Dan Butler
Known for: Acting
Born: December 2, 1954
Place of birth: 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 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
30 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
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All Boys
2024
6.6
Frasier
2023
5.9
Blonde
2022
7.8
All My Life
2020
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Stars in the House
2020
6.8
Tales of the City
2019
7.6
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
6.2
The Mist
2017
7.4
Blindspot
2015
7.1
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
7.6
The Blacklist
2013
8.0
Banshee
2013
7.6
Elementary
2012
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Pearl
2012
7.3
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
8.1
Prayers for Bobby
2009
6.0
Chronic Town
2008
5.9
Cashmere Mafia
2008
7.0
Karl Rove, I Love You
2007
6.5
'Til Death
2006
8.3
Supernatural
2005
8.6
House
2004
8.3
Quintuplets
2004
6.6
Miss Match
2003
5.5
Sniper 2
2002
5.2
American Dreams
2002
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
4.8
Fixing Frank
2002
7.9
Monk
2002
5.9
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
5.1
The Sissy Duckling
1999
7.7
Rocket Power
1999
7.1
Enemy of the State
1998
7.3
More Tales of the City
1998
8.1
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
5.3
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
7.4
King of the Hill
1997
8.0
Hey Arnold!
1996
6.0
Suddenly Susan
1996
6.0
The Fan
1996
5.7
The Assassination File
1996
5.8
The Single Guy
1995
6.6
Caroline in the City
1995
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
3.7
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
1995
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
5.5
I Love Trouble
1994
7.7
Frasier
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
6.1
Rising Sun
1993
6.6
Dave
1993
4.0
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
1992
5.6
Captain Ron
1992
7.5
Frannie's Turn
1992
6.3
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
7.6
The Long Walk Home
1990
6.7
Longtime Companion
1989
6.8
Life Goes On
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
7.0
Monsters
1988
6.8
Roseanne
1988
6.5
Leg Work
1987
6.8
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
7.0
Manhunter
1986
6.2
The Manhattan Project
1986
8.1
Columbo
1971
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Silver Fox
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