Working on the Allstate Mayhem commercials allowed Dean Winters to achieve financial freedom he had always dreamed of. “I was born and raised in New York City and I’ve always wanted to own an apartment. So I just bought an apartment downtown,” he told Page Six in March 2019. “I’m calling it the house that Mayhem built,” Winters added. Perhaps more impressive than the financial windfall was the physical recovery Winters made to be able to work again.
Before landing the Allstate commercials, Dean Winters had multiple amputations. “I was out of the game for three years. I had 17 surgeries and nine amputations,” the “Battle Creek” actor told the Sioux City Journal in December 2014. The issue stemmed from a bacterial infection which caused Winters to go into cardiac arrest in 2009, and his heart stopped for several minutes while in an ambulance.
After recovering in the hospital, Winters returned to acting and eventually decided to take the Allstate commercial gig. “It’s crazy if you look in the Webster dictionary, the Old English definition of the word ‘mayhem’ is ‘one with amputations,'” he told Page Six in November 2021. Unfortunately, the amputations took a physical toll on Winters, who also experiences severe neuropathy. “I haven’t taken a step since 2009 without being in pain,” the “Rough Night” actor said. In the end, Winters felt a bond with his Allstate family who were “relentless” in pursuing him. Winters later recruited a famous friend to the Allstate team.
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