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Dean Gerard Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on the HBO prison drama Oz and had roles in TV series Rescue Me, 30 Rock, Sex and the City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as portraying "Mayhem" in a series of Allstate Insurance commercials. He co-starred in one season of the CBS Network cop drama series Battle Creek and had a recurring role as “The Vulture” on the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Dean Winters
Winters in October 2010
Born	Dean Gerard Winters (1964-07-20) July 20, 1964 (age 58) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Kathleen Coen
Children	2
Relatives	Scott William Winters (brother)

Early life

Dean Gerard Winters was born in New York City on July 20, 1964.[1] He was raised on Long Island. He is of Irish and Italian descent, and speaks fluent Italian.[1] He has two brothers, actor Scott and writer Bradford, and a sister, Blair.[2] Winters spent his teenage years in Scottsdale, Arizona. He attended Chaparral High School and graduated from Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit school in Phoenix, in 1982,[1] and from Colorado College in 1986.

Career

Winters has appeared in two of the Law & Order television series: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where he was a regular in the first season, and as a guest star in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Purgatory". He also made an appearance in Season 2 of the television series Sex and the City as John McFadden. More than ten years after his final appearance on SVU, he again portrayed Detective Brian Cassidy in the 13th-season finale "Rhodium Nights", became a recurring character in the 14th season and, in the 15th season, also became Captain Olivia Benson's love interest. He has also made guest appearances on Homicide: Life on the Street, Third Watch, NYPD Blue, CSI: Miami and as Dennis Duffy in 30 Rock as well as previously having an accompanying role in Rescue Me.

He starred in the 1999 romantic comedy Undercover Angel with Yasmine Bleeth and the 2002 direct-to-video horror film Hellraiser: Hellseeker. He played Tom in PS, I Love You. Winters played Detective Sam Tyler's father in the US version of Life On Mars. He also played Charley Dixon, Sarah Connor's love interest, in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.[3]

Winters performed stand-up comedy at Catch a Rising Star, The Comic Strip, and the Comedy Cellar alongside notable comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, and Chris Rock. An HBO comedy special led him to the role he portrayed on OZ, the HBO-produced prison drama.

Winters was cast in the ABC drama pilot Happy Town, from the creators of October Road, but was replaced by Steven Weber after shooting the pilot.[4][5]

Winters was away from acting until 2010, when Tina Fey brought him back to 30 Rock.[6] Also that year, Winters was introduced as "Mayhem", a recurring character in a television and radio advertising campaign for Allstate Insurance created by the advertising agency Leo Burnett Chicago.[7] In 2019, Fey joined Winters in a series of "Mayhem" commercials.[8]

Winters played Avi in John Wick. Winters co-starred in one season of the CBS Network cop drama series Battle Creek, playing a small-town police force detective opposite Josh Duhamel, the FBI resident agent assigned to the town. The series was canceled in May 2015. Most recently, he reprised his role on Brooklyn Nine-Nine as The Vulture and had a supporting role as a divorce attorney on the HBO series Divorce.[9] In 2018, he was cast as Mr. Town in the second season of Starz American Gods.[10]

