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
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)
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
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