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.
55 acting credits
Acting · 55
Twin Peaks
1990
Ironside
1967
Great Performances
1971
The Outer Limits
1995
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
The Rookies
1972
The Hitchhiker
1983
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996
The Partridge Family
1970
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
North Shore
2004
The Descendants
2011
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Slap Shot
1977
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
Twin Peaks
1989
Family Album
1994
In a Child's Name
1991
The Allnighter
1987
Making Love
1982
Pickup on 101
1972
The Blood of Others
1984
The Right of the People
1986
Clara's Heart
1988
Maid to Order
1987
Just the Way You Are
1984
Summer of the Monkeys
1998
Necromancy
1972
Swann
1997
In Defense of a Married Man
1990
Nico the Unicorn
1998
A Killing Spring
2002
Cold Front
1989
Bye Bye Blues
1989
Green Sails
2000
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993
Willie & Phil
1980
US Against the World
1977
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993
A Chance of Snow
1998
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971
Kids Don't Tell
1985
Legacy of Lies
1992
The Rookies
1972
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
Voices
1979
Bear with Me
2000
The Peace Killers
1971
The Stepford Husbands
1996
The Man Next Door
1996
The Witching
1983
Rapture
1993
Street Justice
1987
Just a Little Harmless Sex
1999
Hot Summer Week
1972