Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA · CC BY 2.0

Winkler became a cultural fixture as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on Happy Days, a role so identified with him that he spent years working to be seen as more than it — and succeeded, later winning an Emmy for his role as an acting coach on Barry and building a directing career of his own. He has also written the children's book series Hank Zipzer, drawing on his own struggles with dyslexia to help young readers who face the same thing.