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Michael 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 homosexualit…
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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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Michael Ontkean's Filmography
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
The Descendants
as Cousin Milo
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Wes Merritt
A Killing Spring
as Tom Keaton
Cherry Pie
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
Green Sails
as John Scott
Just a Little Harmless Sex
as Jeff
A Chance of Snow
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
Summer of the Monkeys
as John Lee
Nico the Unicorn
as Tom Gentry
Welcome to Twin Peaks
as Self - Sheriff Harry Truman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Swann
as Stephen
The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley
No Poster
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
as Jan DeBoer
Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
Legacy of Lies
In Defense of a Married Man
as Robert
Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Cold Front
as Derek McKenzie
Bye Bye Blues
as Teddy Cooper
Clara's Heart
as Bill Hart
Maid to Order
as Nick McGuire
The Allnighter
as Mickey Leroi
Street Justice
as Curt Flynn
The Right of the People
as Christopher Wells
Kids Don't Tell
as John Ryan
Just the Way You Are
as Peter Nichols
The Blood of Others
as Jean
The Witching
as Frank Brandon
Making Love
as Zach
Willie & Phil
as Willie Kaufman
Voices
as Drew Rothman
US Against the World
as Self
Slap Shot
as Ned Braden
Necromancy
as Frank Brandon
Hot Summer Week
as Will
Pickup on 101
as Chuck
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
The Peace Killers
as Jeff
