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- Long pants
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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…
Known for
- Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces — Sheriff Harry S. Truman2014
- The Descendants — Cousin Milo2011
- North Shore2004
- Mrs. Ashboro's Cat — Wes Merritt2003
- A Killing Spring — Tom Keaton2002
- Bear with Me — Greg Bradley2000
- Green Sails — John Scott2000
- Just a Little Harmless Sex — Jeff1999
- Summer of the Monkeys — John Lee1998
- Nico the Unicorn — Tom Gentry1998
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1958-08-29
- Active to
- 2009-06-25
americanboogiecontemporary r&bdancedance-popdisco
Discography
- Got to Be There1972
- Ben1972
- Music & Me1973
- Forever, Michael1975
- Off the Wall1979
- Thriller1982
- Bad1987
- Dangerous1991
- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I1995
- Invincible2001
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Vancouver
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Image
- Michael Ontkean.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1946-01-26
- name in native language
- Michael Ontkean
- birth name
- Michael Leonard Ontkean
- Commons category
- Michael Ontkean
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- end of work period
- 2011-00-00
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