Health

In June 2009, Winters contracted a bacterial infection and collapsed upon arrival at his doctor's office. While being transported across Central Park in an ambulance, he went into cardiac arrest for over two minutes. Paramedics were able to revive him and he was hospitalized in intensive care for three weeks.[6] Over the course of the next year, he developed gangrene, requiring the amputation of two toes and half of one thumb, and ten subsequent operations including a skin graft.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Conspiracy Theory	Cleet	film debut
1997	Lifebreath	Chrystie's Lover
1999	Undercover Angel	Harrison Tyler
2001	Snipes	Bobby Starr
2001	Bullet in the Brain	Bank Robber	Short film
2002	Hellraiser: Hellseeker	Trevor	Direct-to-Video
2004	Brooklyn Bound	Danny
2004	Love Rome	Dean
2006	Bristol Boys	Randy
2006	Dead Calling	Nick
2007	P.S. I Love You	Tom
2009	Winter of Frozen Dreams	Ken Curtis
2009	Splinterheads	Reggie
2009	Today's Special	Steve
2010	Vipers in the Grass	Frank Devine	Short film
2012	The Worst	Night	Short film
2013	The Devil You Know	Jake Kelly
2013	Memoire	Gregor	Short film
2014	Don Peyote	Gun Dealer
2014	John Wick	Avi
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Bartender
2017	Rough Night	Detective Frazier
2018	After Everything	Blake
2018	Father of the Year	Geoff
2018	A Civilized Life	Conway	Short film; also Producer
2019	Framing John DeLorean	John Valestra	Documentary
2020	Lost Girls	Dean Bostick
2021	Palmer	Jerry
2021	Street Justice	Patrick Hannigan	Pre-production
2021	Christmas vs. The Walters	Brian Walters
TBA	Rites & Wrongs	Gianni / Orson	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995–1996	Homicide: Life on the Street	Tom Marans	Television debut Recurring role; 3 episodes
1996	NYPD Blue	Larry	Episode: "Where'd the Van Gogh?"
1996	The Playroom	Unknown	Television Short
1997	Firehouse	Nick Wilkinson	Television Movie
1997–1999	Millennium	Young Michael Lanyard/Mr. Crocell	2 episodes
1997–2003	Oz	Ryan O'Reily	Series regular; 56 episodes
1998	New York Undercover	Paul Delaney	Episode: "Rat Trap"
1999	Sex and the City	John McFadden	Episode: "The F**k Buddy"
1999	Saturday Night Live	Ryan O'Reily	Uncredited; Episode: "Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie"
1999–2019	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Brian Cassidy	Recurring role; 31 episodes
2001	Deadline	Des Lonegan	Episode: "Shock"
2002	Third Watch	Bill Stram	Episode: "The Unforgiven"
2002	The Twilight Zone	Gordon	Episode: "Future Trade"
2004	Strip Search	Ned McGarth	Television Movie
2004–2011	Rescue Me	Johnny Gavin	Main role; 33 episodes
2005	CSI: Miami	Raymond Caine	Episode: "10-7"
2006–2012	30 Rock	Dennis Duffy	Recurring role; 15 episodes Nominated – Gold Derby award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated – Online Film & Television Association award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mike Stoat	Episode: "Purgatory"
2008–2009	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Charley Dixon	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2008–2009	Life on Mars	Vic Tyler	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2012	Up All Night	Casey Brinkley	Episode: "Preschool Auction"
2013	Westside	Robbie Carver	Television Movie
2013–2019	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Detective Keith 'The Vulture' Pembroke	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2014	American Dad!	Edward	Voice role; Episode: "News Glances with Genevieve Vavance"
2015	Battle Creek	Russ Agnew	Main role; 13 episodes
2016	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Bunny	Episode: "Kimmy Kidnaps Gretchen!"
2016–2018	Divorce	Tony Silvercreek	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2017–2019	Tangled: The Series	Andrew	Voice role; 2 episodes
2019	Berlin Station	Birdman	Episode: "The Dream of the Four Policemen"
2019	Wayne	Daddy/Bobby Lucetti	Recurring roles; 6 episodes
2019	American Gods	Mr. Town	Episode: "The Beguiling Man"
2019	City on a Hill	Ralph Hook	Episode: "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"
2021	Girls5eva	Nick	3 episodes
2022	Joe vs. Carole	Jeff Lowe	Limited series[11]

References

External links

• Dean Winters on Twitter
• Dean Winters at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Dean Winters

Dean Winters (* 20. Juli 1964 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[ru] Уинтерс, Дин

Дин Джера́рд Уи́нтерс (англ. Dean Gerard Winters, род. 20 июля 1964, Нью-Йорк)[1] — американский актёр. За свою кинокарьеру, которая длится с 1995 года, снялся более чем в 60 фильмах и телесериалах. Наиболее известен ролью Денниса Даффи в телесериале «Студия 30» (2006—2012).

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