Sandy Winton

Sandy Winton
Born (1970-12-18) 18 December 1970
Australia
Alma mater Newington College
NIDA
Occupation Actor
Years active 1996–present

Alexander Gordon (Sandy) Winton[1] (born 18 December 1970)[1] is an Australian actor. From 2010 to 2012, he portrayed Michael Williams in the soap opera Neighbours.

Career

Winton attended Newington College (1983–1988)[1] and graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1995.[2] In March 2010, it was announced that Winton would be joining the cast of Neighbours as Michael Williams.[3] On 7 November 2011, it was announced Winton would be leaving Neighbours in 2012.[4] Of Winton's departure, executive producer Susan Bower said "The Michael Williams character will be leaving Ramsay Street as part of a significant story coming up in April. Sandy's contribution to the show has been superb, enabling the character to be part of some milestone storylines."[4]

Personal life

Winton is married with two children.[5] Upon landing the role of Michael Williams, Winton relocated to Melbourne from Sydney. He is a supporter of AFL team, Sydney Swans.[5]

Filmography

Year Film/TV Role Notes
1996 Twisted 1 episode: 'A Sure Thing'
Police Rescue Senior Constable 1 episode: 'The Only Constant'
1997 The Devil Game Steve TV
Big Sky Richard/Rob 1 episode: 'Sweet Revenge'
Oscar and Lucinda Expeditioner
1998 All Saints Greg Newman 1 episode: 'Night Shift'
Good Guys Bad Guys Walter McLeod 1 episode: 'Blood is thicker than water'
Wildside Doug Zelka Episode 1.31
The Genie From Down Under 2 Bruce 13 episodes
1999 Murder Call Peter Sharp 1 episode: 'Hide & seek'
Me Myself I Ben
2000 Above the Law Zac Wernholdt 3 episodes
Dogwoman: Dead Dog Walking Jeremy Maitland TV movie
Something in the Air Matt Bateman 22 episodes
2001 Xena: Warrior Princess Prince Morloch 1 episode: 'Dangerous Prey'
BeastMaster Navas 1 episode: 'Mate for Life'
Farscape Rinic Tolven 1 episode: 'Thanks for Sharing'
The Secret Life of Us 2 episodes
Cold Feet Shawn 1 episode
2002 The Lost World Thomas Duckart 1 episode
Counterstrike Hart TV movie
Young Lions Captain Ian Martin 3 episodes
2002–03 White Collar Blue Simon Ball 5 episodes
2002–07 McLeod's Daughters Heath Barratt 15 episodes
2004 The Alice Nicky Marione TV series
2005 Son of the Mask Chris
2006 Candy Candy's Doctor
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Little League Father TV movie
Two Twisted 1 episode: 'There's Something About Kyanna'
Tripping Over Daniel 3 episodes
2009 Home and Away[3] Rex Avent 5 episodes
2010 The Pacific[3] Capt. Jameson 1 episode: 'Guadalcan/Leckie'
2010–12 Neighbours Michael Williams Series regular
2012 Tricky Business Prof. Woodward 5 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 218
  2. Biography for Sandy Winton imdb. Retrieved on 1 July 2010
  3. 1 2 3 "New family for Ramsay Street". Holy Soap. Channel 5. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
  4. 1 2 Kilkelly, Daniel (7 November 2011). "'Neighbours' confirms Michael Williams exit". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Actors – Sandy Winton". Neighbours.com. Australia: Network Ten. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

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