Michael OntkeanFilmography

A Killing Spring

Actors: Wendy Crewson, Shawn Doyle, Michael Ontkean, Zachery Ty Bryan, Sherry Miller

Synopsis: Originally telecast over Canada's CTV network on January 29, 2002, A Killing Spring was a one-shot attempt to revive the popular Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries series (aka Criminal Instincts), starring Wendy Crewson as the ex-police-detective-turned-university-lecturer created by Gail Bowen. Missing Read More

Green Sails

Actors: Marcus Graham, Alexandra Paul, Michael Ontkean, Thomas Kretschmann

Synopsis: An upwardly mobile CCT executive finds his life and career suddenly spinning out of control after he uncovers a vast corporate conspiracy in this thriller starring Marcus Graham, Thomas Kretschmann, and Alexandra Paul. Will Patterson (Graham) was set to become a powerful executive at the time he Read More

Bear With Me

Actors: Kaitlyn Burke, Michael Ontkean, Helen Shaver, Kimberly Warnat, Gordon Tootoosis

Synopsis: Eleven-year-old Emily (Kaitlyn Burke) is an environmental activist in training, having saved a bear cub wounded by poachers and nursed it back to health . When Emily's 16-year-old sister Melissa (Kimberley Warnat) -- another would-be environmentalist -- and her high school pal Daniel (Kristian Read More

Just a Little Harmless Sex

Actors: Alison Eastwood, Robert Mailhouse, Rachel Hunter, Kimberly Williams, Lauren Hutton

Synopsis: Love, sex, fidelity, and the nearly endless variety of complications they can bring are played for laughs in this sophisticated comedy. Alan (Robert Mailhouse) is driving home on a dark and rainy night when he sees an attractive woman standing by the side of the road. He stops and offers her a Read More

Stepford Husbands

Synopsis: A husband and wife are initially thrilled to have moved to an idyllic, leafy town, but its apparent perfection -- no crime, noise, or violence -- gradually unnerves them. Even the town's male fraternity is unusually staid, which leads our protagonists to believe that something sinister is at work Read More

A Chance of Snow

Actors: JoBeth Williams, Michael Ontkean, Charles Durning, Barbara Barrie, Dey Young

Synopsis: It is hardly an unusual occurrence when the Minneapolis airport is snowed in...even on Christmas eve, stranding thousands of disgruntled tourists. What makes this particular snowbound evening a bit different from others is the identity of two would-be flyers who must wait out the blizzard before Read More

Nico the Unicorn

Actors: Anne Archer, Michael Ontkean, Kevin Zegers

Synopsis: Based on the popular novel for young adults by Frank Sacks, this heart-warming drama concerns Billy Hastings (Kevin Zegers), an 11-year-old boy whose life is shattered after his leg is permanently damaged by a drunk driver. Billy and his mother Julie (Anne Archer) move to a new town in hopes of Read More

Summer of the Monkeys

Actors: Michael Ontkean, Leslie Hope, Wilford Brimley, Corey Sevier, Katie Stuart

Synopsis: Michael Anderson directed this Canadian coming-of-age adventure that generates nostalgia for rural America at the turn of the century. Farmer John Lee (Michael Ontkean) and wife Sarah (Leslie Hope) have two children, Jay Berry (Corey Sevier) and crippled Daisy (Katie Stuart). Hoping to buy a pony Read More

Swann

Synopsis: Mary Swann, an Ontario farmer's wife, lead a fairly dull existence until she demonstrated a remarkable talent for poetry and became the darling of the literati. Tragically, she was ruthlessly slain by her own husband who then committed suicide. Mary's closest friend Rose is devastated by the death Read More

The Man Next Door

Actors: Pamela Reed, Michael Ontkean, Annette O'Toole, Sam Anderson, Richard Gilliland

Synopsis: In this drama, a neighborhood community becomes tense and upset when they learn that a recently released convicted rapist is living amongst them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Danielle Steel's 'Family Album'

Actors: Jaclyn Smith, Michael Ontkean, Joe Flanigan, Kristen Minter, Brian Krause

