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Dean Winters

Dean Winters

Overview
Dean Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an Irish American
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,495,800 Americans reported Irish ancestry in the 2006 American Community Survey. The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans are German Americans...

 actor, perhaps best known for his portrayals of Ryan O'Reily
Ryan O'Reily
Ryan O'Reily is a main character in the television series Oz. He was portrayed by Dean Winters from 1997 to 2003.-Character overview:...

 on HBO's Oz
Oz (TV series)
Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz aired for six seasons...

, Johnny Gavin
Johnny Gavin
John Thomas Gavin was an Irish footballer who spent most of his career in England. He played for Janesboro United, Limerick, Ireland, Norwich City, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Cambridge City, Newmarket Town and Fulbourn.Born in Limerick, Gavin was working as a painter on the Irish...

 on FX Network's Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series which premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictional Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse....

, and Dennis Duffy on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...

's 30 Rock
30 Rock
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC on Thursday nights. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC...

.

He has appeared in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department...

and very recently on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural TV series, which premiered on September 30, 2001. The series is about the Major Case Squad in a fictional version of the New York City Police Department set in New York City's One Police Plaza and is the second spin-off of the...

. He has also made guest appearances on Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....

, Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005.-Premise:The series followed the exploits of a group of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct and Fire Station 55 whose shifts fell between 3 p.m...

, NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan....

, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

and 30 Rock
30 Rock
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC on Thursday nights. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC...

as well as previously having a starring role in Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series which premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictional Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse....

.
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Dean Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an Irish American
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,495,800 Americans reported Irish ancestry in the 2006 American Community Survey. The only self-reported ancestral group larger than Irish Americans are German Americans...

 actor, perhaps best known for his portrayals of Ryan O'Reily
Ryan O'Reily
Ryan O'Reily is a main character in the television series Oz. He was portrayed by Dean Winters from 1997 to 2003.-Character overview:...

 on HBO's Oz
Oz (TV series)
Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz aired for six seasons...

, Johnny Gavin
Johnny Gavin
John Thomas Gavin was an Irish footballer who spent most of his career in England. He played for Janesboro United, Limerick, Ireland, Norwich City, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Cambridge City, Newmarket Town and Fulbourn.Born in Limerick, Gavin was working as a painter on the Irish...

 on FX Network's Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series which premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictional Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse....

, and Dennis Duffy on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...

's 30 Rock
30 Rock
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC on Thursday nights. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC...

.

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He has appeared in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department...

and very recently on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural TV series, which premiered on September 30, 2001. The series is about the Major Case Squad in a fictional version of the New York City Police Department set in New York City's One Police Plaza and is the second spin-off of the...

. He has also made guest appearances on Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....

, Third Watch
Third Watch
Third Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005.-Premise:The series followed the exploits of a group of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct and Fire Station 55 whose shifts fell between 3 p.m...

, NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan....

, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

and 30 Rock
30 Rock
30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC on Thursday nights. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC...

as well as previously having a starring role in Rescue Me
Rescue Me (TV series)
Rescue Me is an American television drama series which premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictional Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse....

. He also starred in the 1999 romantic comedy Undercover Angel
Undercover Angel
Undercover Angel, also known as Un vrai petit ange , is a 1999 film by writer/director Bryan Michael Stoller...

with Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Bleeth
Yasmine Amanda Bleeth is an American actress, best known for her role as Caroline Holden in the long-running series Baywatch.-Early life and career:...

 and the 2002 direct-to-video
Direct-to-video
A film that is released direct-to-video is one which has been released to the public on home video formats before or without being released in movie theaters or broadcast on television...

 horror film
Horror film
Horror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness...

 Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser
Hellraiser is a 1987 horror film exploring the themes of pain as a source of pleasure and morality under duress and fear. It is based on the critically acclaimed novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the film. In the UK, the film is titled Clive...

