Acting credits
54
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Ontkean
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 41Series: 13
TMDB ID: 6678
IMDb ID: nm0648920
Known for: Acting
Born: January 24, 1946
Age: 80
Place of birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 2014
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q1343162
Also known as
Michael Leonard Ontkean
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Ontkean.
7.2
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
2014 Movie
6.8
The Descendants
as Cousin Milo
2011 Movie
5.4
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
as Wes Merritt
2003 Movie
6.0
A Killing Spring
as Tom Keaton
2002 Movie
5.3
Bear with Me
as Greg Bradley
2000 Movie
1.0
Green Sails
as John Scott
2000 Movie
5.2
Just a Little Harmless Sex
as Jeff
1999 Movie
5.6
A Chance of Snow
as Matthew 'Matt' Parker
1998 Movie
5.4
Summer of the Monkeys
as John Lee
1998 Movie
6.1
Nico the Unicorn
as Tom Gentry
1998 Movie
2.5
Swann
as Stephen
1997 Movie
6.0
The Stepford Husbands
as Mick Davidson
1996 Movie
5.0
The Man Next Door
as Eli Cooley
1996 Movie
5.0
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
as Hank Parnell
1993 Movie
2.0
Rapture
as Jeff Lisker
1993 Movie
6.0
Legacy of Lies
1992 Movie
4.5
In Defense of a Married Man
as Robert
1990 Movie
6.6
Postcards from the Edge
as Robert Munch
1990 Movie
8.5
Twin Peaks
as Sheriff Harry S. Truman
1989 Movie
4.4
Cold Front
as Derek McKenzie
1989 Movie
4.5
Bye Bye Blues
as Teddy Cooper
1989 Movie
5.4
Clara's Heart
as Bill Hart
1988 Movie
5.4
Maid to Order
as Nick McGuire
1987 Movie
4.7
The Allnighter
as Mickey
1987 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Ontkean.
5.7
North Shore
1 eps
2004 Series
6.9
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1 eps
1996 Series
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Charles McCamber • 1 eps
1995 Series
3.9
Family Album
as Ward Thayer • 2 eps
1994 Series
7.7
In a Child's Name
as Kenneth Taylor • 2 eps
1991 Series
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Harry S. Truman • 30 eps
1990 Series
6.1
The Hitchhiker
as Gordon Brooks • 1 eps
1983 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Tommy • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.8
The Rookies
as Willie Gillis • 46 eps
1972 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Lucius Harney • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Partridge Family
as Lester Braddock • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.8
Ironside
1 eps
1967 Series
4.8
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Cochea • 1 eps
1957 Series