Dean Gerard Winters was born July 20, 1964, in New York City. Dean Winters is an American character actor who is best known as Ryan O’Reilly for his role on the HBO prison drama Oz. Dean speaks fluent Italian as he has Italian and Irish descent.

Dean featured in Several top movies and TV shows including

• • Conspiracy Theory as Cleet
  • Winter of Frozen Dreams  as Ken Curtis
  • Splinterheads as Reggie
  • Today’s Special as Steve

• Vipers in the Grass as Frank Devine
• Don Peyote Gun Dealer\
• John Wick as  Avi
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows  as Bartender
• Rough Night  as Detective Frazier

What happened to the Allstate Mayhem guy?

Dean Winters contracted a very serious bacterial infection In June 2009. Paramedics were the heroes after he went into a cardiac arrest for over two minutes during his transport to a hospital.

Later that year, Dean developed gangrene. This required the amputation of two toes and half of one thumb and ten subsequent operations including a skin graft.