"established high levels of recall among consumers. In September 2014, the brand worked with Saatchi and Saatchi to relaunch its advertising, using Hollywood actor Harvey Keitel as Winston Wolfe, a Mafia style 'fixer'. The company had one million customers after eight years. The company expanded with a series of new offshoots in the 1990s. In 1995, a Spanish offshoot, Linea Direct, started offering motor insurance in Spain. They expanded into travel insurance in 1996, pet insurance in 1997, and Direct Line Breakdown started offering breakdown insurance in 1998. Their non general insurance products umbrella Direct Line Financial services launched their"
"David Goerlitz David Goerlitz (born April 15, 1950) is an American actor, writer, educator and a male model. He is best known as the ""Winston Man"", appearing in advertising for Winston cigarettes for 8 years in the 1980s. Goerlitz publicly quit smoking and joined the anti smoking movement condemning tobacco industry advertising for which he testified to Congress in 1989. After 20 years of international public speaking and education Goerlitz became disillusioned with the anti smoking movement in 2007. He then became an advocate for the vaping industry and in 2016 starred in the documentary film A Billion Lives. Goerlitz"
"Grant Bowler Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in ""Blue Heelers"" and Wolfgang West in ""Outrageous Fortune"". He also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in ""Ugly Betty"". In 2010, he hosted ""The Amazing Race Australia"". He starred as Joshua Nolan on the Syfy television series ""Defiance"". Bowler has been the voiceover for """" for the Seven Network since 2004. He also provided the voiceover for a"
"Dane Cook, ""Lucky Dog"" with Amy Smart, and the family movie, ""Zooey to the Max"". Grant Bowler Grant Bowler (born 18 July 1968) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor who has worked in American, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian film, television, and theatre. He is known for playing the role of Constable Wayne Patterson in ""Blue Heelers"" and Wolfgang West in ""Outrageous Fortune"". He also appeared as Wilhelmina Slater's love interest Connor Owens in ""Ugly Betty"". In 2010, he hosted ""The Amazing Race Australia"". He starred as Joshua Nolan on the Syfy television series ""Defiance"". Bowler has been the voiceover"
"Tristan Wilds Tristan Paul Mack Wilds is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Wilds is credited as Tristan Wilds as an actor and Mack Wilds as a recording artist. He is known for his roles as Michael Lee on the HBO original drama series, ""The Wire"", and as Dixon Wilson on the CW teen drama series, ""90210"". He was also featured in the Adele music video for ""Hello"". His debut album, """" was released on September 30, 2013 and was nominated for the Best Urban Contemporary Album at the Grammy Awards in 2014. Wilds' second album was released on"
"Russell Lewis Russell Lewis (born 11 September 1963 in London) is an English television writer and former actor. Lewis began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the films ""The Looking Glass War"" (1969) and ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"" (1971). He played the 7-year-old Winston Churchill in ""Young Winston"" (1972), and featured in the 1973 horror films ""Tales That Witness Madness"" (as a boy who befriends an invisible tiger) and ""Voices"". He also starred as George Gathercole in ""The Kids from 47A"". He appeared as the young Lucius in ""I, Claudius"" (1976) and in an episode of ""London's Burning"""
"Ernie Hudson Earnest Lee ""Ernie"" Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American character actor. He has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the ""Ghostbusters"" film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in ""The Crow"" (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's ""Oz"". Hudson has also acted in the films ""Leviathan"" (1989), ""The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"" (1992), ""Airheads"" (1994), ""The Basketball Diaries"" (1995), ""Congo"" (1995), and ""Miss Congeniality"" (2000). He had a cameo in the remake of ""Ghostbusters"" (2016). Hudson was born in"
"clearly wanted more of the Wolfman."" However, he was to be a team captain rather than an actual Gladiator. The revived Gladiators was axed by Sky in May 2009. Michael Van Wijk Michael Van Wijk (born 30 September 1952) is an English bodybuilder, professional sportsman, actor and TV presenter. Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, Van Wijk is most well known for his role as Wolf on British TV endurance sports game show ""Gladiators"", a role he held for seven years, eight series (1992-1999). Wolf was a villainous character who routinely displayed poor sportsmanship, and he is John Anderson's nemesis."
