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