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Michael Ontkean
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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 U…
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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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2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Movie Sheriff Harry S. Truman
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2011
The Descendants
Movie Cousin Milo
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2004
North Shore
TV show
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2003
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
Movie Wes Merritt
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2002
A Killing Spring
Movie Tom Keaton
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2000
Bear with Me
Movie Greg Bradley
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2000
Green Sails
Movie John Scott
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1999
Just a Little Harmless Sex
Movie Jeff
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1998
A Chance of Snow
Movie Matthew 'Matt' Parker
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1998
Summer of the Monkeys
Movie John Lee
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1998
Nico the Unicorn
Movie Tom Gentry
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1997
Swann
Movie Stephen
- 1996
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1996
The Stepford Husbands
Movie Mick Davidson
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1996
The Man Next Door
Movie Eli Cooley
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1995
The Outer Limits
TV show Dr. Charles McCamber
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1994
Family Album
TV show Ward Thayer
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1993
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Movie Hank Parnell
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1993
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
Movie Jan DeBoer
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1993
Rapture
Movie Jeff Lisker
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1992
Legacy of Lies
Movie
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1991
In a Child's Name
TV show Kenneth Taylor
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1990
In Defense of a Married Man
Movie Robert
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1990
Postcards from the Edge
Movie Robert Munch
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1990
Twin Peaks
TV show Harry S. Truman
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1989
Twin Peaks
Movie Sheriff Harry S. Truman
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1989
Cold Front
Movie Derek McKenzie
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1989
Bye Bye Blues
Movie Teddy Cooper
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1988
Clara's Heart
Movie Bill Hart
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1987
Maid to Order
Movie Nick McGuire
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1987
The Allnighter
Movie Mickey Leroi
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1987
Street Justice
Movie Curt Flynn
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1986
The Right of the People
Movie Christopher Wells
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1985
Kids Don't Tell
Movie John Ryan
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1984
Just the Way You Are
Movie Peter Nichols
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1984
The Blood of Others
Movie Jean
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1983
The Witching
Movie Frank Brandon
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1983
The Hitchhiker
TV show Gordon Brooks
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1982
Making Love
Movie Zach
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1980
Willie & Phil
Movie Willie Kaufman
