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Dean Gerard Winters (born July 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ryan O'Reily on the HBO prison drama Oz and his roles in the TV series Millennium, Rescue Me, 30 Rock, Sex and the City, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as well as portraying "Mayhem" in a series of Allstate Insurance commercials.
The Allstate ad may have raised eyebrows among industry aficionados, because “SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels has in the past frowned upon running commercials featuring current cast ...
Mayhem: Allstate insurance: 2010–present: actor Dean Winters: Bank Executive (aka focus group marketer) Ally Financial: debuted 2009: Candid Camera-type setting; Tricks real unsuspecting children with offers and leaves them hurt or upset after adding rules and fees. Played by RJ Kelly. Loveable Truly: Alpha-Bits cereal: 1964–early 1970s
In Schaertl’s eyes, it had to be Sassy, who is over 5 years old, and Brida, who will turn 4 in the spring, for the ad spot. A male reindeer was briefly concerned for the role, but he was in rut ...
Hoogenakker's first professional role was in 1999 as Scarus in the Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. [2] In 2000, he played Chris Smith in the Tracy Letts play Killer Joe when it was at The Theatre at 2851 N. Halsted Street; [5] [6] and the title character in the play Robyn Hood of Barnsdale Wood at the Equity Library Theatre. [7]
Mayhem's commercials followed the same formula: he showed the risk at the start of the commercial, then provided context for the event and represented the tragedy that would occur.
Allstate developed the campaign "Mayhem" and the character (Mayhem) in response to being ranked fourth in advertising spending behind GEICO, State Farm, and Progressive. Allstate had an existing campaign called "Our Stand" featuring Dennis Haysbert that targeted "older, more traditional customers", and the company sought to develop a campaign ...
The Allstate chief executive ignited a storm of backlash on X from MAGA supporters following his remarks. “Wtf is wrong with this guy,” wrote Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and President-elect Donald ...