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The Descendants

as Cousin Milo

2011
Mrs. Ashboro's Cat

as Wes Merritt

2003
Bear with Me

as Greg Bradley

2000
Summer of the Monkeys

as John Lee

1998
The Stepford Husbands

as Mick Davidson

1996
Family Album

as Ward Thayer

1994
Vendetta II: The New Mafia

as Hank Parnell

1993
Cold Front

as Derek McKenzie

1990
Twin Peaks

as Sheriff Harry S. Truman

1989
Maid to Order

as Nick McGuire

1987
The Allnighter

as Mickey

1987
Street Justice

as Curt Flynn

1989
Just the Way You Are

as Peter Nichols

1984
Voices

as Drew Rothman

1979
Slap Shot

as Ned Braden

1977
The Rookies

as

1972
Necromancy

as Frank Brandon

1972
Hot Summer Week

as Will

1972
The Peace Killers

as Jeff

1971
Michael Ontkean Michael Ontkean

Birthday

1946-01-24

Place of Birth

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Michael Leonard Ontkean (born 24 January 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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