Dan Butler

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-12-02 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Huntington, Indiana, USA

Dan Butler

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 p...

Acting

1999

The Sissy Duckling

as Drake (voice)

1994

I Love Trouble

as Wilson Chess

2009

Prayers for Bobby

as Reverend Whitsell

1993

Dave

as Reporter

1990

1998

2002

Sniper 2

as Eckles

1992

Captain Ron

as Zachery

1989

2008

Chronic Town

as Blow Job

1996

The Assassination File

as Harvey Young

1996

The Fan

as Garrity

2002

Fixing Frank

as Dr. Arthur Apsey

2024

All Boys

as Father Frank

1986

Manhunter

as Jimmy Price

2018

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

as Mr. Simmons (voice)

2011

2022

Blonde

as I.E. Shinn

1993

Rising Sun

as Ken Shubik

Production

2007

2012

Pearl

as Writer

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