ACTOR

Michael Ontkean

1946 - Today

Photo of Michael Ontkean

Icon of person Michael Ontkean

Michael Ontkean (born January 24, 1946) is a Canadian actor, long-based in the United States, now retired. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ontkean has received more than 2,104,515 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Michael Ontkean is the 3,094th most popular actor (up from 3,363rd in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Canada (up from 258th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Ontkean ranks 3,094 out of 13,578. Before him are Carey Lowell, Claude Dauphin, Clive Revill, Toshio Furukawa, Jean-Marc Barr, and Estelle Harris. After him are Michael Shannon, Stanisław Mikulski, Peter Jacobson, Esai Morales, Frankie Faison, and Irm Hermann.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Michael Ontkean ranks 364. Before him are Roland Sandberg, Steve Kanaly, Miklós Németh, Kirsti Sparboe, Toshio Furukawa, and George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen. After him are Gordon Murray, Randy Meisner, Jan Decleir, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, John Spencer, and Yuko Shimizu.

Others Born in 1946

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michael Ontkean ranks 236 out of 1,622. Before him are John Murray (1841), William H. McNeill (1917), Mazo de la Roche (1879), Marie Dressler (1868), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), and Gaëtan Dugas (1952). After him are R. Murray Schafer (1933), Kim Campbell (1947), David H. Levy (1948), Louise Penny (1958), David Shore (1959), and Ann Rutherford (1917).

Others born in Canada

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Michael Ontkean ranks 69. Before him are Phil Hartman (1948), Marc Singer (1948), Josephine Crowell (1859), August Schellenberg (1936), Marie Dressler (1868), and Colleen Dewhurst (1924). After him are Ann Rutherford (1917), Kenneth Welsh (1942), Elias Koteas (1961), Linda Thorson (1947), Michael Wincott (1958), and Barry Pepper (1970).

Canadian born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous