Henry Winkler

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Biography

Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, and author.

Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. "The Fonz," a leather-clad greaser and auto mechanic, started out as a minor character at the show's beginning but had achieved top billing by the time the show ended.

Known For

The Simpsons

Ramrod (voice)

Scream

Principal Arthur Himbry (uncredited)

Click

Ted

Black Adam

Uncle Al

South Park

The Scary Monster (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Edwin Todd

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Limousine Passenger

SpongeBob SquarePants

Jeff Tentacles

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Rolling Loud MOVIE	Self
2026	Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass MOVIE	Himself
2026	Normal MOVIE	Mayor Kibner
2025	Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore MOVIE	Self
2025	Hazardous History with Henry Winkler TV	Self - Host
2025	The Final Cut MOVIE	God
2025	Everybody's Live with John Mulaney TV	Self - Actor and Best-Selling Author
2025	Everybody's Live with John Mulaney TV	Hector the Teen Driver / Self
2024	Good Men MOVIE	Self
2023	Sly MOVIE	Self
2023	The Family Stallone TV	Self
2022	Chanshi TV	Tatty
2022	Reindeer in Here MOVIE	Smiley (voice)
2022	Killing Me Softly with His Songs MOVIE	Self
2022	Black Adam MOVIE	Uncle Al
2022	Batwheels TV	Santa (voice)
2022	Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? TV	Self
2022	Sherri TV	Self - Guest
2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show TV	Self - Guest
2022	Loot TV	Gerald
2022	On the Count of Three MOVIE	Dr. Brenner
2022	Family Squares MOVIE	Bobby
2022	The Legend of Vox Machina TV	Wilhand Trickfoot (voice)
2021	Inside Job TV	Melvin (voice)
2021	The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun MOVIE	Uncle Joe
2021	American Horror Stories TV	Dr. Eric Nostrum
2021	History of the Sitcom TV	Self - Actor
2021	Monsters at Work TV	Fritz (voice)
2021	Rugrats TV	Boris (voice)
2021	Rugrats TV	Boris / The Count / Mr. Friend Doll (voice)
2021	Extinct MOVIE	Jepson (voice)
2021	More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story MOVIE	Self
2020	AGFA's Special Christmas Special MOVIE	Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli
2020	Pink Skies Ahead MOVIE	Dr. Cotton
2020	Close Enough TV	Alex's Dad (voice)
2020	Scoob! MOVIE	Keith (voice)
2020	The Happy Days of Garry Marshall MOVIE	Self
2020	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault MOVIE	Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli (archive footage)
2020	Stars in the House TV	Self
2020	Medical Police TV	Sy Mittleman
2020	The Paley Center Salutes Law & Order: SVU MOVIE	(archive footage)
2019	Suzi Q MOVIE	Self
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self
2019	Lights Out with David Spade TV	Self - Panelist
2019	Where's Waldo? TV	Wizard Longbeard (voice)
2019	Pizza: A Love Story MOVIE	self
2019	Today with Jenna & Sheinelle TV	Self
2018	Inside The Episode: Barry TV	Self
2018	Barry TV	Gene Cousineau
2018	Welcome to the Wayne TV	Leo Wasserman
2017	Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You MOVIE	Grandpa Bill (voice)
2017	DuckTales TV	Bailiff (voice)
2017	All Hail King Julien: Exiled TV	Uncle King Julien (voice)
2017	Sandy Wexler MOVIE	Testimonial
2017	Heroes Manufactured MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2016	Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe MOVIE	Mr. Rock
2016	PRISM MOVIE	Henry Winkler
2016	Better Late Than Never TV	Self
2016	Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie MOVIE	Ed Koch
2015	The Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United MOVIE	Nerd's Dad (voice)
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self - Guest
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self
2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter TV	Self
2015	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant MOVIE	Stanley Warner
