Illustrated portrait of Alex WinterFLM.RED

ALEX
WINTER

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From Bill & Ted to documentary filmmaking

An actor and filmmaker whose work ranges from Broadway comedy to documentaries.

An actor with a filmmaker’s curiosity

Alex Winter is an actor, director and writer who has worked in film, television and theatre. His career began on stage as a child, including Broadway productions of The King & I and Peter Pan.

He became widely known as Bill S. Preston alongside Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and its sequels. The pair returned to their characters in Bill & Ted Face the Music in 2020.

Behind the camera, Winter co-directed Freaked and made documentaries including Deep Web, about the Silk Road online marketplace, and Zappa, about musician Frank Zappa.

In Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime (2026), Winter plays Bill Conradt in a drama drawing on the history of a televised investigation. He has discussed approaching the role in an interview with Rolling Stone.

The list below shows films currently available on FLM.RED, not his complete filmography.

Selected work

1989

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Bill S. Preston

2020

Zappa

Director

2026

Primetime

Bill Conradt

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.