Eric Winter

Entry point: The Rookie (2018).

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Eric Winter portrait

Photo: KEVIN PAUL. Portrait of Eric Winter at San Diego Comic Con 2026-2. Locally resized and converted. CC-BY-4.0. Portrait resized and converted; share image cropped with text added. See the source and license details below. Image credits

Intro

Eric Barrett Winter is an American actor. He has appeared in the television roles as Sergeant Tim Bradford on the ABC show The Rookie (2018–present), Rex Brady on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, FBI Special Agent Craig O'Laughlin on the CBS drama series The Mentalist (2010–2012), Dash Gardiner on the Lifetime fantasy-drama series Witches of East End (2013–2014), and The Good Doctor (2017–2018). His film appearances include Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), and Sundays at Tiffany's (2010).

Career snapshot

A concise route through Eric Winter's screen work includes The Rookie (2018) as Tim Bradford; Witches of East End (2013) as Dash Gardiner; The Ugly Truth (2009) as Colin. These selected credits show different periods of the career without presenting the gallery as a complete filmography.

The entry point

The Rookie is the clearest entry point in this selection. The 2018 production provides a recognizable role around which the earlier and later credits can be compared.

Screen identity and style

Across the selected roles, Eric Winter moved between different ensembles and production formats. Watch how posture, timing, vocal delivery and the character's place in the group change from one title to the next.

Collaborations and patterns

The productions represented here depended on recurring casts, directors, writers and crews. The gallery keeps the focus on credited work while avoiding claims about private relationships or undocumented production history.

Era reflection

The works span changing screen styles and audience expectations. Their dates help place each performance in its production era; they do not imply that every title began or ended with Eric Winter's participation.

Legacy and rediscovery

For a practical rewatch, begin with The Rookie, then compare the earliest and latest selected credits. This page uses sourced biographical context and local artwork as a viewing guide, not as an exhaustive career record or a promise that any title is currently streaming.

Rewatch notes

  • The Rookie is the anchor title used for this career guide.
  • The selected gallery covers 3 credited productions.
  • The earliest selected production dates to 2009.

Career highlights

The Rookie (2018) as Tim Bradford
Selected career milestone featuring Eric Winter.
Witches of East End (2013) as Dash Gardiner
Selected career milestone featuring Eric Winter.
The Ugly Truth (2009) as Colin
Selected career milestone featuring Eric Winter.

Sources and image credits

Portrait: KEVIN PAUL
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eric_Winter_at_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2026-2.jpg
License: CC-BY-4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eric_Winter_at_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2026-2.jpg

  • The Rookie — Production artwork from the DailyTimeCapsule archive.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rookie
  • Witches of East End — Production artwork from the DailyTimeCapsule archive.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches_of_East_End
  • The Ugly Truth — Production artwork from the DailyTimeCapsule archive.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_Truth

Reviewed September 21, 2026. Source references and image credits are listed below. This is a selected profile, not a complete credit list.

  • Wikipedia biography: Eric Winter
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Winter
  • Wikimedia Commons portrait provenance: Eric Winter
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eric_Winter_at_San_Diego_Comic_Con_2026-2.jpg
  • Wikipedia: The Rookie
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rookie
  • Wikipedia: Witches of East End
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches_of_East_End
  • Wikipedia: The Ugly Truth
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_Truth

Production artwork is reused from the DailyTimeCapsule archive. The imagery represents the production and may not depict this actor or their particular season. Portrait and share-photo attribution appears beneath the portrait.

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