Dean Winters - wikipedia Dean Winters This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( May 2010 ) Dean Winters Winters in October 2010. Dean Gerard Winters ( 1964 - 07 - 20 ) July 20, 1964 ( age 53 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Actor Years active 1995 -- present Dean Gerard Winters ( born July 20, 1964 ) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on the HBO prison drama Oz, and has also appeared on such television series as Rescue Me, 30 Rock, and Law & Order : Special Victims Unit, as well as the character `` Mayhem '' in a series of Allstate Insurance commercials. Winters co-starred with Josh Duhamel in one season of the CBS Network cop drama series Battle Creek. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links Early Life Dean Winters was born in New York City and raised on Long Island. He has two brothers, actor Scott William Winters and writer Bradford Winters, and a sister, Blair Winters. Winters grew up on Long Island and spent his teenage years in Scottsdale, Arizona. He attended Chaparral High School and graduated from Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit school in Phoenix graduating in 1982, and graduated from Colorado College in 1986. Career Winters has appeared in two of the Law & Order television series : Law & Order : Special Victims Unit, where he was a regular in the first season, and as a guest star in the Law & Order : Criminal Intent episode `` Purgatory ''. More than ten years after his final appearance on SVU, he again portrayed Detective Brian Cassidy in the 13th - season finale `` Rhodium Nights '', became a recurring character in the 14th season and, in the 15th season, also became Sergeant Olivia Benson 's love interest. He has also made guest appearances on Homicide : Life on the Street, Sex and the City, Third Watch, NYPD Blue, CSI : Miami and as Dennis Duffy in 30 Rock as well as previously having an accompanying role in Rescue Me. He starred in the 1999 romantic comedy Undercover Angel with Yasmine Bleeth and the 2002 direct - to - video horror film Hellraiser : Hellseeker. He played Tom in PS, I Love You. Winters played Detective Sam Tyler 's father in the US version of Life On Mars. He also played Charley Dixon, Sarah Connor 's love interest, in Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Winters was cast in the ABC drama pilot Happy Town, from the creators of October Road, but was replaced by Steven Weber after shooting the pilot. On June 20, 2010, Winters was introduced as `` Mayhem '', the recurring character in a new television and radio advertising campaign for Allstate Insurance created by the agency Leo Burnett Chicago. Winters co-starred in one season of the CBS Network cop drama series Battle Creek, playing a small town police force detective opposite Josh Duhamel, the FBI Resident Agent assigned to the town. The series was cancelled in May 2015. Most recently, he reprised his role on Brooklyn Nine - Nine as The Vulture and had a supporting role as a divorce attorney on the HBO series Divorce. In 2018, he was cast as Mr. Town in the second season of Starz American Gods. Personal Life In June 2009, Winters contracted a bacterial infection and collapsed upon arrival at his doctor 's office. While being transported across Central Park in an ambulance, he went into cardiac arrest for over two minutes. Paramedics were able to revive him, and he was hospitalized in intensive care for three weeks. Over the course of the next year, he developed gangrene, requiring the amputation of two toes and half of one thumb, and ten subsequent operations including a skin graft. Winters was away from acting until 2010, when Tina Fey brought him back to 30 Rock, and he started work on the Mayhem television commercial campaign. