About
Beloved Emmy and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning actor and author who became an international cultural icon portraying Arthur Fonzie Fonzarelli on Happy Days and later earned universal praise as acting coach Gene Cousineau in HBOs Barry.
Before Fame
Earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Yale School of Drama in 1970 after overcoming severe undiagnosed childhood dyslexia.
Trivia
The Fonzie leather jacket he wore on Happy Days was officially acquired by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
Family Life
Married Stacey Weitzman in 1978; they have two children, Zoe and Max Winkler (a television director), and stepson Jed Weitzman.
Associated With
Starred alongside Ron Howard in Happy Days, Adam Sandler in The Waterboy, and Bill Hader in the acclaimed dark comedy Barry.
