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Alexander Ross Winter was born on the 17th July 1965, in London, England of Jewish, British and German descent. He is now an American actor, probably best recognized for starring in the role of Marko in “The Lost Boys” (1987), playing Bill S. Preston, Esq. in “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989) and its sequel “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” (1991), and as Ricky Coogan in “Freaked” (1993). He is also known as a film director. His career has been active since 1978.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Alex Winter is? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Alex’s net worth is over $9 million, as of mid- 2019. Most of his wealth is the result of his successful involvement in the entertainment industry, not only as an actor, but also as a film director.

Alex Winter Net Worth $9 Million

Alex Winter is the son of Gregg Mayer and Ross Albert Winter, who were dance teachers. At the age of five, the family moved from England to St. Louis, Missouri, USA, where his father established the Mid-American Dance Company. When he was 13 years old, Alex moved to New York City to study Film at New York University, and parallel with that, he began pursuing his acting career, appearing in Broadway productions including “Peter Pan”, “The King And I”, and “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up”, among others.

Right after graduation, Alex’s professional acting career began, when he made his debut appearance in the role of Marko in the cult vampire film “The Lost Boys” in 1987, which was followed with the role of Dr. John William Polidori in the 1988 film “Haunted Summer”. His breakout role came in the following year, when he was selected to play Bill S. Preston, Esq. in the cult comedy classic “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”, with Keanu Reeves. As the film became an enormous success, he repeated the role in the TV series with the same name in 1990, and in the film’s sequel “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” in 1991. To speak further of his acting career, Alex appeared in such film and TV titles as “Saul Of The Mole Men” (2007), “Ben 10: Alien Swarm” (2010), and “Grand Piano” (2013), all of which added a considerable amount to his net worth.

Apart from his successful career as an actor, Alex Winter is also known as a film director, who worked together with his friend Tom Stern. His first big project was the MTV comedy show “The Idiot Box” (1993), which was followed with his work on the film “Freaked” in the same year, after which he took a break before returning with the 1999 film “Fever”.

Additional to his directing career, Alex has also directed a number of music videos for the bands RHCP, and Ice Cube, contributing further to his net worth. Most recently, he directed the documentary film “Deep Web” (2015), “Smosh: The Movie” (2015), and currently he is filming “Zappa”, which is scheduled for release in 2017.

Regarding his personal life, Alex Winter has been married to Ramsey Ann Naito since 2010; the couple has one child. Previously, he was married to Sonya Dawson, with whom he also has one child.



