Cast
Michael Ontkean
Acting
Cast
Michael Ontkean
Known for
Acting
Born
1946-01-24
From
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.
★6.8
MOVIE2011
The Descendants
as Cousin Milo
★4.6
MOVIE1980
Willie & Phil
as Willie Kaufman
★8.5
MOVIE1989
Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
★6.6
MOVIE1990
Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
★7.2
MOVIE2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
★6.8
MOVIE1977
Slap Shot
as Ned Braden
★5.9
MOVIE1999
Just a Little Harmless Sex
as Jeff
★5.3
MOVIE1984
The Blood of Others
as Jean
★5.8
MOVIE1998
Summer of the Monkeys
as John Lee
★5.6
MOVIE2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Wes Merritt
MOVIE1977
US Against the World
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1982
Making Love
as Zach
★6.0
MOVIE1984
Just the Way You Are
as Peter Nichols
★5.5
MOVIE1988
Clara's Heart
as Bill Hart
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Street Justice
as Curt Flynn
★5.7
MOVIE1986
The Right of the People
as Christopher Wells
★6.7
MOVIE1996
The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
★5.1
MOVIE1989
Cold Front
as Derek McKenzie
★5.5
MOVIE1987
Maid to Order
as Nick McGuire
★5.0
MOVIE1989
Bye Bye Blues
as Teddy Cooper
★4.7
MOVIE1987
The Allnighter
as Mickey Leroi
★6.2
MOVIE1998
Nico the Unicorn
as Tom Gentry
MOVIE1983
The Witching
as Frank Brandon
★8.0
MOVIE1992
Legacy of Lies
★5.6
MOVIE1996
The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley
★5.9
MOVIE1998
A Chance of Snow
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
★4.3
MOVIE1972
Hot Summer Week
as Will
★7.0
MOVIE1972
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
★3.3
MOVIE1993
Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
★10.0
MOVIE1985
Kids Don't Tell
as John Ryan
★5.0
MOVIE2000
Green Sails
as John Scott
★5.5
MOVIE2000
Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
★6.3
MOVIE1993
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
as Hank Parnell
★10.0
MOVIE1971
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
★3.8
MOVIE1979
Voices
as Drew Rothman
★4.8
MOVIE1993
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
as Jan DeBoer
★4.9
MOVIE1971
The Peace Killers
as Jeff
★4.4
MOVIE1972
Pickup on 101
as Chuck
★7.3
MOVIE2002
A Killing Spring
as Tom Keaton
★4.7
MOVIE1990
In Defense of a Married Man
as Robert
★4.7
MOVIE1997
Swann
as Stephen
★4.5
MOVIE1972
Necromancy
as Frank Brandon