Eric Winter

Eric Barrett Winter is an American actor and former model. He is best known for his television roles, including Sergeant Tim Bradford on the ABC police procedural drama series The Rookie, Rex Brady on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, FBI Special Agent Craig O'Laughlin on the CBS series The Mentalist, and Dash Gardiner on the Lifetime fantasy-drama series Witches of East End.

Winter was born on July 17, 1976, in La Mirada, California, and grew up in nearby La Puente in the Los Angeles area. He graduated from Los Altos High School before attending the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned a degree in psychology. Initially, he began modeling and auditioning for small roles in television soap operas to earn extra money for college tuition. Before focusing fully on acting, he appeared in high-profile modeling campaigns, including a print campaign for Tommy Hilfiger and a television commercial alongside Britney Spears for her fragrance Curious.

In July 2002, Winter landed his first major television role playing Rex Brady on Days of Our Lives, a character he portrayed until July 2005. Following his departure from the daytime series, he appeared in guest and recurring roles across various television programs. These included appearances on CSI, Love, Inc., Charmed, Just Legal, The Parkers, and The Ex-List. He also guest-starred in five episodes of Wildfire as bull-rider R.J. Blake, had a recurring role on Brothers & Sisters as Jason McCallister, and was a series regular on the television series Viva Laughlin and Moonlight.

Over the course of his career, Winter expanded into film and other television projects. His feature film credits include appearances in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay in 2008 and The Ugly Truth in 2009. In 2010, he starred as Michael Friend in the Lifetime television movie Sundays at Tiffany's. That same year, he joined the cast of the CBS drama series The Mentalist in a recurring role as FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin, which he played through 2012. He subsequently appeared in the comedy-drama series GCB, provided work for the video game Beyond: Two Souls, appeared on The Good Doctor, and starred as Dash Gardiner on Witches of East End from 2013 until 2014.

In October 2018, Winter began co-starring in the ABC drama series The Rookie as Officer Tim Bradford, later portrayed as Sergeant Tim Bradford. He has appeared across all eight seasons of the series alongside lead actor Nathan Fillion.

In his personal life, Winter was married to actress Allison Ford from 2001 until 2005. He later dated actress Roselyn Sanchez, and the couple married on November 29, 2008, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They have two children: a daughter born in January 2012 and a son born in November 2017. Outside of acting, Winter is a fan of association football and shares a friendship with professional footballer Thibaut Courtois.