2014	All Hail King Julien TV	Uncle King Julien (voice)
2014	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero TV	The Snowman (voice)
2014	Robot Chicken: Christmas Specials MOVIE	Various (voice) (archive sound)
2014	BoJack Horseman TV	Henry Winkler (voice)
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self - Guest
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV	Self - Guest
2014	Hank Zipzer TV	Mr. Rock
2013	Uncle Grandpa TV	Nacho Cheese (voice)
2013	Hollywood Game Night TV	Self
2013	Drunk History TV	Zenas Fisk Wilber
2013	The Arrested Development Documentary Project MOVIE	Self
2013	Teen Titans Go! TV	Captain Cool (voice)
2013	LEGO Hero Factory: Brain Attack MOVIE	Nathaniel Zib (voice)
2012	1600 Penn TV	Senator Faxler
2012	Robot Chicken's ATM Christmas Special MOVIE	Nerd's Dad / Jason Bourne / Christmas Tree (voice)
2012	Here Comes the Boom MOVIE	Marty Streb
2012	Comedy Bang! Bang! TV	Leonard Rascal
2011	LEGO Hero Factory: Savage Planet MOVIE	Nathaniel Zib (voice)
2011	Adventures of Serial Buddies MOVIE	Narrator
2011	New Girl TV	Flip
2011	Up All Night TV	Marty Alexander
2011	Running Mates MOVIE	Bob Weatherbee
2011	Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective MOVIE	Self
2011	LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire MOVIE	Nathaniel Zib (voice)
2011	Bubble Guppies TV	Yeti (voice)
2011	Bob's Burgers TV	Mall Santa (voice)
2011	Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored MOVIE	Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli (archive footage)
2010	LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies MOVIE	Nathaniel Zib (voice)
2010	Conan TV	Self
2010	LEGO Hero Factory TV	Professor Nathaniel Zib
2010	Group Sex MOVIE	Burton
2010	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil TV	Principal (voice)
2009	We Are the People We've Been Waiting For MOVIE	Self
2009	Angela and Friends TV	Self
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest
2009	Royal Pains TV	Eddie R. Lawson
2009	Sit Down Shut Up TV	Self
2009	Parks and Recreation TV	Dr. Saperstein
2008	The Most Wonderful Time of the Year MOVIE	Uncle Ralph
2008	Childrens Hospital TV	Sy Mittleman
2008	Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh MOVIE	Judge Newman
2008	Shatner's Raw Nerve TV	Self
2008	Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV	Ambush Bug (voice)
2008	Celebrity Juice TV	Self
2008	You Don't Mess with the Zohan MOVIE	Limousine Passenger
2008	A Plumm Summer MOVIE	Happy Herb
2007	The Thick of It MOVIE	Rep. "Spike" Crandall
2007	Heckler MOVIE	Self
2007	I Could Never Be Your Woman MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2006	Rachael Ray TV	Self
2006	Click MOVIE	Ted
2006	Unbeatable Harold MOVIE	Fullerton
2005	The Kid & I MOVIE	Johnny Bernstein
2005	Berkeley MOVIE	Sy
2005	Out of Practice TV	Dr. Stewart Barnes
2005	8 Out of 10 Cats TV	Self
2005	Robot Chicken TV	John Adams (voice)
2005	Robot Chicken TV	Christmas Tree / Jason Bourne / Nerd's Father (voice)
2005	Raging Bull: Outside the Ring MOVIE	Self
2005	American Dad! TV	Child Protection Services Agent (voice)
2005	Numb3rs TV	Roger Bloom
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson TV	Personal Budget Expert
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self - Guest
2004	Fronterz MOVIE	Self
2004	Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 MOVIE	Fonzie ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
2003	Arrested Development TV	Barry Zuckerkorn
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self
2003	Clifford's Puppy Days TV	Norville (voice)
2003	Duck Dodgers TV	Dr. Maniac (voice)
2003	ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration MOVIE	Self
2003	Holes MOVIE	Stanley Yelnats III
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self
2002	Ozzy & Drix TV	Sal Monella (voice)
2002	American Idol TV	Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
2001	Richard & Judy TV	Self
2001	Crossing Jordan TV	Dr. Jack Slocum
2001	Good Day Live TV	Self
