Career

Before his acting roles, Winter was a male model and had some high-profile campaigns, such as one print campaign for Tommy Hilfiger. He appeared in a television commercial with Britney Spears for her fragrance, Curious.

Winter is played the role of Rex Brady on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from July 8, 2002 until July 26, 2005. After leaving Days of our Lives, he had many small roles in television shows, such as CSI, Love, Inc., Charmed, and Just Legal. He guest-starred on ABC Family's Wildfire for five episodes. His character, R.J. Blake, a bull-rider who dated the character of Dani Davis (played by Nicole Tubiola), was killed in the episode "Heartless" which aired originally on February 28, 2007. Winter also appeared on The Parkers in the episode "The Boomerang Effect". Winter appeared in an episode of the CBS series The Ex-List, and a recurring role of Jason McCallister, the brother of Senator Robert McCallister (Rob Lowe) and love interest of Kevin Walker (Matthew Rhys) on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters. He was a regular on the short-lived CBS series Viva Laughlin and Moonlight. Winter appears in the feature films Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and The Ugly Truth (2009).

In 2010 Winter starred in the character Michael Friend, the imaginary friend of Jane (Alyssa Milano) in Lifetime television movie Sundays at Tiffany's'

From 2010 to 2012, Winter appeared in the CBS crime drama The Mentalist as FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin, the boyfriend and later fiancé of Amanda Righetti's character Grace Van Pelt. In 2012, he had a recurring role as Luke Lourd on the ABC comedy-drama series GCB. Winter appeared in the Playstation 3 game Beyond: Two Souls.

In 2013, Winter began starring in the Lifetime television series Witches of East End as Dash Gardiner. The series was canceled on November 4, 2014 after two seasons.

Personal life

Winter graduated from UCLA with a degree in Psychology. To pay for college, he began modeling, and his career goal, which was to become a doctor, changed as he decided to pursue acting.

Winter was married to actress Allison Christine Ford from 2001 until 2005.

He dated actress Roselyn Sánchez for two years prior to their engagement on January 1, 2008 during a holiday vacation on Vieques (an island just east of mainland Puerto Rico). The couple wed on November 29, 2008 at a historic San Juan fort in Puerto Rico. In August 2011, Sánchez announced she and Winter were expecting their first child together. Their daughter, Sebella Rose Winter, was born on January 4, 2012.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Back When We Were Grownups	Hunk	Television film
2005	Magic of Ordinary Days, TheThe Magic of Ordinary Days	Walter	Television film
2006	Break-In	Cameron	Television film
2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Colton Graham
2009	Ugly Truth, TheThe Ugly Truth	Colin Anderson
2010	Sundays at Tiffany's	Michael Friend	Television film
2012	Fire with Fire	Adam
2014	Comet	Josh
2014	Dead End	N/A	Short film; also producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Profiler	Todd	Episode: "Heads, You Lose"
1999	Undressed	Eric	2 episodes
1999	Parkers, TheThe Parkers	Anthony	Episode: "The Boomerang Effect"
2002	Andy Dick Show, TheThe Andy Dick Show	N/A	Episode: "Andy's Tinseltown Chow-House"
2002-05	Days of Our Lives	Rex Brady	Role held: July 2, 2002 - August 1, 2005
2002	Charmed	Trevor	Episode: "Sam, I Am"
2005-06	Love, Inc.	Mike Smith	2 episodes
2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Julian Harper	Episode: "Room Service"
2006	South Beach	Ford Davenport III	Episode: "Every Day Above Ground Is a Good Day"
2006	Pepper Dennis	Connor Blanchard	Episode: "Heiress Bridenapped"
2006	Just Legal	Jared Kale	Episode: "The Rainmaker"
2007	Viva Laughlin	Peter Carlyle	Main cast; 2 episodes
2007	Wildfire	R.J. Blake	5 episodes
2008	Single with Parents	Charlie	Main cast; Rejected ABC pilot
2007-08	Brothers & Sisters	Jason McCallister	5 episodes
2008	Moonlight	ADA Benjamin Talbot	4 episodes
2008	Ex List, TheThe Ex List	Jake Turner	Episode: "Climb Every Mountain Biker"
2010-12	Mentalist, TheThe Mentalist	Craig O'Laughlin	8 episodes
2011	Weekends at Bellevue	Jared Knox	Main cast; Rejected Fox pilot
2011	CSI: Miami	Joe Grafton	Episode: "Stiff"
2012	Scent of the Missing	Jake	Main cast; Rejected TNT pilot
2012	GCB	Luke Lourd	5 episodes
2013	Rizzoli & Isles	B.T. Cerrone	Episode: "Built for Speed"
2013-14	Witches of East End	Dash Gardiner	Main cast; 23 episodes
2016	A.P.B.	Sergeant Tom Murphy	Main cast

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Beyond: Two Souls	Ryan Clayton	Voice, 3D model and motion capture

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