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      Michael Ontkean

      Michael Ontkean

      Highest Rated: 85% Slap Shot (1977)

      Lowest Rated: 20% Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999)

      Birthday: Jan 24, 1946

      Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

      A former child actor with the National Shakespeare Festival Ontkean first came to prominence in the TV series "The Rookies" (ABC, 1972-74). He has appeared in several films, notably opposite Paul Newman in "Slap Shot" (1977) and in the tame homosexual love story "Making Love" (1982), which reunited him with his TV wife Kate Jackson. He is best known to contemporary audiences as straight-arrow police chief Harry S. Truman in David Lynch's TV soap-opera-with-a-twist, "Twin Peaks" (1990). He reprised the role in Lynch's 1992 feature "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me." Ontkean also has appeared in many TV movies including opposite Jodie Foster in the WWII thriller "The Blood of Others" (HBO, 1984) and memorably as an accused murderer in "In a Child's Name" (CBS, 1991).

      Highest rated movies

      Slap Shot
      Making Love
      Clara's Heart
      Maid to Order
      Just a Little Harmless Sex

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      Michael Ontkean WILLIE & PHIL, Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, 1980, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. MAKING LOVE, Kate Jackson, Michael Ontkean, 1982, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. SLAP SHOT, Lindsay Crouse, Michael Ontkean, 1977 SLAP SHOT, Michael Ontkean, 1977 SLAP SHOT, riding in front car from left: Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Paul Newman, 1977 SLAP SHOT, in uniform from left: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, 1977 WILLIE & PHIL, Margot Kidder, Michael Ontkean (black shirt), Ray Sharkey (fallen), 1980, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. SLAP SHOT, Michael Ontkean, Paul Newman, 1977 WILLIE AND PHIL, Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, 1980, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. MAKING LOVE, Michael Ontkean, director Arthur Hiller, Kate Jackson, 1982, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. WILLIE AND PHIL, Ray Sharkey, Margot Kidder, Michael Ontkean, director Paul Mazursky, on-set, 1980, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. WILLIE & PHIL, from left, Ray Sharkey, Margot Kidder, Michael Ontkean, 1980, TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. / MAKING LOVE, Michael Ontkean, Harry Hamlin, 1982, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. WILLIE & PHIL, Ray Sharkey, Michael Ontkean, 1980, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. MAKING LOVE, Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean, 1982, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. WILLIE & PHIL, Ray Sharkey, Michael Ontkean, 1980, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, Michael Ontkean, Kristy McNichol, 1984, (c)MGM MAID TO ORDER, Ally Sheedy, Michael Ontkean, 1987, (c)New Century Vista Film Company VOICES, Amy Irving, Michael Ontkean, 1979, (c) MGM
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mrs. Ashboro's Cat Wes Merritt (Character) - 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Killing Spring Tom Keaton (Character) - 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Green Sails John Scott (Character) - 2000
      No Score Yet 27% Bear With Me Greg Bradley (Character) - 2000
      20% 57% Just a Little Harmless Sex Jeff (Character) $87.8K 1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Chance of Snow Matthew `'Matt'` Parker (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet 65% Nico the Unicorn Tom Gentry (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet 65% Summer of the Monkeys John Lee (Character) - 1998
      No Score Yet 43% The Man Next Door Eli Cooley (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Swann Stephen (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 58% The Stepford Husbands Mick Davison (Character) - 1996
      No Score Yet 50% Family Album Ward Thayer (Character) - 1994
      No Score Yet 83% Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica Jan DeBoer (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Vendetta II: The New Mafia Hank Parnell (Character) - 1993
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Legacy of Lies Zach Resnick (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Rapture Jeff Lisker (Character) - 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet In Defense of a Married Man Robert (Character) - 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cold Front Derek McKenzie (Character) - 1989
      No Score Yet 83% Bye Bye Blues Teddy Cooper (Character) - 1989
      47% 59% Clara's Heart Bill Hart (Character) $4.5M 1988
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Street Justice Curt Flynn (Character) - 1987
      42% 55% Maid to Order Nick McGuire (Character) $8.2M 1987
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Right of the People Christopher Wells (Character) - 1986
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Kids Don't Tell John Ryan (Character) - 1985
      No Score Yet 61% Just the Way You Are Peter Nichols (Character) $355.0K 1984
      No Score Yet 38% The Blood of Others Jean (Character) - 1984
      56% 58% Making Love Zach Elliot (Character) - 1981
      No Score Yet 33% Willie and Phil Willie Kaufman (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 75% Voices Drew Rothman (Character) - 1979
      85% 88% Slap Shot Ned Braden (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet 29% Girls on the Road Will (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet 29% The Witching Frank Brandon (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Summer Week Will (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet 38% The Peace Killers Jeff (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rookies Officer Willie Gillis (Character) - 1971

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet North Shore Unknown (Guest Star) 2004-2005
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Dr. Field (Character),
      Dr. Charles McCamber (Guest Star)       		1997 2000
      78% 92% Twin Peaks Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Character) 1990-1991
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Tommy (Character) 1979
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rookies Officer Willie Gillis (Character) 1972-1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Longstreet Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Partridge Family Lester Braddock (Guest Star) 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August Mike Foschke (Guest Star) 1970