Synopsis: Based on steamy novel by Danielle Steel and originally aired as a two-part miniseries on NBC television, this drama looks at the complex personal and professional life of a famed actress/director ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Rapture

Actors: Grant Aljanak, Karen Allen, Gemma Barry, Don Dickinson, John Friesen, David McIlwraith, Michael Ontkean, Hrant Alianak

Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica

Actors: Susan Dey, Michael Ontkean, Amanda Plummer, David Keith, Anna Ferguson

Synopsis: In this fact-based made-for-television movie, a little girl finds herself a pawn in a bitter custody battle between her adoptive parents and her biological parents. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Legacy of Lies

Actors: Michael Ontkean

Synopsis: Michael Ontkean stars as Zack Resnick, an honest Chicago cop drawn into a political assassination who discovers some shocking information about himself and his family. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

In a Child's Name

Actors: Valerie Bertinelli, Michael Ontkean, Louise Fletcher, David Huddleston, Andy Hirsch

Synopsis: In this two-part made for TV movie, a woman (Valerie Bertinelli) fights for the custody of her sister's son after the sister is murdered by her husband.. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

The Greenpeace Years

Actors: Michael Ontkean

Postcards From the Edge

Actors: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher's best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman's struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to understanding all too well). Meryl Streep, in her most full-blown comic performance up to that point Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 07

Synopsis: The final cliffhanger episode of the first season of Twin Peaks, entitled "The Last Evening," originally aired on May 24, 1990, and was written and directed by series co-creator Mark Frost. James (James Marshall) and Donna (Lara Flynn Boyle) search for clues and find the missing tape, while Dr. Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 02

Synopsis: Originally broadcast on April 19, 1990, the memorable and pivotal second episode of Twin Peaks, "Zen, or the Skill of Catching a Killer," contains the infamous surreal dream sequence with the Little Man From Another Place (Michael J. Anderson). On Saturday night, sleazy businessman Benjamin Horne (Richard Beymer Read More

In Defense of a Married Man

Actors: Judith Light, Michael Ontkean

Synopsis: This TV movie is not necessarily in defense of married man Michael Ontkean. That responsibility is taken by Judith Light, Ontkean's wife. When Ontkean is accused of murdering his mistress (Cynthia Sikes), his wife Light, a defense attorney, handles the case. Beyond the unavoidable emotional Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 03

Synopsis: Originally broadcast on April 26, 1990, episode three of Twin Peaks, "Rest in Pain," takes place the day of Laura Palmer's funeral. After having breakfast with Audrey (Sherilyn Fenn), Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) explains his dream to Sheriff Harry Truman (Michael Ontkean), claiming it is a code Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 01

Synopsis: The first official episode of Twin Peaks, entitled "Traces to Nowhere," originally aired on April 12, 1990. Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) of the FBI continues to investigate the mysterious death of Laura Palmer. He interrogates James Hurley (James Marshall), Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook Read More

Twin Peaks [TV Series]

Actors: Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Lara Flynn Boyle, Joan Chen, Sherilyn Fenn, Piper Laurie, Michael Ontkean, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Kyle MacLachlan

Synopsis: The groundbreaking and influential Twin Peaks series originally ran on the ABC network for the short time between April 1990 and June 1991. Created by film director David Lynch (Blue Velvet) and writer Mark Frost (Hill Street Blues), it gained an enormous following of viewers while challenging Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 04

Synopsis: The fourth episode of Twin Peaks' first season, "The One-Armed Man," was originally broadcast on May 3, 1990, and directed by Tim Hunter (River's Edge). Deputy Andy Brennan sketches Sarah Palmer's visions of Killer Bob, resembling the Bob in Agent Cooper's dream from episode two. Another of Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 06

Synopsis: Episode six in the first season of Twin Peaks, "Realization Time," originally aired May 17, 1990, and was directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Caleb Deschanel. The wounded suspect Leo Johnson (Eric Da Re), shot by Shelly (Madchen Amick) in self-defense, tries to kill Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 05

