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What is Henry Winkler’s Net Worth and Salary?

Henry Winkler, an actor, director, producer, and author, has a net worth of $40 million. He is best known for his role as The Fonz on the TV show “Happy Days.” Winkler has appeared in various movies and television shows throughout his career and is also a successful children’s book author.

Early Life and Education

Henry Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York City. His parents, Ilse and Harry Winkler, were German Jews who emigrated to the U.S. in 1939. Winkler struggled in school due to undiagnosed dyslexia, but eventually graduated from McBurney School in 1963 after completing summer school. He went on to earn a BA from Emerson College in 1967 and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1970.

Winkler’s cousin, Richard Belzer, is also an actor, and he has a sister named Beatrice.

Early Career of Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler’s first paid television job was as a game show extra in New York, for which he was paid $10. He then supported himself by working in television commercials while performing theater for free at the Manhattan Theater Club. From 1968 to 1972, he appeared in numerous Yale Repertory Theater productions, including “Coriolanus,” “Macbeth,” “Gimpel the Fool,” and “Two by Brecht and Weill: The Little Mahagonny and the Seven Sins.”

Henry Winkler’s Acting Career

In 1973, Winkler landed a role in “The Lords of Flatbush” but achieved wider recognition and fame as Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, also known as “The Fonz” or “Fonzie” on the sitcom show “Happy Days”. He remained with the show until it ended in 1984. Winkler then took a break from acting in the 1980s but returned in the 1990s with roles in TV movies such as “Absolute Strangers” and “One Christmas”. He also appeared in the short-lived Fox comedy series “Monty”.

Winkler’s partnership with Adam Sandler began when he appeared in “The Waterboy” in 1998. He went on to appear in three other Sandler films: “Little Nicky”, “Click”, and “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan”. Since then, Winkler has appeared on numerous television shows, including “Numb3rs”, “South Park”, “The Drew Carey Show”, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, “Arrested Development”, “Family Guy”, and “Parks and Recreation”. He also starred in the HBO series “Barry”.

Henry Winkler’s Success as a Producer

Aside from acting, Henry Winkler has found success as a producer. He narrated and was the executive producer of the documentary film “Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?” which won the Academy Award for Best Feature-length Documentary, the Directors Guild of America Award, and the Humanitas Award for director John Korty. An edited version of the film also won an Emmy Award.

After the end of “Happy Days”, Winkler focused on producing and directing ventures. He established Winkler-Rich Productions with John Rich and produced various television shows like “MacGyver”, “So Weird”, “Mr. Sunshine”, “Sightings”, and game shows like “Wintuition” and “Hollywood Squares”. He also directed films like “Memories of Me” and “Cop and a Half”.

Winkler continued to work on various projects, including the Disney Channel original series “We Weird”, which he served as executive producer. He also worked on the NBC series “Better Late Than Never” from 2016 to 2018, featuring himself alongside William Shatner, George Foreman, and Terry Bradshaw.

Collaboration with Lin Oliver

Winkler has collaborated with Lin Oliver on a series of children’s books featuring a dyslexic boy named Hank Zipzer. The duo has published 17 books featuring Zipzer.

Real Estate

Henry Winkler married Stacey Weitzman in May 1978 and they have two children together. Stacey was previously married to Howard Weitzman and Henry became a stepfather to her son, Jed Weitzman. In November 1993, the couple purchased a Brentwood home for $3.4 million, which is equivalent to around $6 million today. The property is now worth $11-15 million. Around the same time, they sold their Toluca Lake home, which they bought in 1978, to Andy Garcia for $2.26 million.