A native of the Los Angeles area, Winter was born in La Mirada and grew up in nearby La Puente. He graduated from Los Altos High School and UCLA with a degree in psychology.[1][2] Initially he began modeling and auditioning for small roles in soap opera with the intention of only earning extra money for college tuition.[2]
Career
Modeling
Before his acting roles, Winter was a model and had some high-profile campaigns, such as one print campaign for Tommy Hilfiger. He appeared in a television commercial with Britney Spears for her fragrance, Curious.
From 2010 to 2012, Winter appeared in the CBS crime drama The Mentalist as FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin, the boyfriend and later fiancé of Amanda Righetti's character Grace Van Pelt. In 2012, he had a recurring role as Luke Lourd on the ABC comedy-drama series GCB.[5] Winter appeared in the video game Beyond: Two Souls.[6]
In 2013, Winter began starring in the Lifetime television series Witches of East End as Dash Gardiner.[7] The series was canceled on November 4, 2014, after two seasons.[8] In October 2018, he began starring in the ABC drama The Rookie as Officer Tim Bradford.
Book
Winter is the co-author with his wife, Roselyn Sánchez, of the children's book Sebi and the Land of Cha Cha Cha, published in 2017. The book was inspired by their daughter, Sebella 'Sebi' Rose Winter.[9]
Personal life
He was married to actress Allison Ford from 2001 until 2005.
He then dated actress Roselyn Sánchez for two years prior to their engagement on January 1, 2008, during a holiday vacation on Vieques, an island just east of mainland Puerto Rico. The couple wed on November 29, 2008, at a historic fort in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[10] Sánchez and Winter have two children, a daughter born in January 2012 and a son born in November 2017.[11][12]
