Actor profile

Alex Winter

17th July 1965 London, England, UK Acting

Alexander Ross "Alex" Winter (born July 17, 1965) is an English-born American actor, film director, and film writer, best known for his role as Bill S. Preston Esq. in the three films in the Bill & Ted series (1989-2020). He is also well known for his role as Marko in the 1987 cult classic The Lost Boys and for co-writing, co-directing and starring in the 1993 film Freaked.

43 Movies 17 TV Shows 1 In Production 64 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Waiting for Godot poster

Waiting for Godot 28th September 2025 as Vladimir

Adulthood poster

Adulthood 19th September 2025 as Doug Metzger

Medium Rare Cold Case poster

Medium Rare Cold Case 10th July 2025 as Timmy

Smurfs poster

Smurfs 30th June 2025 as Hefty Smurf (voice)

Absolute Dominion poster

Absolute Dominion 9th May 2025 as Dr. Jehuda Bruno

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 poster

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 24th November 2024 as Self

Destroy All Neighbors poster

Destroy All Neighbors 26th April 2024 as Vlad / Public Defender

The YouTube Effect poster

The YouTube Effect 7th July 2023 as Self

In Search of Darkness: Part III poster

In Search of Darkness: Part III 25th November 2022 as Self

Blue's Big City Adventure poster

Blue's Big City Adventure 18th November 2022 as Cab Driver

In Search of Tomorrow poster

In Search of Tomorrow 19th February 2022 as Self - Interviewee

This Is GWAR poster

This Is GWAR 23rd September 2021 as Self

In Search of Darkness: Part II poster

In Search of Darkness: Part II 6th October 2020 as Self

Bill & Ted Face the Music poster

Bill & Ted Face the Music 27th August 2020 as Bill

Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure" poster

Time Flies When You Are Having Fun! A Look Back at a Most "Excellent Adventure" 10th August 2020 as Self

Showbiz Kids poster

Showbiz Kids 14th July 2020 as Self

In Search of Darkness poster

In Search of Darkness 1st May 2019 as Self

The Body poster

The Body 21st September 2018 as The Voice

Banking on Bitcoin poster

Banking on Bitcoin 30th December 2016 as Himself

Relatively Free poster

Relatively Free 21st December 2016 as Himself, Filmmaker (uncredited)

Smosh: The Movie poster

Smosh: The Movie 23rd July 2015 as Uncle Keith (uncredited)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films poster

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 6th October 2014 as Self - Actor

Grand Piano poster

Grand Piano 11th October 2013 as Assistant

Ben 10: Alien Swarm poster

Ben 10: Alien Swarm 15th November 2009 as Nanomech (voice)

Ben 10: Race Against Time poster

Ben 10: Race Against Time 11th February 2008 as Constantine Jacobs

The Borrowers poster

The Borrowers 5th December 1997 as TV Gangster

Freaked poster

Freaked 1st October 1993 as Ricky Coogan

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's poster

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's 9th September 1993 as Stinx On Ice

Meals on Wheels poster

Meals on Wheels 19th December 1992 as Dweeb

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey poster

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 19th July 1991 as Bill / Granny Preston

Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come poster

Howie Meets the Ghost of Environmental Disasters Yet to Come 20th April 1990 as Howie

Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 poster

Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 1st January 1990 as Self

Rosalie Goes Shopping poster

Rosalie Goes Shopping 9th November 1989 as Schatzi Greenspace

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure poster

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 17th February 1989 as Bill S. Preston

Aisles of Doom poster

Aisles of Doom 1st January 1989 as Grendel T.W. Ulcerous

Impact Video Magazine poster

Impact Video Magazine 1st January 1989

Haunted Summer poster

Haunted Summer 16th December 1988 as Dr. John William Polidori

Bar-B-Que Movie poster

Bar-B-Que Movie 1st January 1988 as Mexican Hitchhiker

The Lost Boys poster

The Lost Boys 31st July 1987 as Marko

Medium Rare poster

Medium Rare 4th March 1987 as Timmy

Death Wish 3 poster

Death Wish 3 1st November 1985 as Hermosa

Squeal of Death poster

Squeal of Death 22nd June 1985 as Howie / Various Characters

Gauguin the Savage poster

Gauguin the Savage 29th April 1980 as Clovis

Horror's Greatest poster

Horror's Greatest 27th August 2024 as Self - Actor & Co-Director, Freaked

Full Circle poster

Full Circle 13th July 2023 as Widmer

George Carlin's American Dream poster

George Carlin's American Dream 20th May 2022 as Self

Eli Roth's History of Horror poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror 14th October 2018 as Self

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction poster

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction 29th April 2018 as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Guest

The Real History of Science Fiction poster

The Real History of Science Fiction 19th April 2014 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

Saul of the Mole Men poster

Saul of the Mole Men 11th February 2007 as King Mole Man (voice)

Bones poster

Bones 13th September 2005 as Monte Gold

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

The Idiot Box poster

The Idiot Box 23rd March 1991 as Self

The Idiot Box poster

The Idiot Box 23rd March 1991

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures poster

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures 15th September 1990 as Bill S. Preston (voice)

The Word poster

The Word 10th August 1990

The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer 18th September 1985 as Jeffrey

Primetime poster

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Primetime 23rd September 2026