Dan Butler
Born December 02, 1954 (Age: 71)
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Huntington, Indiana, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
All My Life
2020
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as Dr. Alan Mendelson
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Age: 65
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
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as Cal's Boss
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Age: 56
Sniper 2
2002
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as Eckles
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Age: 48
Fixing Frank
2002
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as Dr. Arthur Apsey
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Age: 47
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002
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as Lloyd Acheson
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Age: 47
Enemy of the State
1998
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as Shaffer
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Age: 43
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
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as Host / Narrator
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Age: 42
The Fan
1996
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as Garrity
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Age: 41
The Assassination File
1996
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as Harvey Young
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Age: 41
I Love Trouble
1994
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as Wilson Chess
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Age: 39
Rising Sun
1993
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as Ken Shubik
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Age: 38
Dave
1993
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as Reporter
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Age: 38
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
1992
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as Asst. DA Mendelson
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Age: 37
Captain Ron
1992
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as Zachery
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Age: 37
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
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as Styvesant
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Age: 36
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
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as Roden
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Age: 36
The Long Walk Home
1990
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as Charlie
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Age: 36
Longtime Companion
1989
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as Walter
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Age: 34
Manhunter
1986
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as Jimmy Price
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Age: 31
The Manhattan Project
1986
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as SWAT
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Age: 31