Henry Winkler will forever be Fonzie, the leather-jacketed embodiment of cool from 'Happy Days' (1974-1984), a role so iconic it threatened to swallow his career. Born in New York in 1945 to German-Jewish refugees and trained at Yale, he spent the following decades producing, directing and writing children's books about a dyslexic boy, drawing on his own dyslexia. Comedy brought him back into view: the hapless lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn in 'Arrested Development' (2003), Coach Klein in 'The Waterboy' (1998) and finally the vain acting teacher Gene Cousineau in 'Barry' (2018-2023), which won him his first Emmy at 72.
Henry Winkler
80 years (Oct 30, 1945)New York City, New York, USA
35 Movies59 Series
Henry Winkler will forever be Fonzie, the leather-jacketed embodiment of cool from 'Happy Days' (1974-1984), a role so iconic it threatened to swallow his career. Born in New York in 1945 to German-Jewish refugees and trained at Yale, he spent the following decades producing, directing and writing children's books about a dyslexic boy, drawing on his own dyslexia. Comedy brought him back into view: the hapless lawyer Barry Zuckerkorn in 'Arrested Development' (2003), Coach Klein in 'The Waterboy' (1998) and finally the vain acting teacher Gene Cousineau in 'Barry' (2018-2023), which won him his first Emmy at 72.
Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author.
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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