Michael Ontkean

Known for ActingBorn 1946-01-24 (age 80)Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Kids Don't Tell

The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

Legacy of Lies

In a Child's Name

The Outer Limits

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

A Killing Spring

The Descendants

Street Justice

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

Making Love

The Rookies

The Stepford Husbands

The Partridge Family

The Rookies

Ironside

Tales of the Unexpected

Slap Shot

Postcards from the Edge

Vendetta II: The New Mafia

Nico the Unicorn

The Hitchhiker

North Shore

A Chance of Snow

Just a Little Harmless Sex

Just the Way You Are

Great Performances

Summer of the Monkeys

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

The Man Next Door

The Right of the People

Bear with Me

Clara's Heart

Maid to Order

The Blood of Others

Cold Front

Green Sails

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Bye Bye Blues

Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

The Peace Killers

Swann

The Allnighter

In Defense of a Married Man

Willie & Phil

Family Album