Winkler was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on "The Practice", and has won two Daytime Emmy Awards. He earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for playing Jack Dunne in "Heroes" (1977), and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as Chuck Lumley in the film "Night Shift" (1982). Winkler has appeared in films such as "The Lords of Flatbush" (1974), "The One and Only" (1978), "Scream" (1996), "The Waterboy" (1998), "Holes" (2003), "Click" (2006), and "Here Comes the Boom" (2012). He also directed the films "Memories of Me" (1988) and "Cop and a Half" (1993).