
Michael 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.
Acting (41 movies)

Maid to Order
1987

The Blood of Others
1984

Slap Shot
1977

Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993

Making Love
1982

Necromancy
1972

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003

Bear with Me
2000

The Rookies
1972

Clara's Heart
1988

Willie & Phil
1980

Just the Way You Are
1984

The Peace Killers
1971

The Descendants
2011

US Against the World
1977

Hot Summer Week
1972

Summer of the Monkeys
1998

Street Justice
1987

The Witching
1983

A Killing Spring
2002

Cold Front
1989

Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999

A Chance of Snow
1998

The Stepford Husbands
1996

Voices
1979

Swann
1997

Postcards from the Edge
1990

The Allnighter
1987

Legacy of Lies
1992

Kids Don't Tell
1985

The Right of the People
1986

Bye Bye Blues
1989

Twin Peaks
1989

In Defense of a Married Man
1990

Pickup on 101
1972

Rapture
1993

Nico the Unicorn
1998

The Man Next Door
1996

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971

Green Sails
2000
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