Synopsis: Episode five of the first season of Twin Peaks, "Cooper's Dreams," originally aired on May 10, 1990, and was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. Trying to start her own investigation, Audrey goes to a job interview at her father's department store. She manipulates the manager, Emory Battis (Don Amendolia Read More

Bye Bye Blues

Actors: Rebecca Jenkins, Michael Ontkean, Luke Reilly, Stuart Margolin, Robyn Stevan

Synopsis: In this well-wrought drama, WW II dramatically changes the lives of the Cooper family when its patriarch is called to battle, captured, and sent to a Japanese POW camp. Back at home the heretofore coddled wife, who doesn't know if her husband is still alive, must somehow figure out how to support Read More

Street Justice

Actors: Michael Ontkean, Joanna Kerns, Catherine Bach, J.D. Cannon, Jeanette Nolan

Synopsis: In this convoluted drama, a CIA agent is finally released after spending the past thirteen years imprisoned in the Soviet Union. The joy of his homecoming is shattered when he discovers his wife married to another and that his daughter has grown up. When he learns that his wife's new husband is Read More

Cold Front

Actors: Martin Sheen, Michael Ontkean, Kim Coates, Beverly D'Angelo, Yvan Ponton

Synopsis: Due South it's not, but there are some nice touches in this thriller about an American drug enforcement agent on exchange assignment in Vancouver. The RCMP, the CIA and the KGB are all in pursuit of a deranged free-lance hit man who kills randomly-selected women in addition to his political Read More

Twin Peaks

Actors: Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, James Marshall, Michael Ontkean, Ray Wise, Kyle MacLachlan

Synopsis: Also known as "The Northwest Passage," the two-hour pilot episode of Twin Peaks originally aired April 8, 1990. The central plot of the series is set when Pete Martell (Jack Nance) finds the body of high school student Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) wrapped in plastic by the water at the Packard Read More

Clara's Heart

Actors: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan, Neil Patrick Harris, Spalding Gray

Synopsis: In this sentimental coming-of-age drama, directed by Richard Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) and written by Mark Medoff (Children of a Lesser God), Whoopi Goldberg plays Clara Mayfield, whom Leona Hart (Kathleen Quinlan) meets up with in Jamaica, where Leona retreats to mourn the death of her Read More

Maid to Order

Actors: Ally Sheedy, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Ontkean, Valerie Perrine, Dick Shawn

Synopsis: Rich but repulsive teenager Jessie (Ally Sheedy) can't stand the notion that the whole world doesn't jump to the crack of her whip. Her overindulgent father, millionaire Charles Montgomery (Tom Skerritt), wishes he could teach his daughter a lesson, but can't bring himself to deny his little Read More

The Allnighter

Actors: Susanna Hoffs, DeDee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, James Shanta, John Terlesky

Synopsis: In Allnighter, the viewer sees three roommates who are bound and determined to make the most out of their college graduation night. These fluffs go on a sexathon during their last big beach party, apparently trying to make their last fling a he-man thing. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Right of the People

Synopsis: The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns. He launched his fight after his wife and daughter were killed during a robbery. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Kids Don't Tell

Synopsis: Kids Don't Tell stars Michael Ontkean as a free-lance documentary filmmaker. Concerned over the increasing sexual abuse of children, Ontkean hopes to make a film on the subject, with the cooperation of the local police and social services. For reasons unknown, Ontkean's wife JoBeth Williams Read More

Just the Way You Are

Actors: Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, Robert Carradine, Lance Guest

Synopsis: In this standard human interest comedy, Susan Berlanger (Kristy McNichol) has been crippled since a child and has to wear a leg brace in order to get around, but that does not in any way prevent Sam (Robert Carradine) and several other men from being very attracted to her. Susan is a professional Read More

The Blood of Others

Actors: Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill, Lambert Wilson, Marie Bunel, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis: Produced on behalf of the HBO cable service, The Blood of Others is a rare venture into English-language filmmaking by Claude Chabrol. Set during World War II, the film stars Jodie Foster and Michael Ontkean as a pair of French resistance fighters. If you can swallow that, then you'll accept New Read More

