Dan Butler
29 movies · 42 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 2, 1954 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Huntington, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Dan E. 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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Dan Butler: movies and TV shows
Acting (70)
- Upcoming
- 2024 All Boys
as Father Frank
- 2023
- 2022 Blonde
as I.E. Shinn
- 2020 All My Life
as Dr. Alan Mendelson
- 2019
- 2018 Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
as Mr. Simmons (voice)
- 2017
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Cal's Boss
- 2009 Prayers for Bobby
as Reverend Whitsell
- 2008 Chronic Town
as Blow Job
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002 Sniper 2
as Eckles
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 Fixing Frank
as Dr. Arthur Apsey
- 2002
- 2002 The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
as Lloyd Acheson
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999 The Sissy Duckling
as Drake (voice)
- 1999
- 1998 Enemy of the State
as Shaffer
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Host / Narrator
- 1997
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996 Hey Arnold! · TV
as Mr. Simmons (voice) / Mr. Simmons / Lila's Father (voice) / Mr. Simmons / Scientist (voice) / Mr. Simmons (voice; uncredited) / Mr. Simmons / Dispatcher (voice) / Mr. Simmons / Publisher (voice) / Mr. Simmons / Houseboy (voice) · 24 episodes
- 1996
- 1996 The Fan
as Garrity
- 1996 The Assassination File
as Harvey Young
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 I Love Trouble
as Wilson Chess
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Rising Sun
as Ken Shubik
- 1993 Dave
as Reporter
- 1992 From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
as Asst. DA Mendelson
- 1992 Captain Ron
as Zachery
- 1992
- 1991 The Rape of Doctor Willis
as Styvesant
- 1991 The Silence of the Lambs
as Roden
- 1990 The Long Walk Home
as Charlie
- 1989 Longtime Companion
as Walter
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986 Manhunter
as Jimmy Price
- 1986 The Manhattan Project
as SWAT
- 1971
Behind the camera (3)
- 2012 Pearl
Writer
- 2007 Karl Rove, I Love You
Director
- 1993
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2020 Stars in the House
1 episode
- 1995