Dan Butler

Known for ActingBorn 1954-12-02 (age 71)Huntington, 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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

House

Malcolm in the Middle

Supernatural

Quintuplets

The X-Files

The Silence of the Lambs

Prayers for Bobby

Banshee

From the Earth to the Moon

Hey Arnold!

Monk

All My Life

Quantum Leap

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

Columbo

The Blacklist

Elementary

Star Trek: Voyager

Rocket Power

Frasier

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Long Walk Home

Blindspot

Frannie's Turn

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

King of the Hill

The Mysteries of Laura

More Tales of the City

Without a Trace

Crossing Jordan

Touched by an Angel

Karl Rove, I Love You

Enemy of the State

Tales of the City

Manhunter

Frasier

Monsters

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Roseanne

Miss Match

Life Goes On

Longtime Companion

Just Shoot Me!

Dave

Caroline in the City

'Til Death

Ally McBeal

Leg Work