Full Name Alex Winter
Net Worth $9 Million
Date Of Birth July 17, 1965
Place Of Birth London, United Kingdom
Height 1.7 m
Profession Actor
Education New York University
Nationality American
Spouse Ramsey Ann Naito (m. 2010)
Children Leroy Winter
Parents Gregg Mayer, Ross Albert Winter
Siblings Stephen Winter
Nicknames Alexander Winter , Alexander Ross Winter , Alex Winter Esq. , Alexander Ross “Alex” Winter
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AlexWinterPage
Twitter https://twitter.com/alxwinter
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0935664/
Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alex-winter-mn0001760042
Movies Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Deep Web, The Lost Boys, Freaked, Ben 10: Alien Swarm, Smosh: The Movie, Ben 10: Race Against Time, Death Wish 3, Downloaded, Grand Piano, Haunted Summer, Rosalie Goes Shopping, The Borrowers, Bar-B-Que Movie, Fever
TV Shows The Idiot Box, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures
Quote
1 The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made – and that’s a tricky balance.
2 With Fever (1999), the film was so made for the screen, and there’s so much surround sound that was done for the film – enormous detail paid to that. I wasn’t thinking video, because I didn’t know how it was going to turn out.
3 The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris (1972), like Alien (1979) had a lot of things that are similar, although it’s also got the horror element.
4 The film, even when we were making it in that budget range, which was really a coup – we got it made because we pitched it to the studio head, Joe Roth.
5 Like I said about Freaked (1993), people tend to find these films, and I think that in the end the cool thing about a movie is that it can be sort of burnt temporarily, but then it’s burnt into the fabric of your culture.
6 I’m not saying it isn’t frustrating that my films haven’t gotten a bigger release, but I’m really happy with them and if you just keep cranking and eventually, if you have a certain sensibility, some of your movies will hit and some just won’t.
7 That’s kind of the weird thing that M. Night Shyamalan has sort of unleashed upon the world is this need for every movie to have these ridiculous endings.
8 The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.
9 They’re innocent movies, and they’re fun movies and there were no pretensions about ’em.
10 After living in LA for 8 years, I sort of wanted a change, but there’s not much production in New York, which is where I primarily live, so I just sort of drifted over to London.
11 I’m really influenced by so many different things.
12 It’s hard for a hit to be bad for your career.
13 Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke.
14 I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen.
15 I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
16 I’m one of the few people who really like Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
17 I’m not trying to be some kind of underground renegade.
18 I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.
19 I actually did use to sell shoes.
20 I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way.
21 I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.
22 Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing.
23 But it is funny, because I saw Unbreakable recently and it’s a strange movie, I didn’t mind it, and it’s got some interesting things going on.
24 My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie Chaplin.
25 Certain remakes are great. [John] Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) is better than the original.
26 I get very driven by certain themes and ideas.
27 I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that’s different than you imagine it.
28 Hitchcock had to fight to the death to make his movies.
Fact
1 Born on the 10 year anniversary of the opening of Disneyland.
2 His favorite character, that he played, was “Granny S. Preston” in Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991).
3 Appeared in a couple of Broadway musical productions as a teenager. He was a replacement son Louis in Yul Brynner’s revival of “The King and I” in 1978 and the following year played young John Darling in “Peter Pan” starring Sandy Duncan.
4 Made his musical stage debut at age 10 in the St. Louis Opera production of “Oliver!” starring Vincent Price as Fagin. Alex played one of the urchins.
5 Moved from London to St. Louis when he was 5. There his father, Ross, ran the Mid-American Dance Company, the Midwest’s largest modern dance troupe, and his mother, Gregg Mayer, taught dance at Washington University. He has a brother named Stephen.
6 He studied Film at college in New York City and starred in a number of plays whilst still a student.
7 Graduated from Montclair Highschool in 1983. There he attended the school of performing arts.
8 Attended film school at New York University with Tom Stern. They became good friends and have collaborated on several film projects.
9 Father, with Sonya Dawson, of son Leroy, born in 1998.
10 When trying out for the parts of Bill and Ted, each actor was paired up with another. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter were paired up, Reeves trying out for the part of Bill while Winter trying out for the part of Ted. They were cast opposite what they tried out for.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Untitled Bill & Ted Project announced Bill S. Preston
Anyone Can Quantum 2016 Short Alex Winter (uncredited)
Grand Piano 2013 Assistant
Robot Chicken 2012 TV Series Bill S. Preston Steve Earl the Lego Man
Medium Rare 2010 TV Series Timmy
Ben 10: Alien Swarm 2009 TV Movie Nanomech (voice)
Ben 10: Race Against Time 2007 TV Movie Constantine Jacobs
Saul of the Mole Men 2007 TV Series King Mole Man
Bones 2007 TV Series Monte Gold
Fever 1999 Subway Passenger (uncredited)
The Borrowers 1997 TV Gangster
Freaked 1993 Ricky Coogan
Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90’s 1993 TV Movie Stinx On Ice
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 1991 Bill Granny Preston
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures 1990 TV Series Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Aisles of Doom 1989 Short Grendel T.W. Ulcerous
Rosalie Goes Shopping 1989 Schatzi Greenspace
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 1989 Bill S. Preston
Bar-B-Que Movie 1988 Short Mexican Hitchhiker
Haunted Summer 1988 Dr. John William Polidori
Medium Rare 1987 Timmy
The Lost Boys 1987 Marko (as Alexander Winter)
Squeal of Death 1985 Short Howie / Various Characters
The Equalizer 1985 TV Series Jeffrey
Death Wish 3 1985 Hermosa

