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Michael Ontkean
Actor
Born January 24, 1946 (76 years)
Michael Leonard Ontkean (born 24 January 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 |
| 2008 | Sophie (TV Series) · as Victor Hearst |
| 2004 | Ghost Cat · as Wes Merritt |
| 2004 | North Shore (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | A Killing Spring · as Tom Keaton |
| 2000 | Bear with Me · as Greg Bradley |
| 2000 | Green Sails · as John Scott |
| 1998 | Nico the Unicorn · as Tom Gentry |
| 1998 | Summer of the Monkeys · as John Lee |
| 1998 | Just a Little Harmless Sex · as Jeff |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow · as Matthew 'Matt' Parker |
| 1996 | The Man Next Door · as Eli Cooley |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Family Album (TV Series) · as Ward Thayer |
| 1993 | Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica · as Jan DeBoer |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman |
| 1992 | Legacy of Lies · as Unknown |
| 1990 | In Defense of a Married Man · as Robert |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks (TV Series) · as Sheriff Harry S. Truman |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge · as Robert Munch |
| 1989 | Cold Front · as Derek McKenzie |
| 1989 | Bye Bye Blues · as Teddy Cooper |
| 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 |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others · as Jean |
| 1984 | Just the Way You Are · as Peter Nichols |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Gordon Brooks |
| 1982 | Making Love · as Zach |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil · as Willie Kaufman |
| 1979 | Voices · as Drew Rothman |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Tommy |
| 1977 | Slap Shot · as Ned Braden |
| 1972 | Pickup on 101 · as Chuck |
| 1972 | Necromancy · as Frank Brandon |
| 1972 | Girls on the Road · as Will |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Willie Gillis |
| 1971 | The Peace Killers · as Jeff |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Lucius Harney |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Lester Braddock |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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 |