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Michael Ontkean (born January 24, 1946) is a retired Canadian actor, long-based in the United States. 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.
Michael Ontkean, best known for playing the minor league hockey player Ned Braden in the cult classic Slap Shot (1977), was born on January 24, 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His parents, Leonard and Muriel (née Cooper) Ontkean, were actors.
Michael Ontkean, best known for playing the minor league hockey player Ned Braden in the cult classic Slap Shot (1977), was born on January 24, 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His parents, Leonard and Muriel (née Cooper) Ontkean, were actors.
Feb 14, 2022 · Michael Ontkean (left) and Harry Hamlin . Photo: 20th Century studios/Kobal/Shutterstock. It's been four decades since Harry Hamlin played a gay writer in 1982's Making Love, a film about a...
Feb 11, 2022 · Directed by Arthur Hiller and written by out gay screenwriters Barry Sandler and A. Scott Berg, the movie starred Hamlin and Slap Shot's Michael Ontkean as Bart and Zack — the first gay couple...
Jan 19, 2023 · Michael Ontkean (Sheriff Harry S. Truman) ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images. Michael Ontkean gained notoriety in the 1970s as Officer Willie Gillis on the ABC series The Rookies....
Michael Ontkean is a former Canadian actor who is popularly known for his role of ‘Officer Willie Gillis’ in the television show ‘The Rookies’. Starting as a promising hockey player in his college years, Ontkean moved to The United States and decided to pursue a career in acting.
