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Henry Winkler is an acclaimed American actor best known for playing the iconic role of Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on the sitcom Happy Days. He has won numerous awards, including Emmys and Golden Globes, for his diverse acting roles on stage, film, and television. Winkler has also written children’s books and memoirs, drawing on his personal experiences with dyslexia.
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About the Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkleris an American actor. Widely known as Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on the sitcom Happy Days, Winkler has distinguished himself as a character actor for roles on stage and screen. His many accolades include three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Critics Choice Awards.
Winkler studied theater at both Emerson College and the Yale School of Drama, and spent a year and half with the Yale Repertory Theater. After getting cast in a small role in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, he became a star playing the role of “Fonzie” on the American Broadcasting Companysitcom Happy Daysand Cop and a Halfreality series Better Late Than NeverHank Zipzer TV seriesin which Winkler appears as Mr. Rock. He has also written three memoirs: Being Henry: The Fonz … and Beyond (2023), I’ve Never Met an Idiot on the River (2011), and The Other Side of Henry Winkler: My Story (1976).
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Henry Winkler is an American actor widely known for his role as Arthur ,Fonzie, Fonzarelli on the sitcom Happy Days. He has had a successful career in television, film, and theater, earning numerous awards and accolades.
Henry Winkler’s most famous role is that of Arthur ,Fonzie, Fonzarelli on the popular sitcom Happy Days, which aired from 1974 to 1984.
In addition to Happy Days, Henry Winkler has had a diverse career, appearing in films such as Heroes, Night Shift, Scream, and The Waterboy, as well as TV shows like Arrested Development, Royal Pains, and Barry, for which he won an Emmy Award.
Henry Winkler has won numerous awards for his acting, including three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Critics Choice Awards.
In addition to his acting career, Henry Winkler has written children’s books, including the Hank Zipzer series, and has also written several memoirs about his life and career.
Winkler has been open about his struggles with dyslexia, and he has drawn on this experience to write children’s books and help raise awareness about the condition.
Henry Winkler’s most recent acting role was in the 2022 film Black Adam, where he played a supporting character.
18 Quotes by Henry Winkler
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Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun.
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You see, I don’t know how to ride a motorcycle, actually.
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Wes Craven is a wonderful friend, and we had a really good time together.
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Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
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That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many times have you heard Howard Cunningham talking to Marian about shopping? Too many.
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Producing came about because I never wanted to be in one of those books, Where Are They Now?
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I rode it once, which was up the driveway in the opening credits of the show. I didn’t know how to stop it. I actually nearly killed the director of photography, and I smashed into the sound truck.
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In school, I was an underachiever.
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Being down in Orlando, Florida, where we filmed the movie, I learned how to bass fish. Jerry Reed, who plays the villain in the movie, taught me how to bass fish.
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Right now I belong to the wonderful organization called The Children’s Action Network. The first thing we did was immunize 200,000 children across the country against childhood diseases.
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I do most of my work with kids. They are the very foundation of our future. We are so incredibly disrespectful to them in America in every way because they can’t vote.
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Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow.
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To me acting is like a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is of the sky and all the pieces are blue. Out of this you have to create a human being and put it together.
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If you make compelling television, they will come.
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Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path.
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A human being’s first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.
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When you love what you do, then you’re talking to one of the luckiest guys on the face of the earth.
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When Richie Cunningham drank too many beers, his parents sat him down and explained their concerns. If you live on this earth, you find out that we are all the same.
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