Dan Butler
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
The Silence of the Lambs
as Roden 1991
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Cal's Boss 2011
Enemy of the State
as Shaffer 1998
Blonde
as I.E. Shinn 2022
Manhunter
as Jimmy Price 1986
The Fan
as Garrity 1996
Rising Sun
as Ken Shubik 1993
Dave
as Reporter 1993
Prayers for Bobby
as Reverend Whitsell 2009
All My Life
as Dr. Alan Mendelson 2020
Captain Ron
as Zachery 1992
I Love Trouble
as Wilson Chess 1994
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
as Mr. Simmons (voice) 2018
Sniper 2
as Eckles 2002
The Long Walk Home
as Charlie 1990
Longtime Companion
as Walter 1989
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
as Lloyd Acheson 2002