MICHAEL ONTKEAN
ACTING
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).
- Maid to Order 1987
- The Blood of Others 1984
- Slap Shot 1977
- Vendetta II: The New Mafia 1993
- Making Love 1982
- Necromancy 1972
- Bear with Me 2000
- The Rookies 1972
- Clara's Heart 1988
- Willie and Phil 1980
- Just the Way You Are 1984
- The Peace Killers 1971
- The Descendants 2011
- Hot Summer Week 1972
- Summer of the Monkeys 1998
- Street Justice 1987
- Just a Little Harmless Sex 1999
- A Chance of Snow 1998
- The Stepford Husbands 1996
- Voices 1979
- Postcards from the Edge 1990
- The Allnighter 1987
- Twin Peaks 1989
- Pickup on 101 1972
- Nico the Unicorn 1998
- Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces 2014
- The Rookies 1972
- Twin Peaks 1990
- Tales of the Unexpected 1979
- The Hitchhiker 1983
- The Outer Limits 1995
- Family Album 1994
- The Outer Limits 1995
- In a Child's Name 1991
- Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans 1957
- The Partridge Family 1970
- Great Performances 1971