Modeling Before his acting roles, Winter was a model and had some high-profile campaigns, such as one print campaign for
Tommy Hilfiger. He appeared in a television commercial with
Britney Spears for her fragrance,
Curious.
Acting Winter played the role of
Rex Brady on the daytime soap opera
Days of Our Lives from July 8, 2002, until July 26, 2005. After leaving
Days of Our Lives, he had many small roles in television shows, such as
CSI;
Love, Inc.;
Charmed; and
Just Legal. He guest-starred on
ABC Family's
Wildfire for five episodes. His character, R.J. Blake, a bull-rider who dated the character of Dani Davis (played by
Nicole Tubiola), was killed in the episode "Heartless", which aired originally on February 28, 2007. Winter also appeared on
The Parkers in the episode "
The Boomerang Effect". He appeared in an episode of the CBS series
The Ex-List, and in the recurring role of Jason McCallister, the brother of Senator Robert McCallister (
Rob Lowe) and the love interest of
Kevin Walker (
Matthew Rhys) on the ABC drama
Brothers & Sisters. Winter was a regular on the short-lived CBS series
Viva Laughlin and
Moonlight. He appears in the feature films
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and
The Ugly Truth (2009). In 2010, Winter starred as the character Michael Friend, the imaginary friend of Jane (
Alyssa Milano) in the
Lifetime television movie ''
Sundays at Tiffany's''. From 2010 to 2012, Winter appeared in the CBS crime drama
The Mentalist as FBI agent Craig O'Laughlin, the boyfriend and later fiancé of
Amanda Righetti's character
Grace Van Pelt. In 2012, he had a recurring role as Luke Lourd on the ABC comedy-drama series
GCB. Winter appeared in the video game
Beyond: Two Souls. In 2013, Winter began starring in the Lifetime television series
Witches of East End as
Dash Gardiner. The series was canceled on November 4, 2014, after two seasons. In October 2018, he began co-starring in the
ABC police procedural drama
The Rookie as Officer Tim Bradford. He has appeared in all eight seasons of this series starring Nathan Fillion. == Personal life ==