Age, Biography and Wiki
Michael Ontkean (Michael Leonard Ontkean) was born on 24 January, 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is an actor. Discover Michael Ontkean's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?
| Popular As |
Michael Leonard Ontkean |
| Occupation |
actor |
| Age |
78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
24 January 1946 |
| Birthday |
24 January |
| Birthplace |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality |
Canada
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 78 years old group.
Michael Ontkean Height, Weight & Measurements
At 78 years old, Michael Ontkean height is 6' 1" (1.85 m) .
| Physical Status |
| Height |
6' 1" (1.85 m) |
| Weight |
Not Available |
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Who Is Michael Ontkean's Wife?
His wife is Jamie Smith-Jackson (1987 - present) ( 1 child), Frances E. Knight (1971 - 20 March 1980) ( divorced)
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| Parents |
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| Wife |
Jamie Smith-Jackson (1987 - present) ( 1 child), Frances E. Knight (1971 - 20 March 1980) ( divorced) |
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Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Michael Ontkean Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Michael Ontkean worth at the age of 78 years old? Michael Ontkean’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Canada. We have estimated Michael Ontkean's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Actor |
Michael Ontkean Social Network
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Timeline
Michael Ontkean, the Cando-American actor 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.
Television from (1953-1962) Newspaper Delivery Boy: Toronto Telegram (1957-1958)
Michael appeared on the Canadian TV series Hudson's Bay (1959), which ran for one season in 1959-60, but did not appear again professionally as an actor until an episode of Ironside (1967) was broadcast in 1970. Like many a Canadian lad, Ontkean grew up playing hockey. He was good enough to earn a hockey scholarship to the University of New Hampshire, a Division I program.
He was a standout player at UNH in his three seasons as a varsity player from 1966 to 1969. (Division I hockey teams did not allow freshmen to play on the varsity team in those days.
) After graduating from UNH in 1969, he did not pursue a professional hockey career but moved to Los Angeles to become an actor.
After taking roles on episodic TV shows and appearing in TV movies from 1970 to 1972, he had his breakthrough with a lead in the TV series The Rookies (1972), which debuted in September 1972.
He played policeman Willie Gillis on the series, which he left after the 1973-74 season and was replaced by policeman Chris Owens, played by Bruce Fairbairn.
(Peter Straus, who lost the role in "Slap Shot" to Ontkean but was the bigger star after the success of the TV mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), turned down the role of the closeted gay man played by Ontkean in "Making Love.
Subsequently, he had a major role in Paul Mazursky's Willie & Phil (1980), but neither that movie or "Making Love" was a hit.
His "Rookies" co-star Kate Jackson would later appear as his wife in the then-controversial 1982 film Making Love (1982), in which Ontkean played a married man who leaves his wife after coming out after an affair with his gay lover. Earlier, Ontkean's skill as a hockey player enabled Ontkean to beat out Peter Straus and other actors for the role as the disaffected Ned Braden in "Slap Shot". In the film, he performed all of his on-ice shots himself.
