Henry Winkler

Actor

Henry Winkler

Born October 30, 1945 in New York City, New York, USA63 films

Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author.

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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.

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Normal posterFirst watchNormal20267.2as Mayor KibnerA leading role.An unassuming substitute sheriff with a troubled past responds to a bank robbery in a small, sleepy town and unknowingly uncovers something far more explosive.View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Night Shift poster6.1Night Shift1982Here Comes the Boom poster6.2Here Comes the Boom2012The Waterboy poster6.1The Waterboy1998Click poster6.3Click2006The Lords of Flatbush poster5.8The Lords of Flatbush1974Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant poster4.6Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant2015Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You poster5.6Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You2017Holes poster6.9Holes2003

Filmography

63 films as actor
  1. TBAEncore
  2. TBAOld PalsIra
  3. TBAGrown Ups 3
  4. 2026Untitled The Patrick Star Show Mini-SeriesJeffy Tentacles (voice)
  5. 2026Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassHenry Winkler (uncredited)
  6. 2026NormalMayor Kibner
  7. 2025The Final CutGod
  8. 2022Reindeer in HereSmiley (voice)
  9. 2022Black AdamUncle Al
  10. 2022On the Count of ThreeDr. Brenner
  11. 2022Family SquaresBobby
  12. 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunUncle Joe
  13. 2021ExtinctJepson (voice)
  14. 2020AGFA's Special Christmas SpecialArthur Herbert Fonzarelli
  15. 2020Pink Skies AheadDr. Cotton
  16. 2020Scoob!Keith (voice)
  17. 2017Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is YouGrandpa Bill (voice)
  18. 2017Sandy WexlerTestimonial
  19. 2016Hank Zipzer's Christmas CatastropheMr. Rock
  20. 2016Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The MovieEd Koch
  21. 2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight AttendantStanley Warner
  22. 2014Robot Chicken: Christmas SpecialsVarious (voice) (archive sound)
  23. 2013LEGO Hero Factory: Brain AttackNathaniel Zib (voice)
  24. 2012Here Comes the BoomMarty Streb
  25. 2011LEGO Hero Factory: Savage PlanetNathaniel Zib (voice)
  26. 2011Adventures of Serial BuddiesNarrator
  27. 2011Running MatesBob Weatherbee
  28. 2011LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of FireNathaniel Zib (voice)
  29. 2010LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the RookiesNathaniel Zib (voice)
  30. 2010Group SexBurton
  31. 2008The Most Wonderful Time of the YearUncle Ralph
  32. 2008Merry Christmas, Drake & JoshJudge Newman
  33. 2008You Don't Mess with the ZohanLimousine Passenger
  34. 2008A Plumm SummerHappy Herb
  35. 2007The Thick of ItRep. "Spike" Crandall
  36. 2006ClickTed
  37. 2006Unbeatable HaroldFullerton
  38. 2005The Kid & IJohnny Bernstein
  39. 2005BerkeleySy
  40. 2004Fronterz
  41. 2003HolesStanley's Father
  42. 2000Down to YouChef Ray
  43. 1999Dill ScallionLarry Steinberg
  44. 1999P.U.N.K.SEdward Crow
  45. 1998The WaterboyCoach Klein
  46. 1998Ground ControlJohn Quinn
  47. 1997Hostage HighSkip Fine
  48. 1997Dad's Week OffJack Potter
  49. 1996ScreamPrincipal Himbry (uncredited)
  50. 1995A Child Is MissingSteven Moore
  51. 1994One ChristmasDad
  52. 1993The Only Way OutTony
  53. 1991Absolute StrangersMarty Klein
  54. 1989Two Daddies?Carl Conway (voice)
  55. 1985Happily Ever AfterCarl Conway (voice)
  56. 1982Night ShiftChuck Lumley
  57. 1979An American Christmas CarolBenedict Slade
  58. 1978The One and OnlyAndy Schmidt
  59. 1977HeroesJack Dunne
  60. 1975KatherineBob Kline
  61. 1974The Lords of FlatbushButchey Weinstein
  62. 1974Crazy JoeMannie
  63. 1974NightmareAuditioning Actor (uncredited)
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