Dan Butler

Actor

Born: December 2, 1954 (age 71)
From: 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…

Filmography (29)

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