Winters had lost two toes, half a thumb, and the tip of his nose had fallen off. Then a nurse took him to the children's burn section. There he saw kids playing soccer with prosthetic legs. That was the turning point in his life, and he decided to relearn how to walk.

The Mayhem character will be a deadpan actor who represents the incidents in life that could lead to accidents. In every ad, this character will state that because the customer stuck with “cut rate” insurance, they won't be covered and will end up paying more out of their own pockets.

Also that year, Winters was introduced as "Mayhem", a recurring character in a television and radio advertising campaign for Allstate Insurance created by the advertising agency Leo Burnett Chicago.

A • Yes. Dean Winters - known for acting roles on “30 Rock,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and other productions - has long been Mayhem in ads for Allstate insurance.

Actor Dean Winters told Page Six he's been managing chronic pain for 12 years. The 'Oz' and '30 Rock' star had two toes and half a thumb amputated due to a bacterial infection. He said he hasn't taken a step since 2009 without being in pain.

The amputations resulted from Winters contracting a bacterial infection that caused him to go into cardiac arrest. The paramedics saved his life but he suffered from gangrene and had to undergo multiple operations. The end result was two toes and a thumb being amputated from his body.

The campaign theme is the central message that will be received in the promotional activities and is the prime focus of the advertising campaign, as it sets the motif for the series of individual advertisements and other marketing communications that will be used.

With Allstate, you're protected from mayhem - like me. Mayhem's tagline.

Who Is the Voice in the Allstate Commercial? The man who has become known as the Allstate commercial guy is Dennis Haysbert. Haysbert is an accomplished actor who has a long list of credits to his name, spanning from the late 1970s until today.

Scott William Winters is the brother of actor Dean Winters and writer Brad Winters. His sister Blair is married to executive producer/writer Jorge Zamacona. Scott is married to Jennifer Logan Winters. They have 2 daughters, Grace and Faith.

In a conversation with The A.V. Club, Dean explained why he had to bow out of Law & Order: SVU. "I was on the show for the first season, but then I had to leave because I had a contract with HBO, and there was a bit of a dispute."

He collapsed at his doctor's office in New York City, and his heart stopped beating for two and a half minutes during an ambulance ride across Central Park. Fortunately, the actor survived a three-week stay in the ICU, but he later returned to the hospital with gangrene.