Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1946-01-24 (Age: 80)
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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.
Filmography (42)
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
The Descendants
2011
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
A Killing Spring
2002
Bear with Me
2000
Green Sails
2000
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999
A Chance of Snow
1998
Summer of the Monkeys
1998
Nico the Unicorn
1998
Swann
1997
The Stepford Husbands
1996
The Man Next Door
1996
