Dan Butler
Born 1954
Known for The Silence of the Lambs, Crazy, Stupid, Love., Enemy of the State.
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.
Movie Credits
Karl Rove, I Love You (2007)
Fixing Frank (2002)
Sniper 2 (2002)
Chronic Town (2008)
The Sissy Duckling (1999)
Captain Ron (1992)
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
Prayers for Bobby (2009)
The Fan (1996)
I Love Trouble (1994)
Manhunter (1986)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Blonde (2022)
Enemy of the State (1998)
All My Life (2020)
Longtime Companion (1989)
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
Rising Sun (1993)
The Manhattan Project (1986)
