Dean Winters
This goo was worth a point in January 2025.
publication date: Monday, January 20, 2025 (part of January 2025)
category: 
Advertising
clue: He played a scheming convict in Oz, a jaded detective in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and an ill-fated cop in Rescue Me, but he's best known for embodying the abstract concept of random but insurable violence in a series of commercials.
explanation: Winters plays "Mayhem" in commercials for Allstate. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Steve West
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