Dean Winters is best known for his role as "Ryan O'Reily" on HBO's award-winning series Oz (1997). Most recently, he recurred as Tina Fey's "Beeper King" boyfriend on the Emmy-winning comedy, 30 Rock (2006). His noteworthy comedic performance was recently included in Entertainment Weekly's "Must List" as well as Variety's short-list of Emmy-worthy guest performances. In addition to being featured in the film P.S. I Love You (2007) with Hilary Swank, Winters was a series regular on FX's critically-acclaimed Rescue Me (2004), in which he played Denis Leary's cop brother. He recurs as Lena Headey's former love interest on the Fox series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008). He can also be seen as the Allstate spokesmodel character known as Mayhem.
出生于波多黎各，在纽约的布朗克斯区长大。札亚斯年青时曾在美国空军服役，在部队中受到的严格训练和掌握到的各种技能使他退役后顺利成为一名纽约警官。他当了15年纽约警察。从警经历为他日后成为类型演员打下基础。他在影视剧中多扮演警察类角色。当然，他也有足够经验扮演罪犯等...
