Here is Jerry Winsett's biography:
Jerry Winsett began his performing career in Clarksville and Nashville, Tennessee, singing with his own band. He won numerous awards and was elected President of the Alpha Psi Omega honorary dramatics fraternity at Austin Peay State University. Jerry performed professionally at Nashville Children's Theater, Theatre Nashville, and Opryland USA, among other stages, in productions such as "1776", "Wind in the Willows", "Man of La Mancha", "The Marriage of Figaro", and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown".
Jerry left Tennessee for New York City, where his night club act, "Schoch and Jerry" (with Tim Schoch),was rated "Tops in Town" by Showbusiness Magazine. He spent a year in Manhattan Punchline's "Comedy Corps" and appeared Off Broadway in "The Rivals", "Lorenzaccio", "Smoke", and "The Smiling Assassins".
He then headed west, performing in Los Angeles in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Richard Basehart Theatre, and "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Alchemist" at The Globe. Jerry also performed in the premiere production of "Pssst! Tell 'em Joe Sent Ya" at Back On Broadway Dinner Theatre, and was seen as Renfield in Dancing Dog Theatre Company's production of "Dracula".
Jerry has appeared in numerous films, including "Radio Days", "The Chosen", "One Crazy Summer", "The Sicks O'Clock News", "Almost An Angel", "Tax Season", "Sunset Strip", and "Paulie". He is most well-known for his role of Geoffrey, the ill-fated Dentist in "Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri", for which he won a SAG Ensemble award.
Jerry has also had a successful television career, starring in a score of TV commercials and co-starring on numerous television shows, including "Newhart", "It's Gary Shandling's Show", "Mr. Belvedere", "Coach", "Life Goes On", and the pilot for "Live Shot". He has starred on "Superior Court", "Divorce Court", "Family Medical Center", and "Sweethearts", and was a hit as the corrupt Mayor Lloyd Lloyd, a series regular, in the Nickelodeon TV series "The Snooker Report".
As a writer, Jerry has written three projects, "Gold's Fever", "Who Killed Mayor Stratton", and its sequel, "Who Murdered the Mayor", which were produced by the Santa Susana Repertory Company. He has co-written two TV pilots, "Jerry's Critters" and "Last Laughs", and has collaborating credits on two screenplays. Jerry has written over 50 songs with partner Tim Schoch, many of which were in their very successful nightclub act "Schoch and Jerry".
Jerry has also written for a variety of other mediums, including poetry, short stories, and a paper for Scientific America titled "The Care and Training of Phocena, Phocena". He has been an accomplished animal behaviorist, training dolphins, whales, sea lions, and other marine animals at Mystic Marinelife Aquarium and becoming the first animal behaviorist to be on staff at a zoo in the United States when he became the Curator of Animal Behavior at the New York Zoological Society's Bronx Zoo.
Since relocating to Wilmington, North Carolina, Jerry has appeared in stage productions of "Chicago", "Tommy", "Noah", "1776", "Pippin", "God's Favorite", "Big River", and "Guys and Dolls". He has also appeared as a guest artist in productions of "Other People's Money", "A Christmas Carol", and "The Big Friendly Giant".
Regionally, Jerry has performed in the inaugural season of the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival's production "A Midsummer's Night Dream" as Nick Bottom the Weaver, and has repeated the role the following year. He has also performed in "Two Gentlemen of Verona" and "Comedy of Errors".
Jerry has performed as a voice actor in over 30 Anime films, including voicing Artaru's Dad in the complete "Urusei Yatsura - Obnoxious Aliens" series. He has also voiced characters in popular titles such as "Crusher Joe", "Sailor Victory", and "The Dark".
Jerry is a member of SAG-AFTRA, serving on national committees and as an Executive Board member for the Washington-Mid Atlantic local. He is also a member of Actor's Equity and is listed in "Who's Who in American Entertainment" and "Who's Who in America".
When not performing, writing, singing, or counseling, Jerry spends countless hours tending his many Bonsai trees, and is an avid angler because "There's nothing more relaxing than tricking a critter into biting a sharp piece of
