Henry Winkler
Acting
- Born:
- 1945-10-30
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author. Winkler grew up in New York and was a student in the Yale School of Drama. Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. "The Fonz," a leather-clad greaser and auto mechanic, started out as a minor character at the show's beginning but had achieved top billing by the time the show ended. He also portrayed Jack Dunne in Heroes (1977), Andy in the Carl Reiner film The One and Only (1978), and Chuck Lumley in Ron Howard's Night Shift (1982). Winkler has evolved into a character actor, portraying roles such as the high school principal Arthur Himbry in Scream, Coach Klein in Adam Sandler's The Waterboy, Barry Zuckerkorn in Arrested Development, Sy Mittleman in Childrens Hospital, Dr. Saperstein in Parks and Recreation, Mr. Rock in the Hank Zipzer BBC series, Eddie R. Lawson in Royal Pains, Fritz in Monsters at Work, Uncle Joe in The French Dispatch, Al Pratt (Uncle Al) in Black Adam, and Gene Cousineau in Barry.
Known For
Filmography
Hexed
Rolling Loud: The Movie
The Patrick Star Show: Week of Stars!
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Lightworkers
Normal
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Hazardous History with Henry Winkler
The Final Cut
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Good Men
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Sly
The Family Stallone
Chanshi
Reindeer in Here
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Black Adam
Batwheels
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
Sherri
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Starting Now: the Making of Barry
Loot
On the Count of Three
Family Squares
The Legend of Vox Machina
Inside Job
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
American Horror Stories
History of the Sitcom
The Patrick Star Show
Monsters at Work
Rugrats
Extinct
More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
AGFA's Special Christmas Special
Pink Skies Ahead
Close Enough
Scoob!
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Stars in the House
Medical Police
The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU
Suzi Q
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Lights Out with David Spade
Where's Waldo?
Pizza: A Love Story
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Barry
Welcome to the Wayne
Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You
DuckTales
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
Sandy Wexler
Heroes Manufactured
Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe