Michael Ontkean
41 movies · 14 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 24, 1946 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Michael Ontkean: movies and TV shows
Acting (55)
- 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
- 2001 Cherry Pie
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
- 2000 Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
- 2000 Green Sails
as John Scott
- 1999 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 Swann
as Stephen
- 1996
- 1996 The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
- 1996 The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993 Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
as Jan DeBoer
- 1993
- 1993 Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990 In Defense of a Married Man
as Robert
- 1990 Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
- 1990
- 1989 Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
- 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 Leroi
- 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
- 1982 Making Love
as Zach
- 1980 Willie & Phil
as Willie Kaufman
- 1979
- 1979 Voices
as Drew Rothman
- 1977 Slap Shot
as Ned Braden
- 1972 Necromancy
as Frank Brandon
- 1972
- 1972 Hot Summer Week
as Will
- 1972 Pickup on 101
as Chuck
- 1972 The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
- 1971 The Peace Killers
as Jeff
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970
- 1967
- 1957
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1977