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Michael Ontkean

1946 - Today

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Michael Ontkean (born 24 January 1946) is a retired Canadian 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 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 1,941,838 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Michael Ontkean is the 3,368th most popular actor (down from 3,238th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Canada (down from 256th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Ontkean ranks 3,368 out of 9,996. Before him are Dominic West, Ronald Pickup, Jordi Mollà, Carol Burnett, Patty Duke, and Michael Constantine. After him are Vanessa Kirby, James Read, Bérénice Bejo, Stefania Casini, John Wesley Shipp, and Tomas Arana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Michael Ontkean ranks 367. Before him are Dave Holland, Ludo Martens, Juan Pons, Charles Bolden, Patty Duke, and Robert Gadocha. After him are Ruth Fuchs, Robert Urich, Ricardo Maduro, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Kirsti Sparboe, and Michèle Alliot-Marie.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Michael Ontkean ranks 258 out of 1,350. Before him are Lance Kinsey (1954), John Diefenbaker (1895), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), Stephen McHattie (1946), Viola Desmond (1914), and Stana Katic (1978). After him are James LaBrie (1963), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Patricia Churchland (1943), Michael Wincott (1958), Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), and Michael Ignatieff (1947).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Michael Ontkean ranks 76. Before him are Patrick J. Adams (1981), Natasha Henstridge (1974), Elias Koteas (1961), Lance Kinsey (1954), Stephen McHattie (1946), and Stana Katic (1978). After him are Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Michael Wincott (1958), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Henry Czerny (1959), August Schellenberg (1936), and John Vernon (1932).

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