Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1954-12-02 (Age: 72)
Place of Birth
Huntington, Indiana, USA
Dan Butler
Biography
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. 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.
Filmography (28)
All Boys
2024
Blonde
2022
All My Life
2020
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
Prayers for Bobby
2009
Chronic Town
2008
Karl Rove, I Love You
2007
Sniper 2
2002
Fixing Frank
2002
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002
The Sissy Duckling
1999
Enemy of the State
1998
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
