico the Unicorn · as Tom Gentry |
| 1997 | Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Swann · as Stephen |
| 1996 | The Stepford Husbands · as Mick Davidson |
| 1996 | The Man Next Door · as Eli Cooley |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Dr. Field |
| 1994 | Family Album (TV Series) · as Ward Thayer |
| 1993 | Bride of Violence 2 · as Hank Parnell |
| 1993 | Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica · as Jan Deboer |
| 1993 | Rapture · as Jeff Lisker |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | In a Child's Name (TV Series) · as Kenneth Taylor |
| 1990 | In Defense of a Married Man · as Robert |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge · as Robert Munch |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks (TV Series) · as Harry S. Truman |
| 1989 | Cold Front · as Derek Mckenzie |
| 1989 | Bye Bye Blues · as Teddy Cooper |
| 1989 | Twin Peaks · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman |
| 1988 | Clara's Heart · as Bill Hart |
| 1987 | Maid to Order · as Nick Mcguire |
| 1987 | The Allnighter · as Mickey |
| 1987 | Street Justice · as Curt Flynn |
| 1986 | The Right of the People · as Christopher Wells |
| 1985 | Kids Don't Tell · as John Ryan |
| 1984 | Just the Way You Are · as Peter Nichols |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others · as Jean |
| 1983 | The Witching · as Frank Brandon |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Gordon Brooks |
| 1982 | Making Love · as Zach |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil · as Willie Kaufman |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Tommy |
| 1979 | Voices · as Drew Rothman |
| 1977 | Slap Shot · as Ned Braden |
| 1972 | Necromancy · as Frank Brandon |
| 1972 | Girls on the Road · as Will |
| 1972 | Pickup on 101 · as Chuck |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Willie Gillis |
| 1971 | The Peace Killers · as Jeff |
| 1971 | Longstreet (TV Series) · as David De Carie |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Lucius Harney |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Lester Braddock |
| 1970 | Dan August (TV Series) · as Mike Foschke |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Hudson's Bay (TV Series) · as Jeremy Warrant |
| 1957 | Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV Series) · as Cochea |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Alcide |