Henry Winkler on surviving “Barry” and Hollywood, being a TV legend and his disastrous connection with Steve McQueen (Hint: a motorcycle) – The part of the actor

From the moment Henry Winkler arrived in Hollywood from the Yale School of Drama in 1973, it looked like he was hooked. A week after landing at LAX, he booked a small role The Mary Tyler Moore show. A week later they hired him to play the Fonzie Simple days. The rest is television history. Winkler visits our PMC studios this week for the latest episode of my video series, on the actor’s side Where we cover the edges of his amazing career, including his recent Emmy nomination as acting coach Gene Cousineau on HBO. bar, Bill Hader and Alec Berg’s hit dark comedy, which received a total of 14 Emmy nominations for its long-awaited comeback this season, is actually responsible for Winkler’s first prime-time Emmy of his career, when he won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. . 2018 for the show. He had been nominated several times before and had even won a few Daytime Emmys for some kids’ shows, but he was BFD and the audience went wild when he finally won. His Emmy track record also includes three nominations in the 1970s as The Fonz in the lead role in a comedy series, but as he explains, the role was smaller but grew to legendary heights after fans embraced the character. He would be there for 255 episodes and since then he has had a stellar career not only in front of the camera, but also as a producer and director. (MacGyver was one of the shows he produced).

Viewers also know him as Barry Zuckerkorn in the cult classic. Committed development, Countless animated shows with different voices and many films ranging from the famous first comedy by Ron Howard, change of this That cry That water boy And a lot of Adam Sander’s Wes Anderson movies lately French office. We talked about everything, including those early days, his connection with Steve McQueen’s famous motorcycle jump. long drain Because the Fonz has only spent 17 seconds on a bike in 10 years of the series, the directors who taught him what to think when people call him “legend” and, of course, everything bar Including what we can expect from the fourth season currently being filmed. It’s really fun to talk to Winkler because he has an incredible story about everything and everyone he meets. Do not miss it. Watch our conversation to learn about Henry Winkler’s “acting side” by clicking the link above.