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Henry Winkler, Actor: The Waterboy. Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his mother worked alongside his father.

Henry Winkler, who played the Fonz in 'Happy Days,' is also the author of the bestselling children's books Here’s Hank and Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever. (Photo: Courtesy Penguin Random House) Somewhere between Kermit the Frog and J.R. Ewing is the place where Arthur Fonzarelli, aka The Fonz, exists in the public consciousness, an iconic television creation that transcended its Disco Era origins, long outliving its series run – and other “boob tube” programming of the day, like, uh, Me and the Chimp or Fernwood 2 Night. Brought to life by, the soft-spoken, richly articulate actor-producer-author, The Fonz was the epitome of cool, for certain, but with a heart of gold – Rebel Without A Cause’s Jim Stark without the furrowed brow and penchant for street racing, Grease’s Danny Zuko without the snappy choreography and sassy tenor.

A role model, in other words, more sweet than sulking, more sunshine than Weltschmerz. Today, Winkler, 70, is enjoying a career renaissance, appearing on Children’s Hospital, Royal Pains, Arrested Development, and in a good number of films (starting with The Waterboy). It was recently announced that Winkler has been cast as the acting coach and spiritual guru of Saturday Night Live vet ’s frustrated Midwestern hitman on the HBO pilot, Barry. Additionally, Winkler is the ink and quill behind two bestselling series of children’s books, Here’s Hank and Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever, an inspirational, frequently hilarious, semi-autobiographical franchise about a young boy in New York grappling with the first pangs of adolescence and the challenges of being dyslexic. While working onscreen a good deal in recent years, you’ve also made enormous commitments to arts education for public school students. Why is that important to you? The arts really matter in education.

Sometimes the arts are the only way a student is unlocked. Sometimes it’s the only way a student can communicate. Maybe math is hard for a student.

Maybe writing is hard or science is hard. Spelling is out of the question. But through the voice or the body or the imagination or the musical instrument, maybe that student is able to unfurl his soul to the rest of the world. Yes, I’m talking about myself. The arts help complete a person.

I truly believe that. And since I started working on June 30, 1970, I have never, not once, used geometry.

So many of us know you as Fonzie, the King of Cool. It may come as a surprise to many that you struggled academically. I almost didn’t get to have the job I have today.

At my school, if you didn’t have a certain GPA, you couldn’t do arts, and I was dyslexic. I struggled a lot. But I was allowed to perform, and I cannot tell you how grateful I am for that. Henry Winkler as Arthur Fonzarelli, aka The Fonz, in 'Happy Days.' (Photo: Paramount Home Entertainment) Your bestselling series of children’s novels, Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever, is terrific and actually pulls back the veil a bit on your academic struggles. Yes, it’s kind of the autobiography of my childhood.

The humor is exaggerated, but the emotions are real, and I pander to no one. The greatest parts of my career have been receiving letters from students who feel like someone finally understands them. I can’t tell you what that means to me. After high school, you earned an MFA from Yale. You did Shakespeare!

Not bad for a kid who could barely read. If I was there in that time in England and I auditioned for, he would’ve suggested I go home and make hats.

But it was important for me to try, and I absolutely cherish the works of Shakespeare. I think you have to know your classics to be good at comedy. Comedy isn’t just timing; it’s about rooting out the funny in the real. You just bend reality to the left a little. Some of us are born to play Shakespeare, and some of us need Shakespeare to know which way to bend. Winkler as Fonzi jumps over a shark on water skis, a famous fifth season episode of 'Happy Days.'

(Photo: Paramount Home Entertainment) With that kind of education comes a certain versatility, yes? (Laughs) I’ve reinvented myself when necessary. No one wants to drift off into the paint or the wallpaper. So now and again, you look around and see where you fit in and what you have to offer. It’s been a long time since audiences have seen Fonzie, one of the most popular characters ever to appear on television. What do you think The Fonz would be up to today?

I think he would own a Mr. Goodwrench, a chain of stores. He was a pretty ambitious fellow and he was really good at what he did. He’d be doing all right for himself and taking care of the people he loves. Any words of wisdom from The Fonz? I live by two words: tenacity and gratitude.

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Henry Winkler is an actor, producer, and director, and he speaks publicly all over the world. In addition, he has a star on Hollywood Boulevard, was presented with the Order of the British Empire by the Queen of England, and the jacket he wore as the Fonz hangs in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. But if you asked him what he was proudest of, he would say, 'Writing the Hank Zipzer books with my partner, Lin Oliver.' He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Stacey. They have three children named Jed, Zoe, and Max, and two dogs named Monty and Charlotte. Charlotte catches a ball so well that she could definitely play outfield for the New York Mets. Lin Oliver is a writer and producer of movies, books, and television series for children and families.

She has written more than twenty-five novels for children, and one hundred episodes of television. She is cofounder and executive director of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and international organization of twenty thousand authors and illustrators of children's books. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Alan. They have three sons named Theo, Ollie, and Cole.

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She loves tuna melts, curious kids, any sport that involves a racket, and children's book writers everywhere.