. He played Tom in PS, I Love You. Winters played Detective Sam Tyler
Sam Tyler
DCI/DI Sam Tyler is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama, Life on Mars. The character is portrayed by John Simm, whereas in the American version he is played by Jason O'Mara.-2006:...

's father in the US version of Life On Mars
Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)
Life on Mars is an American science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. Co-produced by Kudos Film & Television, 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios, it is about a New York City homicide detective who suddenly finds...

. He also played Charley Dixon, Sarah Connor's love interest, in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was an American science fiction television series that aired on Fox. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Television and C2 Pictures. It is a spin-off from the Terminator series of films...

.

Winters was born in New York City, and has three younger siblings: Bradford (a writer), Scott William
Scott William Winters
Scott William Winters is an American actor.Winters has three siblings: elder brother Dean Winters, Bradford , and sister Blair. He is best known for playing Cyril O'Reily in the HBO drama Oz opposite his brother, Dean Winters, who appeared as Cyril's brother, Ryan...

, and his sister Blair. Scott is also an actor, and portrayed Ryan O'Reily's brother Cyril
Cyril O'Reily
Cyril O'Reily is a fictional character, played by American actor Scott William Winters, on the HBO drama Oz. He is also mentioned in the companion book OZ: Behind These Walls: The Journal of Augustus Hill.- Character overview :...

 on Oz.

Winters has been cast in ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. It first broadcast on television in 1948...

 drama pilot Happy Town
Happy Town (TV series)
Happy Town is an upcoming American drama television series that will air on ABC in 2010. It was created by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg. After the shooting of the pilot episode, Ben Schnetzer replaced John Patrick Amedori for the role of Andrew Haplin and Steve Weber replaced...

from the creators of the critically panned October Road
October Road (TV series)
October Road is an American television drama that debuted on ABC on March 15, 2007 following Grey's Anatomy. It follows Nick Garrett , who after a decade returns to his hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts.The series is produced by ABC Studios and GroupM Entertainment; the latter is a...

. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i2f1cb016d0c1784492ced5f59ee6542e

Films

  • Conspiracy Theory
    Conspiracy Theory (film)
    Conspiracy Theory is a 1997 American action/paranoid thriller film directed by Richard Donner. The original screenplay by Brian Helgeland centers on an eccentric taxi driver who believes many world events are triggered by government conspiracies...

    (1997)
  • Lifebreath (1997)
  • Firehouse
    Firehouse (1997 film)
    Firehouse is a 1997 drama film about the dealings of a crew at a firehouse. The group is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consolidated with a rescue unit....

    (1997) (TV film)
  • Undercover Angel
    Undercover Angel
    Undercover Angel, also known as Un vrai petit ange , is a 1999 film by writer/director Bryan Michael Stoller...

    (1999)
  • Snipes (2001)
  • Bullet in the Brain (2001)
  • Hellraiser: Hellseeker
    Hellraiser: Hellseeker
    Hellraiser: Hellseeker is a 2002 horror film, directed by Rick Bota. It is the sixth film in the Hellraiser series. The film was released straight to DVD on October 15, 2002.-Plot:...

    (2002) (direct-to-video
    Direct-to-video
    A film that is released direct-to-video is one which has been released to the public on home video formats before or without being released in movie theaters or broadcast on television...

    )
  • Strip Search (2004) (TV film)
  • Brooklyn Bound (2004)
  • Love Rome (2004)
  • Bristol Boys
    Bristol Boys
    Bristol Boys is a 2007 film written and directed by Brandon David. Shot in Bristol, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, the film is based on one of biggest drug busts of Connecticut's Statewide Narcotics Task Force, including the arrest of David's longtime friend Kevin Toolen in 2001...

    (2005)
  • Dead Calling (2006)
  • P.S. I Love You
    P.S. I Love You (film)
    P.S. I Love You is a 2007 American drama film directed by Richard LaGravenese. The screenplay by LaGravenese and Steven Rogers is based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Cecelia Ahern...

