{{Short description|Welsh television presenter (born 1977)}} {{distinguish|text=the American-British actor Alex Winter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Alex Winters | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|1|10}} | birth_place = Cardiff, Wales | other_names = |known_for = Presenting CBeebies (2009–2016) | occupation = Television presenter | spouse = }}
'''Alex Winters''' (born 10 January 1977, Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh children's television presenter and actor.
Winters studied Drama and Theatre Studies with Psychology in Liverpool before he worked on a range of theatre projects and as a supporting artist in the locally filmed programmes ''Torchwood'' and ''Doctor Who''.<ref name="pr">{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/01_january/20/cbeebies.shtml |title = CBeebies names its two new presenters |publisher = BBC |date = 20 January 2009 |access-date = 24 February 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090129130350/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/01_january/20/cbeebies.shtml| archive-date= 29 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
Winters was named as one of two new continuity presenters for ''Discover and Do'' and ''The Bedtime Hour'' on the BBC children's channel CBeebies, alongside Cerrie Burnell.<ref name="BBC PR">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/01_january/20/cbeebies.shtml "CBeebies names its two new presenters"], BBC Press Office, 20 January 2009</ref> His first presentation links were broadcast on 26 January 2009. Winters left presenting CBeebies in 2016.
Winters was one of eight celebrities chosen to participate in an intense week learning Welsh in an eco-friendly chic campsite in Pembrokeshire, in the series ''cariad@iaith:love4language'' shown on S4C in May 2012.
After leaving CBeebies, Winters went on to found Gung-Ho!, an inflatable obstacle race company. <ref name="gh">{{cite web |url = https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/cbeebies-host-alex-winters-tries-11364240 |title = CBeebies host Alex Winters tries out Gung-Ho! Cardiff before it opens this weekend |publisher = Wales Online |date = 20 May 2016 |accessdate = 21 February 2018}}</ref>
In 2016, Alex was interviewed by Mormon Stories Podcast about his upbringing and his journey away from Mormonism.<ref name="ms">{{cite web |url = http://www.mormonstories.org/alex-winters/ |title = 669-670: How U.K./BBC TV Star Alex Winters (CBeebies) Lost his Mormon Faith |publisher = Mormon Stories Podcast |date = 10 November 2016 |accessdate = 10 November 2016}}</ref>
In 2021, he was the floor manager of Series 5 of CBeebies programme Justin's House.
In 2022, he starting working in international sport presentation.
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111027213545/http://www.cassiusmanagement.com/media-entertainment/Alex-Winters/ Alex Winters] - Cassius Management
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