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My Take
Alex Winter is one of my favorite second acts in Hollywood. Most people freeze him in 1989 as Bill S. Preston, Esq., the lovable goofball of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, but the more interesting Winter is the one behind the camera, the director and screenwriter who made the gleefully bizarre Freaked and kept building a serious filmmaking career while others chased fading stardom. Returning for Face the Music in 2020 felt like a gift to fans rather than a cash grab, because he had nothing left to prove. London-born, stage-trained, endlessly curious, Winter shows how an actor can outgrow an iconic role without ever disowning it. That balance is rare, and I admire it.
Overview
Alexander Ross Winter (born 17 July 1965) is a British-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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alex Winter
- Name (Japanese)
- アレックス・ウィンター
- Reading
- あれっくす・うぃんたー
- Born
- July 17, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Montclair High School
- University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Freaked | — | |
| Notable work | Bill & Ted | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://alexwinter.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alxwinter/
- Xhttps://x.com/winter
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Winter
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.