Acting
Michael Ontkean
EN cinema · 43 credits
Born
24 January 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Also known as Michael Leonard 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
Filmography
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
Pie
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
Green Sails
as John Scott
Summer of the Monkeys
as John Lee
Nico the Unicorn
as Tom Gentry
A Chance of Snow
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
Swann
as Stephen
Welcome to Twin Peaks
as Self - Sheriff Harry Truman (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1993
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
as Jan DeBoer
Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
Cold Front
as Derek McKenzie
Bye Bye Blues
as Teddy Cooper
Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
Clara's Heart
as Bill Hart
Maid to Order
as Nick McGuire
Street Justice
as Curt Flynn
The Allnighter
as Mickey Leroi
The Right of the People
as Christopher Wells
Kids Don't Tell
as John Ryan
Just the Way You Are
as Peter Nichols
The Witching
as Frank Brandon
Making Love
as Zach
Willie & Phil
as Willie Kaufman
Voices
as Drew Rothman
Slap Shot
as Ned Braden
Necromancy
as Frank Brandon
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis
Hot Summer Week
as Will
Pickup on 101
as Chuck
