Michael Ontkean
Acting
1946-01-24 · 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.
Filmography
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014 · Movie
The Descendants
2011 · Movie
North Shore
2004 · Series
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003 · Movie
A Killing Spring
2002 · Movie
Bear with Me
2000 · Movie
Green Sails
2000 · Movie
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999 · Movie
A Chance of Snow
1998 · Movie
Summer of the Monkeys
1998 · Movie
Nico the Unicorn
1998 · Movie
Swann
1997 · Movie
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · Series
The Stepford Husbands
1996 · Movie
The Man Next Door
1996 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Family Album
1994 · Series
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993 · Movie
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993 · Movie
Rapture
1993 · Movie
Legacy of Lies
1992 · Movie
In a Child's Name
1991 · Series
In Defense of a Married Man
1990 · Movie
Postcards from the Edge
1990 · Movie
Twin Peaks
1990 · Series
Twin Peaks
1989 · Movie
Cold Front
1989 · Movie
Bye Bye Blues
1989 · Movie
Clara's Heart
1988 · Movie
Maid to Order
1987 · Movie
The Allnighter
1987 · Movie
Street Justice
1987 · Movie
The Right of the People
1986 · Movie
Kids Don't Tell
1985 · Movie
Just the Way You Are
1984 · Movie
The Blood of Others
1984 · Movie
The Witching
1983 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Series
Making Love
1982 · Movie
Willie & Phil
1980 · Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
Voices
1979 · Movie
US Against the World
1977 · Movie
Slap Shot
1977 · Movie
Necromancy
1972 · Movie
The Rookies
1972 · Series
Hot Summer Week
1972 · Movie
Pickup on 101
1972 · Movie
The Rookies
1972 · Movie
The Peace Killers
1971 · Movie
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The Partridge Family
1970 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957 · Series