Michael Ontkean
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.
Known for
Twin Peaks
Harry S. Truman
Ironside
Great Performances
Lucius Harney
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Tales of the Unexpected
Tommy
The Outer Limits
Dr. Charles McCamber
The Outer Limits
Dr. Field
The Rookies
Willie Gillis
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Cochea
The Hitchhiker
Gordon Brooks
The Partridge Family
Lester Braddock
The Descendants
Cousin Milo
Postcards from the Edge
Robert Munch
Twin Peaks
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Maid to Order
Nick McGuire
The Rookies
Willie Gillis
The Allnighter
Mickey
Cold Front
Derek McKenzie
In Defense of a Married Man
Robert
Willie and Phil
Willie Kaufman
US Against the World
Self
Kids Don't Tell
John Ryan
North Shore
Just a Little Harmless Sex
Jeff
Making Love
Zach
Clara's Heart
Bill Hart
Street Justice
Curt Flynn
Voices
Drew Rothman
Bye Bye Blues
Teddy Cooper
The Man Next Door
Eli Cooley
Just the Way You Are
Peter Nichols
A Chance of Snow
Matthew 'Matt' Parker
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
Jan DeBoer
The Blood of Others
Jean
Slap Shot
Ned Braden
The Stepford Husbands
Mick Davidson
Pickup on 101
Chuck
Green Sails
John Scott
The Right of the People
Christopher Wells
In a Child's Name
Kenneth Taylor
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Wes Merritt
Nico the Unicorn
Tom Gentry
Legacy of Lies
A Killing Spring
Tom Keaton
Summer of the Monkeys
John Lee
Rapture
Jeff Lisker
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
Bear with Me
Greg Bradley
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Hank Parnell
Family Album
Ward Thayer
Swann
Stephen
Hot Summer Week
Will
The Peace Killers
Jeff
Necromancy
Frank Brandon
The Witching
Frank Brandon