As the blond half of time-traveling team "Bill and Ted", Winter went on an "Excellent Adventure" (1989) and a "Bogus Journey" (1991) which capitalized on contemporary teen culture with highly profitable results. After appearing in stage musicals including the Broadway revival of "The King and I" and the Sandy Duncan revival of "Peter Pan", Winter made his film debut as a rapist in "Death Wish III" (1985), played an adolescent vampire in "The Lost Boys" (1987), co-starred in "Haunted Summer" (1988) and in 1991 wrote, directed, produced and starred in "The Idiot Box", a comedy series for MTV.
Family
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Brother: Stephen Winter. older
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Father: Ross Winter. Australian; danced with his wife s troupe; divorced 1973
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Mother: Gregg Mayer. born in New York; former Martha Graham dancer; founded a modern-dance company in London in the mid-1960s; divorced 1973
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Son: Leroy. born c. 1998
Significant Others
Education
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New York University, New York, New York, film, 1983
Milestones
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1970 When Winter was five, family moved from London to St. Louis, MO, where parents founded the Mid American Dance Company
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1979 Also appeared on Broadway and on tour at age 14 as John Darling in the Sandy Duncan revival of Peter Pan
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1981 Made stage debut at age 11 as a street urchin in a local production of Oliver! Starring Vincent Price
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1985 Film debut as rapist in Death Wish 3
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1986 Moved to Los Angeles
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1991 Wrote, directed, produced (with partner Tom Stern) and starred in MTV comedy series, The Idiot Box
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1994 Moved to New York to direct commercials
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1999 Feature directorial debut, Fever
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Broadway debut in The King and I starring Yul Brynner
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Directed music videos for the Butthole Surfers, Ice Cube, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Extreme (with Tom Stern)
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Moved with mother to Montclair, NJ after parents divorce
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Wrote, produced, directed and starred in short comedy film (his senior project at NYU), Squeal of Death