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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.
As actor
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
The Descendants
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
A Killing Spring
Bear with Me
Green Sails
Just a Little Harmless Sex
Summer of the Monkeys
Nico the Unicorn
A Chance of Snow
Swann
The Stepford Husbands
The Man Next Door
Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica
Rapture
Legacy of Lies
Postcards from the Edge
In Defense of a Married Man
Twin Peaks: Season One
Cold Front
Bye Bye Blues
Twin Peaks
Clara's Heart
Maid to Order
Street Justice
The Allnighter
The Right of the People
Kids Don't Tell
The Blood of Others