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
Enemy of the State
1998
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as Shaffer
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Age: 43
The Fan
1996
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as Garrity
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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
Captain Ron
1992
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as Zachery
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Age: 37
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
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as Roden
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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