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Dean Winters

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  • Producer
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Dean Winters
An adaptation of the 2020 Wondery podcast "Joe Exotic: Tiger King," hosted and reported by Robert Moor. The limited series will center on Carole Baskin, a big cat enthusiast, who learns that fellow exotic animal lover Joe "Exotic" Schreibvogel is breeding and using his big cats for profit. She sets out to shut down his venture, inciting a quickly escalating rivalry. But Carole has a checkered past of her own and when the claws come out, Joe will stop at nothing to expose what he sees as her hypocrisy. The results prove dangerous.
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Dean Winters is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on HBO's award-winning series Oz (1997) and as Tina Fey's character's "Beeper King" boyfriend on the Emmy-winning comedy, 30 Rock (2006). His noteworthy comedic performance was recently included in Entertainment Weekly's "Must List" as well as Variety's short-list of Emmy-worthy guest performances. In addition to being featured in the film P.S. I Love You (2007) with Hilary Swank, Winters was a series regular on FX's critically-acclaimed, one-hour drama Rescue Me (2004), in which he played Denis Leary's character's brother, Johnny Gavin, an NYPD police detective.

He recurred as Lena Headey's former love interest on the Fox series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008). He can also be seen as the Allstate spokesmodel character known as Mayhem.

Winters also played Detective Brian Cassidy on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). Other television credits include guest-starring roles in CSI: Miami (2002), Sex and the City (1998), Third Watch (1999), The Twilight Zone (1985), Millennium (1996), New York Undercover (1994), NYPD Blue (1993) and Homicide: Life on the Street (1993). Some of Winters's film projects include Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009), Bristol Boys (2006), Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002), Bullet in the Brain (2001), Snipes (2001), Undercover Angel (1999), All Shook Up (1999), Conspiracy Theory (1997), starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts, Firehouse (1996), Sidney Lumet's television movie Strip Search (2004) and The Devil You Know (2013).
BornJuly 20, 1964
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BornJuly 20, 1964
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 8 nominations

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John Cameron Mitchell and Dean Winters in Joe vs. Carole (2022)
Mariska Hargitay and Dean Winters in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Thomas Haden Church and Dean Winters in Divorce (2016)
Thomas Haden Church and Dean Winters in Divorce (2016)
Candice Bergen, Josh Duhamel, and Dean Winters in Battle Creek (2015)
Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters in Battle Creek (2015)
Candice Bergen and Dean Winters
Candice Bergen and Dean Winters in Battle Creek (2015)
Candice Bergen and Dean Winters in Battle Creek (2015)
Dean Winters in Battle Creek (2015)
Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters in Battle Creek (2015)
Josh Duhamel and Dean Winters in Battle Creek (2015)

Known for

Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe, John Leguizamo, Bridget Moynahan, Ian McShane, Michael Nyqvist, and Alfie Allen in John Wick (2014)
John Wick
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  • Avi
  • 2014
Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler in P.S. I Love You (2007)
P.S. I Love You
7.0
  • Tom
  • 2007
Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)
30 Rock
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TV Series
  • Dennis Duffy
  • Dennis
Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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  • Detective Brian Cassidy
  • DA Investigator Brian Cassidy
  • Officer Brian Cassidy
  • I.A.B. Detective Brian Cassidy

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Actor

  • Street Justice
    • Patrick Hannigan
    • Pre-production
  • Rites & Wrongs
    • Gianni, Orson
    • Pre-production
  • Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell in Joe vs. Carole (2022)
    Joe vs. Carole
    • Jeff Lowe
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Caroline Aaron, Bruce Dern, Richard Thomas, Chris Elliott, Jack McGee, Kresh Novakovic, Shawnee Smith, Dean Winters, Nate Torrence, Paris Bravo, and Gianni Ciardiello in Christmas vs. The Walters (2021)
    Christmas vs. The Walters
    • Brian Walters
    • 2021
  • DC Showcase: The Losers (2021)
    DC Showcase: The Losers
    • Storm (voice)
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Busy Philipps, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Sara Bareilles in Girls5eva (2021)
    Girls5eva
    • Nick
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Justin Timberlake and Ryder Allen in Palmer (2021)
    Palmer
    • Jerry
    • 2021
  • Amy Ryan and Sarah Wisser in Lost Girls (2020)
    Lost Girls
    • Dean Bostick
    • 2020
  • Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017)
    Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
    • Andrew (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2019
  • Ruby Black: Sriracha
    • Dean Winters
    • Music Video
    • 2019
  • Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge in City on a Hill (2019)
    City on a Hill
    • Ralph Hook
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
    • Keith 'The Vulture' Pembroke
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2019
  • Framing John DeLorean (2019)
    Framing John DeLorean
    • John Valestra
    • 2019
  • Crispin Glover, Demore Barnes, Emily Browning, Ian McShane, Ricky Whittle, Yetide Badaki, Omid Abtahi, and Bruce Langley in American Gods (2017)
    American Gods
    • Mr. Town
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • DA Investigator Brian Cassidy
    • Detective Brian Cassidy
    • I.A.B. Detective Brian Cassidy ...
    • TV Series
    • 1999–2019
  • Wayne (2019)
    Wayne
    • Bobby Luccetti
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Berlin Station (2016)
    Berlin Station
    • Birdman
    • TV Series
    • 2019

Producer

  • Lawrence Bender, Chilly Nathan, Ethan Peck, Dean Winters, Ninet Tayeb, Caleb Heymann, Tanya Fischer, Britt Lower, Victoria Keon-Cohen, Lucinda Jubb, Stoan Maslev, Daniel Sheiman, and Rian Antonelli in A Civilized Life (2018)
    A Civilized Life
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2018
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  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • July 20, 1964
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Relatives
      Scott William Winters(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Appeared in Shyne's video for the single "Bonnie and Shyne".

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    Died in the back of an ambulance going through Central Park in 2009 after suffering from a bacterial infection. He was brought back to life 3-1/2 minutes later by the emergency response team at Lenox Hill Hospital. In a span of two years he had 16 surgeries, lost 2-1/2 toes and half a thumb after contracting gangrene. He also had major reconstructive surgery on his left arm. He was offered the role of "Mayhem" for Allstate's ad campaign while in the hospital.
  • Quotes
    Life is short, I learned the hard way.
  • Trademarks
      Often plays immoral yet charming characters

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