Anecdotes

When trying out for the parts of Bill and Ted, each actor was paired up with another. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter were paired up, Reeves trying out for the part of Bill while Winter trying out for the part of Ted. They were cast opposite what they tried out for.

His favorite character, that he played, was "Granny S. Preston" in Les folles aventures de Bill et Ted (1991).

Made his musical stage debut at age 10 in the St. Louis Opera production of "Oliver!" starring Vincent Price as Fagin. Alex played one of the urchins.

Along with Keanu Reeves, Hal Landon Jr. and Amy Stoch, he is one of only four actors to appear in all three "Bill & Ted" films: L'Excellente Aventure de Bill & Ted (1989), Les folles aventures de Bill et Ted (1991) and Bill et Ted sauvent l'Univers (2020).

Graduated from Montclair High school in 1983. There he attended the school of performing arts.

Moved from London to St. Louis when he was 5. There his father, Ross, ran the Mid-American Dance Company, the Midwest's largest modern dance troupe, and his mother, Gregg Mayer, taught dance at Washington University. He has a brother named Stephen.

Father, with Sonya Dawson, of son Leroy, born in 1998.

He studied Film at college in New York City and starred in a number of plays whilst still a student.

His father, an Australian, had English, German, Cornish, and more distant Scottish, ancestry. His mother's family, from New York, is Ashkenazi Jewish.

Attended film school at New York University with Tom Stern. They became good friends and have collaborated on several film projects.

Appeared in a couple of Broadway musical productions as a teenager. He was a replacement son Louis in Yul Brynner's revival of "The King and I" in 1978 and the following year played young John Darling in "Peter Pan" starring Sandy Duncan.

Has starred in two movies that show the use of a payphone. L'Excellente Aventure de Bill & Ted (1989) and Le Justicier de New York (1985).

Born on the 10 year anniversary of the opening of Disneyland.