"Kevin Will Kevin Will is an American television and film actor. He has appeared in minor roles in the television series ""Without a Trace"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""Gilmore Girls"", ""Desperate Housewives"", """", ""Malcolm in the Middle"", ""Grey's Anatomy"", ""Standoff"", ""E-Ring"", ""The District"", ""Martial Law"", ""Firefly"", ""The Division"", ""Angel"" and ""The Pretender"". He has also had minor roles in the films ""The Job"", ""The Prestige"", ""TheCampusHouse.com"" and ""Double Take"". In addition, he is seen in the Washington Mutual television bank advertisements as one of the ""traditional"" bankers who are not as customer focused as WAMU. Generally, he is one of the bankers"
"Will Mellor William Mellor (born 3 April 1976) is an English actor, singer, and model. He is best known for his television roles, including Jambo Bolton in ""Hollyoaks"", Gaz Wilkinson in ""Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps"", DC Spike Tanner in ""No Offence"", Steve Connolly in ""Broadchurch"", Georgie in ""Barking!"", and Ollie Curry in ""White Van Man"". Mellor was born in Bredbury, Greater Manchester. Mellor first came to the public's attention in 1990, when he played Ben Rowlingson in the children's programme ""Children's Ward"". In 1995, he joined the cast of the soap opera ""Hollyoaks"" and played"
"Vincent M. Ward Vincent M. Ward (born January 27, 1971), also known as Vincent Ward, is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on ""The Starter Wife"" and ""The Walking Dead"". Vincent M. Ward is a Dayton, Ohio native. Ward graduated from Trotwood-Madison High School in Ohio. Ward has had a host of small roles in film and television such as a bodyguard on ""Everybody Hates Chris"", Hollis on ""True Blood"", a bodyguard in ""Hot in Cleveland"", and Darren, a mailman in ""Wilfred"". His most notable television roles are Bo in ""The Starter Wife"", and Oscar on"
"David Paetkau David E. Paetkau (born November 10, 1978) is a Canadian actor, known for his roles as Evan Lewis in ""Final Destination 2"" (2003), the customs officer in ""LAX"" (2004), Beck McKaye in ""Whistler"" (2006–2008), Ira Glatt in ""Goon"" (2011), and Sam Braddock in the CTV television series ""Flashpoint"" (2008–2012). Paetkau has appeared in """", ""I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer"", ""So Weird"" (as Brent on the episode ""Vampire""; May 20, 2000), ""For Heaven's Sake"", and a one episode appearance on ""Dexter"", as Lumen's fiancé, Owen. Paetkau has also lent his voice to Canadian commercials for Chevrolet"
"Warner Wolf Warner William Wolf (born November 11, 1937) is an American television and radio sports broadcaster, perhaps best known as a local news sports anchor in Washington, D.C. and New York City, and for his catchphrase ""Let's go to the videotape!"" Wolf was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Rosemary and Jack Wolf. His father, an actor and comedian who briefly worked as a member of Ted Healy's ""stooge"" act, was born Jewish and his mother converted to Judaism. His earliest experience in broadcasting was on the intercom system of Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C. in"
"Brandon Keener Brandon James Keener (born October 1, 1974) is an American actor, living in Los Angeles, California. He was born and raised in Fort Smith, Arkansas and graduated from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he won an Irene Ryan scholarship for collegiate actors and performed at the Kennedy Center. Despite appearing in over 70 commercials, such as ""Skittles"", ""Wink"", ""BMW"", ""FedEx"", ""KFC"", among many others, Keener is well known for his voice-over roles in several video games, most notably that of former C-Sec officer Garrus Vakarian in the ""Mass Effect"" series, as well as ISAC from ""Tom Clancy's"
"William Sadler (actor) William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in ""The Pacific"", in """", Sheriff Jim Valenti in ""Roswell"", convict Heywood in ""The Shawshank Redemption"", Senator Vernon Trent in ""Hard to Kill"", and the Grim Reaper in ""Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"", a role for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce Willis in ""Die Hard 2"". He played the character of President of the United States, Matthew Ellis, in ""Iron"
"Brad Rowe (actor) Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American film and television actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in ""Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss"" (1998) and TNT's ""Purgatory"". Other roles include a short stint as recurring character, Walt, on ""NewsRadio"", Murphy Sinclair on ""General Hospital"", Ty Swindle, on ""Wasteland"", and Dan Murphy on ""Leap of Faith"". Rowe was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. A 1993 University of Wisconsin–Madison economics graduate, Rowe worked as a finance manager for political campaigns in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting and screenwriting."
