Sandy Winton

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Sandy Winton
Born (1970-12-18) 18 December 1970 (age 51)
Australia
Alma materNewington College
NIDA
OccupationActor
Years active1996–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 to Tessa Winton with two children named and Amelie (Millie) Rose Winton. Upon landing the role of Michael Williams, Winton relocated to Melbourne from Sydney. He is a supporter of AFL team, Sydney Swans.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Oscar and Lucinda Expeditioner
1999 Me Myself I Ben Monroe
2005 Son of the Mask Chris
2006 Candy Candy's Doctor
2014 Unbroken Coach
2018 Sink Father Completed
2018 Fragmentary Glenn Sanderson Post-production

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Police Rescue Senior Constable Episode: "The Only Constant"
1996 Twisted Episode: "A Sure Thing"
1997 Big Sky Richard / Rob Episode: "Sweet Revenge"
1997 The Devil Game Steve TV film
1998 All Saints Greg Newman Episode: "Night Shift"
1998 Good Guys, Bad Guys Walter McLeod Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Walter"
1998 Wildside Doug Zelka Episode: "1.31"
1998 The Genie from Down Under Bruce Main role (series 2)
1999 Murder Call Peter Sharp Episode: "Hide & Seek"
2000 Above the Law Zac Wernholdt Episodes: "Snapshots and Cottontails", "Send in the Clowns", "Chaos Theory"
2000 Dogwoman: Dead Dog Walking Jeremy Maitland TV film
2000 Something in the Air Matt Bateman Recurring role
2001 Xena: Warrior Princess Prince Morloch Episode: "Dangerous Prey"
2001 BeastMaster Navas Episode: "Mate for Life"
2001 Farscape Rinic Tolven Episode: "Thanks for Sharing"
2001 The Secret Life of Us Vincent Episodes: "The Unbelievable Truth", "Expect the Unexpected"
2001 Cold Feet Shawn Episode: "4.8"
2002 The Lost World Thomas Duckart Episode: "Phantoms"
2002 Counterstrike Hart TV film
2002 White Collar Blue Simon TV film
2002 McLeod's Daughters Daniel Lewis Season 2, Episode 13: "Steer Trek"
2002 Young Lions Capt. Ian Martin Episodes: "The Navy: Parts 1 & 2", "Bill's Death"
2003 White Collar Blue Simon Ball Guest role (series 1–2)
2004 The Alice Nicky Marione TV film
2006 Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Little League Father TV film
2006 Two Twisted Bill Banks Episode: "There's Something About Kyanna"
2006 Tripping Over Daniel Episodes: "1.3", "1.4", "1.5"
2007 McLeod's Daughters Heath Barrett Recurring (Season 7)
2009 Home and Away Rex Avent Guest role (Season 22)
2010 The Pacific Capt. Jameson Episode: "Guadalcanal/Leckie"
2010–2012 Neighbours Michael Williams Regular role (Seasons 26–28)
2012 Tricky Business Marcus Woodward Recurring role
2014 INXS: Never Tear Us Apart Det. Chambers TV miniseries
2015 Wonderland Liam Recurring role (series 3)
2016 The Code Michael McCray Episodes: "2.1", "2.2", "2.3"

References[]

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

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