    (2007
    2007 in film
    The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...

    )
  • Devil You Know (2009)
  • Winter of Frozen Dreams
    Winter of Frozen Dreams
    Winter of Frozen Dreams is a 2009 crime drama directed by Eric Mandelbaum, and starring Thora Birch, Keith Carradine, and Brendan Sexton III.The film follows the story of Barbara Hoffman, a Biochemistry student who was a prostitute in Wisconsin and was found guilty of murder in the first televised...

    (2009)
  • Splinterheads (2009)
  • 7 to the Palace (2009)

TV series

  • Homicide: Life on the Street
    Homicide: Life on the Street
    Homicide: Life on the Street was an American television police procedural series chronicling the work of a fictional Baltimore Police Department homicide unit. It ran for seven seasons on the NBC network from 1993 to 1999 and then was followed by a 2000 TV-movie that served as a de facto series...

    (1995–1996)
  • NYPD Blue
    NYPD Blue
    NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan....

    (1996)
  • Millennium
    Millennium (TV series)
    Millennium was an American thriller-horror-drama television series, created by Chris Carter after the success of his previous television series, The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network in the United States from the fall of 1996 to the spring of 1999. Three full seasons of the series were...

    (1997–1999)
  • Oz
    Oz (TV series)
    Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz aired for six seasons...

    (1997–2003)
  • New York Undercover
    New York Undercover
    New York Undercover is a one-hour police drama that aired on the Fox television network from 1994 to 1998. The series stars Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's 4th Precinct who were assigned to...

    (1998)
  • Sex and the City
    Sex and the City
    Sex and the City is an American cable television series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of six seasons....

    (1999)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department...

    (1999–2000)
  • Deadline
    Deadline (TV series)
    Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000-2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the New York Ledger...

    (2001)
  • Third Watch
    Third Watch
    Third Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005.-Premise:The series followed the exploits of a group of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct and Fire Station 55 whose shifts fell between 3 p.m...

    (2002)
  • The Twilight Zone
    The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)
    The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host....

    (2002)
  • CSI Miami (2005)
  • Rescue Me
    Rescue Me (TV series)
    Rescue Me is an American television drama series which premiered on the FX Network on July 21, 2004. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters in the fictional Ladder 62 / Engine 99 firehouse....

    (2004–2009)
  • 30 Rock
    30 Rock
    30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC on Thursday nights. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the address of the GE Building where NBC...

    (2006, 2008–2009) ("Jack Meets Dennis", "Tracy Does Conan", "The Break Up", "Subway Hero
    Subway Hero
    "Subway Hero" is the twelfth episode of the second season of 30 Rock and thirty-third episode of the series. It was written by, one of the series co-executive producer, Jack Burditt and, executive producer, Robert Carlock. It was directed by Don Scardino. It aired on April 17, 2008 on the NBC...

    ", "Apollo, Apollo")
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural TV series, which premiered on September 30, 2001. The series is about the Major Case Squad in a fictional version of the New York City Police Department set in New York City's One Police Plaza and is the second spin-off of the...

    (2008)
  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
    Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
    Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was an American science fiction television series that aired on Fox. The show was produced by Warner Bros. Television and C2 Pictures. It is a spin-off from the Terminator series of films...

    (2008–2009)
  • Life on Mars
    Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)
    Life on Mars is an American science fiction crime drama television series which originally aired on ABC from October 9, 2008 to April 1, 2009. Co-produced by Kudos Film & Television, 20th Century Fox Television and ABC Studios, it is about a New York City homicide detective who suddenly finds...

    (2008–2009)
  • Happy Town
    Happy Town (TV series)
    Happy Town is an upcoming American drama television series that will air on ABC in 2010. It was created by Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg. After the shooting of the pilot episode, Ben Schnetzer replaced John Patrick Amedori for the role of Andrew Haplin and Steve Weber replaced...

    (2009)