Alex Winter

Alex Winter
Winter at 2025 New York Film Festival
Born (1965-07-17) 17 July 1965
London, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Alma materTisch School of the Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
Years active1978–present
Spouses
  • Sonya Dawson
    (m. 1995; div. ?)
  • (m. 2010)
Children3

Alexander Ross Winter (born 17 July 1965) is a British-born American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, he is best known for playing Bill S. Preston, Esq., in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and its sequels Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). He is also known for his role as Marko in the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys.

As a filmmaker, Winter is known for co-writing, co-directing, and starring in the 1993 surrealist comedy film Freaked. He has also directed numerous television shows and documentaries, and co-created sketch comedy series The Idiot Box (1991).