Dan Butler
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
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.
Born
Dec 02, 1954
Huntington, Indiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
29 acting
2 crew
Popularity
2.2
Known For
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
as Cal's Boss
Enemy of the State
1998
as Shaffer
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as Roden
Blonde
2022
as I.E. Shinn
Rising Sun
1993
as Ken Shubik
I Love Trouble
1994
as Wilson Chess
All My Life
2020
as Dr. Alan Mendelson
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
as Mr. Simmons (voice)
The Fan
1996
as Garrity
Dave
1993
as Reporter
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