Dan Butler
Acting
- Born:
- 1954-12-02
- Place of birth:
- Huntington, Indiana, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
All Boys
Frasier
Blonde
All My Life
Stars in the House
Tales of the City
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
The Mist
Blindspot
The Mysteries of Laura
The Blacklist
Banshee
Elementary
Pearl
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Prayers for Bobby
Chronic Town
Cashmere Mafia
Karl Rove, I Love You
'Til Death
Supernatural
House
Quintuplets
Miss Match
Sniper 2
American Dreams
Without a Trace
Fixing Frank
Monk
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Crossing Jordan
Malcolm in the Middle
The Sissy Duckling
Rocket Power
Enemy of the State
More Tales of the City
From the Earth to the Moon
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Ally McBeal
Just Shoot Me!
King of the Hill
Hey Arnold!
Suddenly Susan
The Fan
The Assassination File
The Single Guy
Caroline in the City
Star Trek: Voyager
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
Touched by an Angel
I Love Trouble
Frasier
The X-Files
Rising Sun
Dave
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Captain Ron
Frannie's Turn
The Rape of Doctor Willis