Dan Butler

Personal Info

Birthday

December 2, 1954

(70 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..

Known For

Supernatural

The Blacklist

House

King of the Hill

Monk

Columbo

Blindspot

Frasier

Filmography

2024
All Boys
as Father Frank
2022
Blonde
as I.E. Shinn
2020
All My Life
as Dr. Alan Mendelson
2018
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
as Mr. Simmons (voice)
2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Cal's Boss
2009
Prayers for Bobby
as Reverend Whitsell
2008
Chronic Town
as Blow Job
2007
Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
as Roden
2002
Sniper 2
as Eckles
Fixing Frank
as Dr. Arthur Apsey
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
as Lloyd Acheson
1999
The Sissy Duckling
as Drake (voice)
1998
Enemy of the State
as Shaffer
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Host / Narrator
1996
The Fan
as Garrity
The Assassination File
as Harvey Young
1995
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
as Self - Actor, "Frasier"
1994
I Love Trouble
as Wilson Chess
1993
Rising Sun
as Ken Shubik
Dave
as Reporter
1992
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
as Asst. DA Mendelson
Captain Ron
as Zachery
1991
The Rape of Doctor Willis
as Styvesant
The Silence of the Lambs
as Roden
1990
The Long Walk Home
as Charlie
1989
Longtime Companion
as Walter
1986
Manhunter
as Jimmy Price