2000	Little Nicky MOVIE	Henry Winkler
2000	Battery Park TV	Walter Dunleavy
2000	Down to You MOVIE	Chef Ray
1999	Dill Scallion MOVIE	Larry Steinberg
1999	Third Watch TV	Lester Martin
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Edwin Todd
1999	Teen Choice Awards TV	Self
1999	SpongeBob SquarePants TV	Jeff Tentacles
1999	SpongeBob SquarePants TV	Sharkface
1999	So Weird TV	Fergus McGarrity
1999	P.U.N.K.S MOVIE	Edward Crow
1999	Television: The First Fifty Years MOVIE	Self
1998	The Waterboy MOVIE	Coach Klein
1998	Ground Control MOVIE	John Quinn
1997	South Park TV	The Scary Monster (voice)
1997	The View TV	Self
1997	Hostage High MOVIE	Skip Fine
1997	Dad's Week Off MOVIE	Jack Potter
1997	The Practice TV	Dr. Henry Olson
1997	Dead Man's Gun TV	Self
1997	King of the Hill TV	Henry Winkler (voice)
1996	Scream MOVIE	Principal Arthur Himbry (uncredited)
1996	Access Hollywood TV	Self
1996	Blue's Clues TV	Self
1996	E! True Hollywood Story TV	Self
1995	A Child Is Missing MOVIE	Steven Moore
1995	The Drew Carey Show TV	Mr. Newsome
1994	One Christmas MOVIE	Dad
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! MOVIE	Arthur 'Fonzie' Fonzarelli (archive footage)
1994	Monty TV	Monty Richardson
1993	The Only Way Out MOVIE	Tony
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self
1993	GMTV TV	Self
1992	Vicki! TV	Self
1992	The Larry Sanders Show TV	Henry Winkler
1992	Sightings TV	Self
1991	Pebble Mill TV	Self
1991	Absolute Strangers MOVIE	Marty Klein
1991	Voices That Care MOVIE	Self - Choir Member
1989	The Simpsons TV	Ramrod (voice)
1989	Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre MOVIE	Self (voice)
1989	Two Daddies? MOVIE	Carl Conway (voice)
1988	This Morning TV	Self - Guest
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark TV	Self - Guest
1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville MOVIE	Immigrant
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood MOVIE	Self
1986	Barbra Streisand: One Voice MOVIE	Self (Interviewee)
1985	Happily Ever After MOVIE	Carl Conway (voice)
1985	MacGyver TV	Wilton Newberry (uncredited)
1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1984	Donald Duck's 50th Birthday MOVIE	Self
1984	Steve Martin Live! MOVIE	Self
1984	Strong Kids, Safe Kids MOVIE	Himself / Arthur 'The Fonz' Fonzarelli
1982	Nature TV	Narrator (voice)
1982	The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour TV	The Fonz (voice)
1982	Barry Norman in Celebrity City MOVIE	Self
1982	Night Shift MOVIE	Chuck Lumley
1982	I Love Liberty MOVIE	Self
1982	Night of 100 Stars MOVIE	Self
1980	The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang TV	Fonzie
1979	An American Christmas Carol MOVIE	Benedict Slade
1979	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street MOVIE	Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli (archive footage)
1979	Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall MOVIE	Self
1978	Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy MOVIE	Self
1978	Mickey's 50 MOVIE	Self
1978	Mork & Mindy TV	Fonzie
1978	The One and Only MOVIE	Andy Schmidt
1977	Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? MOVIE	Self - Host (Television Version)
1977	Heroes MOVIE	Jack Dunne
1977	Neil Diamond : Live At the Greek Theatre 1976 MOVIE	Self - Uncredited
1976	Laverne & Shirley TV	Self
1975	Katherine MOVIE	Bob Kline
1975	People's Choice Awards TV	Self
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1974	The Lords of Flatbush MOVIE	Butchey Weinstein
1974	Crazy Joe MOVIE	Mannie
1974	Happy Days TV	Arthur Fonzarelli
1974	Nightmare MOVIE	Auditioning Actor (uncredited)
1972	The Bob Newhart Show TV	Miles Lascoe
1971	The Great American Dream Machine TV	Himself
1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV	Steve Waldman
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney TV	Self
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1949	The Emmy Awards TV	Self
	Encore MOVIE	Self
	Old Pals MOVIE	Ira

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