Director

Title Year Status Character
Zappa 2018 Documentary filming
Trump’s Lobby 2017 Documentary short
Relatively Free 2016 Documentary short
Quantum Is Calling 2016 TV Movie
Anyone Can Quantum 2016 Short
Smosh: The Movie 2015
Kirby Buckets 2015 TV Series 2 episodes
Bella and the Bulldogs 2015 TV Series 1 episode
Deep Web 2015 Documentary
Maker Shack Agency 2014 TV Series 1 episode
Betas 2013 TV Series 1 episode
Marvin Marvin 2013 TV Series 1 episode
Supah Ninjas 2011-2013 TV Series 5 episodes
Downloaded 2013 Documentary
Level Up 2012 TV Series 4 episodes
Blue Mountain State 2011 TV Series 2 episodes
Ben 10: Alien Swarm 2009 TV Movie
Ben 10: Race Against Time 2007 TV Movie
Dirty Famous 2005 TV Movie original pilot
Tabla Beat Science: Talamanam Sound Clash 2003 Video
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003 TV Series comedy shorts
Fever 1999
Freaked 1993
Extreme: Photograffitti 1991 Video short
The Idiot Box 1991 TV Series 1 episode
Bar-B-Que Movie 1988 Short
Squeal of Death 1985 Short

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Zappa 2018 Documentary producer filming
Trump’s Lobby 2017 Documentary short producer
Relatively Free 2016 Documentary short producer
Quantum Is Calling 2016 TV Movie producer
Anyone Can Quantum 2016 Short producer
Deep Web 2015 Documentary producer
Downloaded 2013 Documentary producer
Ben 10: Alien Swarm 2009 TV Movie executive producer
Ben 10: Race Against Time 2007 TV Movie executive producer
Freaked 1993 co-producer
Squeal of Death 1985 Short producer

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Aisles of Doom 1989 Short writer
Squeal of Death 1985 Short
Zappa 2018 Documentary filming
Alex Winter Live on the Crypto Show 2015 Short
Deep Web 2015 Documentary
Downloaded 2013 Documentary written by
Fever 1999 written by
Freaked 1993 written by
The Idiot Box 1991 TV Series writer – 1 episode

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Freaked 1993 writer: “Wienerschnitzel Polka”
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey 1991 performer: “THE REAPER RAP”
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures 1990 TV Series performer – 1 episode

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014 Documentary our deepest appreciation
VOD Indie 2013 TV Series thanks – 1 episode

Self

Title Year Status Character
Banking on Bitcoin 2016 Documentary Himself
Alex Winter Live on the Crypto Show 2015 Short Himself – Panelist
The 3rd Annual Geekie Awards 2015 TV Movie Himself – Presenter
Made in Hollywood 2015 TV Series Himself
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show 2014 TV Series Himself
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014 Documentary Himself
The Real History of Science Fiction 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
The Seventh Art 2013 TV Series Himself
Blue Mountain State: Behind the Scenes Documentary 2013 Documentary short Himself
That Metal Show 2011 TV Series Himself – Stump the Trunk Guest
The 50 Greatest Comedy Films 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself
The Most Triumphant Making-of Documentary 2005 Video documentary short Himself – Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2004 TV Series Himself
Biography 2003 TV Series documentary Himself
I Love 1980’s 2001 TV Series documentary Himself
The Word 1994 TV Series Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1993 TV Series Himself
The Idiot Box 1991-1992 TV Series Himself / Willard Shreck / Eddie the Flying Gimp / …
Impact Video Magazine 1989 Video documentary Himself – Host

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
No Sleep TV3 2015 TV Series Ricky Coogan
Nostalgia Critic 2014 TV Series Bill Preston
Edición Especial Coleccionista 2012 TV Series Bill S. Preston, Esq.
The Frollo Show 2011 TV Series Bill S. Preston
Silenci? 2005 TV Series Bill S. Preston

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1995 Grand Prize Gérardmer Film Festival Video Freaked (1993)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Cinema Eye Honors Award Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television Deep Web (2015)
2015 Festival Award Brooklyn Film Festival Best Documentary Feature Deep Web (2015)
2015 Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature Montclair Film Festival (MFF) Deep Web (2015)
2015 Golden Eye Zurich Film Festival Best International Documentary Film Deep Web (2015)
2013 Audience Award SXSW Film Festival Documentary Spotlight Downloaded (2013)
1993 Best Film Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival Freaked (1993)

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