Dan Butler
Known for ActingBorn 1954-12-02Huntington, 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.
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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.
Known for
Enemy of the State
1998 · as Shaffer
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011 · as Cal's Boss
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · as Roden
Blonde
2022 · as I.E. Shinn
The Fan
1996 · as Garrity
Dave
1993 · as Reporter
Prayers for Bobby
2009 · as Reverend Whitsell
All My Life
2020 · as Dr. Alan Mendelson
Rising Sun
1993 · as Ken Shubik
I Love Trouble
1994 · as Wilson Chess
Sniper 2
2002 · as Eckles
The Long Walk Home
1990 · as Charlie
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018 · as Mr. Simmons (voice)
Captain Ron
1992 · as Zachery
Longtime Companion
1989 · as Walter
The Manhattan Project
1986 · as SWAT
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002 · as Lloyd Acheson
Chronic Town
2008 · as Blow Job