"They had two sons, Ernie Hudson Jr. and Rahaman Hudson. When Ernie and Jeanie divorced in 1976, their sons moved to live with Hudson in California. Hudson remarried in 1985 to the former Linda Kingsberg; they also had two sons, Andrew and Ross. Ernie Hudson Earnest Lee ""Ernie"" Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American character actor. He has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the ""Ghostbusters"" film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in ""The Crow"" (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's"
"Alan Landers Alan Landers (born Alan Stewart Levine) (November 30, 1940 – February 27, 2009) was an American male model and actor, best known as the ""Winston Man"", who appeared in advertising for Winston cigarettes. Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 30, 1940, he started to smoke ""before [his] bar mitzvah"". He enlisted in the United States Army at 17, where smoking breaks of five minutes each hour helped in the development of a two-and-a-half pack per day smoking habit. After leaving military service, Landers took acting classes in New York and worked as a model, appearing in numerous"
"2009 at his home in Lauderhill, Florida, after surviving his previous bouts with lung cancer as well as heart disease. Alan Landers Alan Landers (born Alan Stewart Levine) (November 30, 1940 – February 27, 2009) was an American male model and actor, best known as the ""Winston Man"", who appeared in advertising for Winston cigarettes. Born in Brooklyn, New York on November 30, 1940, he started to smoke ""before [his] bar mitzvah"". He enlisted in the United States Army at 17, where smoking breaks of five minutes each hour helped in the development of a two-and-a-half pack per day smoking"
"College in 1989. Wilderson is also well known as a commercial actor, having appeared in commercials for Popeye's Chicken, MasterCard, Circuit City, Avis, Fruit of the Loom (portraying the purple grape cluster), Reebok, Yahoo! HotJobs, Toyota, Chevy, Washington Mutual, Mitsubishi, Wendy's, Sealy, PlayStation Portable, amongst others. Wayne Wilderson Wayne Wilderson (born January 30, 1966) is an American comedian and actor who has had guest spots on many successful television programs, including ""How to Get Away with Murder"", ""Mom"", ""Bones"", """", ""The Office"", ""Seinfeld"", ""Mr. Show"", ""The Steve Harvey Show"", ""Two and a Half Men,"" and ""The Big Bang Theory"". He"
"save people money on their insurance. This was to which he responded with his famous catchphrase: ""oh yes!"". The catchphrase is believed to be an impersonation of Potter the Janitor (played by Deryck Guyler) from the 1970s television series ""Please Sir!"". Churchill was voiced by Bob Mortimer. Older adverts had Mortimer's voice responding to questions, posed by his comedy partner Vic Reeves. In April 2005, however, Reeves was removed from the adverts, after he was convicted of drink driving. In 2004, a Churchill hot air balloon was unveiled, and was the United Kingdom’s largest special shaped hot air balloon. It"
"Michael Van Wijk Michael Van Wijk (born 30 September 1952) is an English bodybuilder, professional sportsman, actor and TV presenter. Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, Van Wijk is most well known for his role as Wolf on British TV endurance sports game show ""Gladiators"", a role he held for seven years, eight series (1992-1999). Wolf was a villainous character who routinely displayed poor sportsmanship, and he is John Anderson's nemesis. similar to a heel in professional wrestling. Van Wijk owns a gym called ""Wolf's Gym"" in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, where he now resides. Before his rise to fame"
"Theo James Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis (born 16 December 1984), better known as Theo James, is an English actor and model, known for portraying the role of Tobias ""Four"" Eaton in ""The Divergent Series"" film trilogy. He played Detective Walter William Clark, Jr. in the crime-drama series ""Golden Boy"" (2013), and David in the films """" (2012) and """" (2016). He starred as Will Younger in the Netflix Original film, ""How It Ends"" (2018). In 2015, he became the brand ambassador for Hugo Boss fragrances for men, appearing in print ads and commercials. James was born on 16 December"
"Ray Winstone Raymond Andrew Winstone (; born 19 February 1957) is a British film and television actor. He is mostly known for his ""hard man"" roles beginning with his role as Carlin in the 1979 film ""Scum"". He also played Kevin, an ex-army soldier, in ""Quadrophenia"" as well as Will Scarlet in the television series ""Robin of Sherwood"". He has also become well known as a voice over actor, and has recently branched out into film production. His career includes roles in the films ""Sexy Beast"", ""Cold Mountain"", ""King Arthur"", """", ""The Magic Roundabout"", ""The Departed"", ""Beowulf"", ""Indiana Jones and"
"Peter Wood (businessman) Sir Peter John Wood (born Surrey, c.1946) is an English entrepreneur, most notable as the founder of the Direct Line and Esure insurance companies. In 2009 he was the 438th wealthiest person in Britain with a personal fortune of £120 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2009, and his activity in the past twenty years has given him a good reputation within the insurance industry. In 1985 he and Martin Long launched Direct Line, the first telephone-only insurance company in the UK. The venture was underwritten by the Royal Bank of Scotland, and within nine"
