Dan Butler
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1954
- Birthplace
- 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. 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
Silver Fox TBA
Actor
All Boys 2024
as Father Frank
Blonde 2022
as I.E. Shinn
All My Life 2020
as Dr. Alan Mendelson
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie 2018
as Mr. Simmons (voice)
Pearl 2012
Writer
Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011
as Cal's Boss
Prayers for Bobby 2009
as Reverend Whitsell
Chronic Town 2008
as Blow Job
Karl Rove, I Love You 2007
Actor, Director
Sniper 2 2002
as Eckles
Fixing Frank 2002
as Dr. Arthur Apsey
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest 2002
as Lloyd Acheson
The Sissy Duckling 1999
as Drake (voice)
Enemy of the State 1998
as Shaffer
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 1997
as Host / Narrator
The Fan 1996
as Garrity
The Assassination File 1996
as Harvey Young
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America 1995
as Self - Actor, "Frasier"
I Love Trouble 1994
as Wilson Chess
Rising Sun 1993
as Ken Shubik
Dave 1993
as Reporter
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One 1992
as Asst. DA Mendelson
Captain Ron 1992
as Zachery
The Rape of Doctor Willis 1991
as Styvesant
The Silence of the Lambs 1991
as Roden
The Long Walk Home 1990
as Charlie
Longtime Companion 1989
as Walter
Manhunter 1986
as Jimmy Price
The Manhattan Project 1986
as SWAT
Credits from TMDB.