Michael Ontkean

Acting

Michael Ontkean

Overview

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Birthday
Jan 24, 1946 (79 years old)

Michael Ontkean

Known For

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
1h 30m
Movie 2003

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than...

A Killing Spring
1h 30m
Movie 2002

A Killing Spring

When Reed Gallagher, dean of Journalism at Lanholme College, is...

Bear with Me
1h 36m
Movie 2000

Bear with Me

An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and...

Green Sails
1h 36m
Movie 2000

Green Sails

When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy,...

A Chance of Snow
1h 27m
Movie 1998

A Chance of Snow

After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to...

Summer of the Monkeys
1h 41m
Movie 1998

Summer of the Monkeys

One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who...

Swann
1h 36m
Movie 1997

Swann

Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy...

The Stepford Husbands
1h 36m
Movie 1996

The Stepford Husbands

Something sinister is going on in the town of Stepford,...

The Man Next Door
1h 44m
Movie 1996

The Man Next Door

Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist...

Family Album
TV Show 1994

Family Album

Family Album, also known as Danielle Steel's Family Album, is...

Biography

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.