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Michael Leonard Ontkean
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1946-01-24
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 7
- info Birth Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Michael Ontkean
5.6
Maid to Order
1987-07-10
5
The Blood of Others
1984-08-25
6.9
Slap Shot
1977-02-25
5
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993-11-28
7
Making Love
1982-02-12
4.5
Necromancy
1972-09-22
5.4
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003-10-26
5.1
Bear with Me
2000-09-16
6
The Rookies
1972-03-07
5.5
Clara's Heart
1988-10-07
4.4
Willie and Phil
1980-08-15
6.3
Just the Way You Are
1984-11-16
5
The Peace Killers
1971-09-29
6.9
The Descendants
2011-09-09
0
US Against the World
1977-09-07
2
Hot Summer Week
1972-06-21
5.8
Summer of the Monkeys
1998-10-30
0
Street Justice
1987-01-01
0
The Witching
1983-11-25
6
A Killing Spring
2002-01-29
4.4
Cold Front
1990-06-09
5.2
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999-06-11
5.6
A Chance of Snow
1998-12-07
5
The Stepford Husbands
1996-05-14
3
Voices
1979-03-14
4
Swann
1997-03-01
6.6
Postcards from the Edge
1990-09-14
5
The Allnighter
1987-05-01
6
Legacy of Lies
1992-04-22
0
Kids Don't Tell
1985-03-05
4
The Right of the People
1986-01-13
5.2
Bye Bye Blues
1989-09-09
8.4
Twin Peaks
1989-09-03
4.2
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993-09-26
5.1
In Defense of a Married Man
1990-10-14
3.5
Pickup on 101
1972-05-01
2
Rapture
1993-03-11
6.2
Nico the Unicorn
1998-01-01
6
The Man Next Door
1996-01-18
7.3
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014-07-16
0
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971-02-09
0
Green Sails
2000-01-01
6.9
The Rookies
1972-09-11
6.1
North Shore
2004-06-14
8.3
Twin Peaks
1990-04-08
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24
6.9
Ironside
1967-03-28
6.9
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996-09-28
6.1
The Hitchhiker
1983-11-01
7.8
The Outer Limits
1995-03-26
3.9
Family Album
1994-10-23
7.8
The Outer Limits
1995-03-26
7.7
In a Child's Name
1991-11-17
4.8
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957-04-03
6.7
The Partridge Family
1970-09-25
5.4
Great Performances
1971-01-28