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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.659 |
| Birthday | 1946-01-24 |
| Place of Birth | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Also Known As | Michael Leonard Ontkean, |
1987
Maid to Order
5.6/56
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he neve...
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Maid to Order
1984
The Blood of Others
5/10
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann...
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The Blood of Others
1977
Slap Shot
6.835/375
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging playe...
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Slap Shot
1993
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
5/2
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Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1982
Making Love
7/40
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
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Making Love
1972
Necromancy
4.5/28
After Lori suffers a stillbirth, her husband Frank obtains a job with a northern California toy company. Frank's new boss, the mysterious Mr. Cato, ex...
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Necromancy
2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
5.4/16
Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than they bargained for when they buy an old house that was formerly inhabited by the nice old Mrs....
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Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2000
Bear with Me
5.1/8
An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild. Three years go...
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Bear with Me
1972
The Rookies
6/1
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired a...
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The Rookies
1988
Clara's Heart
5.5/52
David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's...
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Clara's Heart
1980
Willie and Phil
4.4/8
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of...
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Willie and Phil
1984
Just the Way You Are
6.1/17
Despite her success as a professional flute player and the constant attention of men around her, Susan Berlanger feels insecure because of her lame ri...
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Just the Way You Are
1971
The Peace Killers
5/12
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recogniz...
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The Peace Killers
2011
The Descendants
6.848/2777
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to co...
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The Descendants
1977
US Against the World
0/0
This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United States against stars from the U.K. and the rest of the Worl...
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US Against the World
1972
Hot Summer Week
2/1
Two girls pick up a crazed hitchhiker who may or may not be the serial killer murdering hippies in the area.
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Hot Summer Week
1998
Summer of the Monkeys
5.8/11
One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.
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Summer of the Monkeys
1987
Street Justice
0/0
A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.
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Street Justice
1983
The Witching
0/0
This is Gordon's re-edit of his 1972 horror film Necromancy starring Orson Welles and Pamela Franklin. This version features brand new scenes (mostly...
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The Witching
2002
A Killing Spring
6/2
When Reed Gallagher, dean of Journalism at Lanholme College, is found dead of asphyxiation in an apparent attempt at autoerotic suffocation, Joanne Ki...
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A Killing Spring
1990
Cold Front
4.4/7
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
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Cold Front
1999
Just a Little Harmless Sex
5.2/5
A young married couple faces a serious break-up when the husband is caught committing adultery with a prostitute.
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Just a Little Harmless Sex
1998
A Chance of Snow
5.6/10
After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and daughters for a flight to her mother's home. At the a...
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A Chance of Snow
1996
The Stepford Husbands
5/4
Something sinister is going on in the town of Stepford, and this time the men should watch their backs.
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The Stepford Husbands
1979
Voices
3/2
An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.
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Voices
1997
Swann
4/1
Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure...
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Swann
1990
Postcards from the Edge
6.6/268
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continu...
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Postcards from the Edge
1987
The Allnighter
5/38
Molly, Val and Gina are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired. Molly is still looking for real love and Val is beginnin...
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The Allnighter
1992
Legacy of Lies
6/1
A famous orchestra director was killed by the mafia when he left a restaurant. But the policeman who is in charge of this case discovers that there is...
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Legacy of Lies
1985
Kids Don't Tell
0/0
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those aro...
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Kids Don't Tell
1986
The Right of the People
4/2
The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns. He la...
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The Right of the People
1989
Bye Bye Blues
5.2/5
During World War II, Daisy Cooper returns home to Canada with her children after her British husband, soldier Teddy, is assigned to Singapore. With th...
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Bye Bye Blues
1989
Twin Peaks
8.4/592
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the...
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Twin Peaks
1993
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
4.2/4
Based on the infamous "Baby Jessica" case, A heated custody battle between her biological and adoptive parents leaves a little girl caught in the cros...
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Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
1990
In Defense of a Married Man
5/11
When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him....
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In Defense of a Married Man
1972
Pickup on 101
3.5/2
An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get...
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Pickup on 101
1993
Rapture
2/2
A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years before.
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Rapture
1998
Nico the Unicorn
6.2/42
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.
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Nico the Unicorn
1996
The Man Next Door
6/3
Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.
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The Man Next Door
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
7.291/211
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of...
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
1971
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
0/0
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The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
2000
Green Sails
0/0
When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his life spirals out of control. With an unlikely ally and beautiful crusader...
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