Brown-haired, wiry actor Dean Winters got a relatively late start in the business, going along at his younger brother's urging to an acting class at age 27. From there, he discovered a fondness for as well as a proficiency in the craft, and began to land TV guest roles. Among his first professional acting jobs was a recurring role on NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street", playing the husband of a murdered woman. In subsequent episodes, his character confessed to the murder, and was later featured in a prison riot episode. Winters went from this Fontana/Levinson production to another, landing a
