Michael Ontkean

Michael Ontkean is a Canadian actor who retired after a career in film and television. Born and raised in Vancouver, he moved to the United States on a hockey scholarship and studied at the University of New Hampshire before starting to act in the early 1970s. He first gained attention as Officer Willie Gillis on the crime series The Rookies from 1972 to 1974. His hockey background helped him land Ned Braden in Slap Shot (1977), and he took lead roles in Willie & Phil (1980) and Making Love (1982). Other films included Just the Way You Are (1984) and The Blood of Others (1984), Maid to Order and The Allnighter (both 1987), plus Postcards from the Edge (1990) and Clara's Heart (1988). He appeared as Sheriff Harry S. Truman on David Lynch's Twin Peaks from 1990 to 1991. He had a recurring role on North Shore in 2004, and his final screen role was in The Descendants (2011).