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Conspiracy Theory Cleet film debut 1997 Lifebreath Chrystie 's Lover 1999 Undercover Angel Harrison Tyler 2001 Snipes Bobby Starr 2001 Bullet in the Brain Bank Robber Short film 2002 Hellraiser : Helseeker Trevor Direct - to - Video Brooklyn Bound Danny Love Rome Dean 2006 Bristol Boys Randy 2006 Dead Calling Nick 2007 P.S. I Love You Tom 2009 Winter of Frozen Dreams Ken Curtis 2009 Splinterheads Reggie 2009 Today 's Special Steve Vipers in the Grass Frank Devine Short film 2012 The Worst Night Short film 2013 The Devil You Know Jake Kelly 2013 Memoire Gregor Short film 2014 Don Peyote Gun Dealer 2014 John Wick Avi 2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Out of the Shadows Bartender 2017 Rough Night Detective Frazier 2018 After Everything Blake 2018 Father of the Year unknown post-production TBR DeLorean John Valestra Documentary post-production TBR A Civilized Life Conway Short film ; also Producer post-production 2019 Street Justice Patrick Hannigan pre-production Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 - 1996 Homicide : Life on the Street Tom Marans television debut recurring role ; 3 episodes NYPD Blue Larry Episode : `` Where 'd the Van Gogh ? '' The Playroom unknown Television Short 1997 Firehouse Nick Wilkinson Television Movie 1997 - 1999 Millennium Young Michael Lanyard / Mr. Crocell 2 episodes 1997 - 2003 Oz Ryan O'Reily series regular ; 56 episodes 1998 New York Undercover Paul Delaney Episode : `` Rat Trap '' 1999 Sex and the City John McFadden Episode : `` The Fuck Buddy '' 1999 Saturday Night LIVE ! Ryan O'Reily uncredited ; Episode : `` Jerry Seinfeld / David Bowie '' 1999 - 2013 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Brian Cassidy Main role ; 13 episodes recurring role ; 17 episodes 2001 Deadline Des Lonegan Episode : `` Shock '' 2002 Third Watch Bill Stram Episode : `` The Unforgiven '' 2002 The Twilight Zone Gordon Episode : `` Future Trade '' Strip Search Ned McGarth Television Movie 2004 - 2011 Rescue Me Johnny Gavin Main role ; 33 episodes 2005 CSI : Miami Raymond Caine Episode : `` 10 - 7 '' 2006 - 2012 30 Rock Dennis Duffy recurring role ; 15 episodes Nominated - Gold Derby award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated - Online Film & Television Association award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series 2008 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Mike Stoat Episode : `` Purgatory '' 2008 - 2009 Terminator : The Sarah Connor Chronicles Charley Dixon recurring role ; 9 episodes 2008 - 2009 Life on Mars Vic Tyler recurring role ; 3 episodes 2012 Up All Night Casey Brinkley Episode : `` Preschool Auction '' 2013 Westside Robbie Carver Television Movie 2013 - 2017 Brooklyn Nine - Nine Detective ' The Vulture ' Pembroke recurring role ; 7 episodes 2014 American Dad ! uncredited voice role ; Episode : `` News Glances with Genevieve Vavance '' 2015 Battle Creek Russ Agnew recurring role ; 13 episodes 2016 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Bunny Episode : `` Kimmy Kidnaps Gretchen ! '' 2016 - 2018 Divorce Tony Silvercreek recurring role ; 6 episodes 2017 Tangled : The Series Andrew voice role ; Episode : `` Under Raps '' 2019 American Gods Mr. Town In production References ^ Jump up to : `` Meet Mayhem : The Man Who Made Insurance Interesting ''. Business Insider. April 19, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Dean Winters ' profile at ''. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 4, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Scott William Winters ' profile at ''. IMDb. Retrieved March 20, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Dean Winters Married, Wife, Divorce, Girlfriend or Gay ''. Retrieved March 21, 2018. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Nellie ( 2009 - 02 - 22 ). `` Slew of pilots flesh out casts ''. Hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved 2010 - 05 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Guide ''. TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 2010 - 05 - 20. Jump up ^ Dealine. June 4, 2018 https://deadline.com/2018/06/american-gods-season-2-dean-winters-mr-town-devery-jacobs-sam-black-crow-kahyun-kim-new-media-starz-neil-gaiman-1202402680/. Retrieved June 4, 2018. Missing or empty title = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : `` Dean Winters ' amazing journey back from death ''. New York Post. June 18, 2010. Retrieved September 30, 2012. 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