Dan Butler
Actor
- Born
- December 2, 1954 (age 71) · Huntington, Indiana, USA
Daniel Eugene Butler (born December 2, 1954) is an American playwright and actor known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on the TV series Frasier.
Butler was born in Huntington, Indiana and raised in Fort Wayne; the son of Shirley, a homemaker, and Andrew Butler, a pharmacist. Openly gay, he starred in Terrence McNally's 1989 play The Lisbon Traviata and wrote an Off Broadway play about his life, The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me..., which derives its title from a comment Butler's father allegedly made when Dan came out to him.
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Though Butler never hid his homosexuality, he disclosed it publicly on Entertainment Tonight in 1994 during his run as a swaggering heterosexual on Frasier.
His partner is acting teacher and director, Richard Waterhouse.
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
February 14, 1991
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
July 29, 2011
Enemy of the State
November 20, 1998
Manhunter
August 15, 1986
Blonde
September 16, 2022
The Fan
August 15, 1996
Rising Sun
July 30, 1993
Dave
May 7, 1993
Prayers for Bobby
January 24, 2009
All My Life
October 23, 2020
Captain Ron
September 18, 1992
I Love Trouble
June 29, 1994
Acting29
- 2024All Boys as Father Frank
- 2022Blonde as I.E. Shinn
- 2020All My Life as Dr. Alan Mendelson
- 2018Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie as Mr. Simmons (voice)
- 2011Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Cal's Boss
- 2009Prayers for Bobby as Reverend Whitsell
- 2008Chronic Town as Blow Job
- 2007Karl Rove, I Love You
- 2002Sniper 2 as Eckles
- 2002Fixing Frank as Dr. Arthur Apsey