"Peter Facinelli Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973) is an American actor and producer. He starred as Donovan ""Van"" Ray on the Fox series ""Fastlane"" from 2002 to 2003. He played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the ""Twilight"" novel series, and is also known for his role as Mike Dexter in the 1998 film ""Can't Hardly Wait"". Facinelli was a regular on the Showtime comedy-drama series ""Nurse Jackie"", portraying the role of Dr. Fitch ""Coop"" Cooper. He portrayed Maxwell Lord on the first season of the TV series ""Supergirl"". Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, the"
"an actor flicking his lighter twice to the same conceit. Winston cigarettes were sponsors of such television series as ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" and ""The Flintstones"". The former series would show stars Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, and Nancy Kulp extolling the virtues of Winstons while smoking them and reciting the jingle. The latter series would later come under fire for advertising cigarettes on an animated series watched by many children, but Winston pulled their involvement with the series after the Pebbles Flintstone character was born in 1963. During the campaign's long run in the media, many criticized the slogan as grammatically"
"philanthropy. Peter Wood (businessman) Sir Peter John Wood (born Surrey, c.1946) is an English entrepreneur, most notable as the founder of the Direct Line and Esure insurance companies. In 2009 he was the 438th wealthiest person in Britain with a personal fortune of £120 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2009, and his activity in the past twenty years has given him a good reputation within the insurance industry. In 1985 he and Martin Long launched Direct Line, the first telephone-only insurance company in the UK. The venture was underwritten by the Royal Bank of Scotland, and within"
"many commercials of the German automaker BMW. In the January 26th, 2014 episode of ""The Simpsons,"" ""Specs and the City"", Lyman spoofed his ""Frontline"" voiceovers. More recently he provided the narration for the 2018 documentary ""Trump's Showdown."" Will Lyman William “Will” Lyman (born May 20, 1948) is an American voice-over artist and actor. Perhaps best known for his polished, resonant voice, Lyman has narrated the PBS series ""Frontline"" since its second season in 1984 and plays William Tell in the action/adventure television series ""Crossbow."" Lyman was born in Burlington, Vermont, the son of Mabry (née Remington), an editor and educator,"
"D. W. Moffett Donald Warren ""D. W."" Moffett (born October 26, 1954) is an American actor known for the recurring role of Joe McCoy on the NBC series ""Friday Night Lights"", as Dean Winston on NBC/The WB series ""For Your Love"", as John Kennish on the ABC Family series ""Switched at Birth"" and as Elliott in the TVLand sitcom ""Happily Divorced"". Moffett was born in Highland Park, Illinois, and raised in nearby Wilmette. He took the stage name of ""D.W."" to avoid confusion with British actor Donald Moffat. The Moffetts are able to trace their ancestry to Jean de Mophet."
"was the first announcer to deliver the slogan ""Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should"" for Winston cigarettes. Fleming's acting career began at age four, when he starred in a Broadway play. His first television role was as a stunt double for Ralph Bellamy in the detective series ""Man Against Crime"". In 1959 he starred as detective Ken Franklin in the ABC TV series ""International Detective"", credited as Arthur Fleming. He also played attorney Jeremy Pitt in ""The Californians"", an NBC Western set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s. Fleming also appeared in many television commercials."
"killed in the Iraq War in 2003. His son, James Lloyd, is an actor who also appeared on ""The Bill"" between 2004 and 2006. Kevin Lloyd Kevin Reardon Lloyd (28 March 1949 – 2 May 1998) was an English actor, best known for portraying DC Alfred ""Tosh"" Lines in Thames Television's ""The Bill"". Born in Derby, Lloyd trained at East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex. Prior to appearing in ""The Bill"" he had already played the high-profile role of nightclub owner, Don Watkins, in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"". He also made appearances in a number of other TV"
"stayed at WABC until December 3, when his current contract expired. Wolf played himself in the film ""Rocky IV"" and has made several other cameo appearances. He is the author of the books ""Let's Go to the Videotape"" and ""Give Me a Break"". Warner Wolf Warner William Wolf (born November 11, 1937) is an American television and radio sports broadcaster, perhaps best known as a local news sports anchor in Washington, D.C. and New York City, and for his catchphrase ""Let's go to the videotape!"" Wolf was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Rosemary and Jack Wolf. His father,"