Making Love

Actors: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill

Synopsis: Arthur Hiller directed this drama exploring the disintegration of an ideal marriage after the husband discovers he is gay. Kate Jackson is Claire, a successful television producer, and Michael Ontkean is her husband Zack, an equally successful doctor. They enjoy eight years of married bliss until Read More

Willie and Phil

Actors: Michael Ontkean, Margot Kidder, Ray Sharkey, Jerry Hall, Jan Miner, Natalie Wood

Synopsis: Director Paul Mazursky's follow-up to his 1978 hit An Unmarried Woman found this filmmaker creating a feature-length homage to the François Truffaut classic Jules and Jim. Willie and Phil begins with Jewish intellectual schoolteacher Willie (Michael Ontkean) meeting gregarious Italian-American Read More

Voices

Actors: Michael Ontkean, Amy Irving, Alex Rocco, Viveca Lindfors, Barry Miller

Synopsis: Amy Irving plays a deaf woman whose ambition is to become a professional dancer in this drama. Rosemarie Lemon is unhappy with the support she is getting from her family for her dreams. She meets a sensitive truck driver, Drew Rothman (Michael Ontkean), and they become lovers. Rothman's family is Read More

Slap Shot

Actors: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse

Synopsis: Paul Newman plays Reggie Dunlop, the coach of a pathetic minor-league American hockey team. His career at a standstill and his marriage in tatters, Dunlop has nothing to lose by taking on a new group of players who are one evolutionary step above Neanderthals. Only when the team begins winning Read More

Girls on the Road

Synopsis: Thomas J. Schmidt directed this little-known exploitation film getting a second life on video thanks to a double bill re-release with Werewolves on Wheels as part of the "Golden Age of Leather" series from Anchor Bay. After an unusual credit sequence featuring busty cult starlet Uschi Digart, the Read More

The Rookies: Season 01

Actors: Georg Stanford Brown, Michael Ontkean, Sam Melville, Gerald O'Loughlin, Kate Jackson

Pickup on 101

Synopsis: In this counter-culture melodrama, a youthful hitcher teams up with an aging vagabond on a lonely Southwestern road. The two are given a lift by an unemployed rocker. Soon the three find themselves at odds with assorted "establishment" characters until the old hobo has a fatal heart attack. As he Read More

The Witching

Synopsis: A wicked necromancer controls an entire town, forcing its residents to make the special "toys" he needs to cast his evil spells. This horror outing follows what happens when the dastardly wizard, hoping to revivify his dead son by stealing the soul of another, sets his sights on the wife of his Read More

The Rookies

Actors: Michael Ontkean, Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Darren McGavin, Jennifer Billingsley

Synopsis: Produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, The Rookies was the pilot film for the popular early-1970s cop series of the same name. The story centers upon the training of three young rookie cops, played by Michael Ontkean, Georg Stanford Brown and Sam Melville. Darren McGavin is their Read More

The Peacekillers

Synopsis: This biker action film from a small "B" studio opened to mixed reviews. Once a woman is the "old lady" of a motorcycle gang leader, she is always his "old lady," even when she goes to live in a hippie peace commune and practices the disciplines of peace and love. That's what her old gang thinks Read More

The Partridge Family: Not With My Sister, You Don't

Synopsis: Future Rookies star Michael Ontkean appears in this episode as Lester Braddock, a high school boy with a reputation as a heartbreaking Lothario. Keith (David Cassidy) and Danny (Danny Bonaduce) despair when it seems that Lester is about to add their sister Laurie (Susan Dey) to his list of Read More

Ironside: Noel's Gonna Fly

Synopsis: Ironside (Raymond Burr) tries to prevent Noel Seymour (Richard Basehart), a respectable middle-aged accountant who is undergoing a bad case of "male menopause", from ruining the rest of his life. The trouble begins when Seymour is arrested on a charge of public intoxication, then skips his Read More