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.
Slap Shot
as Ned Braden
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
The Descendants
as Cousin Milo
The Allnighter
as Mickey Leroi
Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
Clara's Heart
as Bill Hart
Maid to Order
as Nick McGuire
Willie & Phil
as Willie Kaufman
Nico the Unicorn
as Tom Gentry
The Blood of Others
as Jean
Street Justice
as Curt Flynn
US Against the World
as Self
Pickup on 101
as Chuck
Making Love
as Zach
Necromancy
as Frank Brandon
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
Summer of the Monkeys
as John Lee
Swann
as Stephen
Voices
as Drew Rothman
Kids Don't Tell
as John Ryan
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
as Hank Parnell
The Right of the People
as Christopher Wells
In Defense of a Married Man
as Robert
Cold Front
as Derek McKenzie
Bye Bye Blues
as Teddy Cooper
The Peace Killers
as Jeff
A Killing Spring
as Tom Keaton
Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
Just a Little Harmless Sex
as Jeff
The Witching
as Frank Brandon
Just the Way You Are
as Peter Nichols
Green Sails
as John Scott
A Chance of Snow
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Wes Merritt
Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
Hot Summer Week
as Will
Legacy of Lies
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
as Jan DeBoer
The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley