Dan Butler

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.

Movies with Dan Butler

• The Silence of the Lambs 1991 · ★ 8.3
• Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011 · ★ 7.3
• Enemy of the State 1998 · ★ 7.1
• Manhunter 1986 · ★ 7.0
• Blonde 2022 · ★ 5.9
• The Fan 1996 · ★ 6.0
• Rising Sun 1993 · ★ 6.2
• Dave 1993 · ★ 6.7
• Prayers for Bobby 2009 · ★ 8.1
• All My Life 2020 · ★ 7.7
• Captain Ron 1992 · ★ 5.6
• I Love Trouble 1994 · ★ 5.5
• Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie 2018 · ★ 7.6
• Sniper 2 2002 · ★ 5.5
• The Long Walk Home 1990 · ★ 7.7
• The Manhattan Project 1986 · ★ 6.2
• Longtime Companion 1989 · ★ 6.7
• The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest 2002 · ★ 6.0
• The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 1997 · ★ 5.3
• Fixing Frank 2002 · ★ 4.8
• The Sissy Duckling 1999 · ★ 5.1
• The Assassination File 1996 · ★ 5.7
• The Rape of Doctor Willis 1991 · ★ 6.3
• From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One 1992 · ★ 4.0
• Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America 1995 · ★ 3.7
• Chronic Town 2008 · ★ 6.0
• Karl Rove, I Love You 2007 · ★ 7.0
• All Boys 2024

Movies directed by Dan Butler

• Karl Rove, I Love You 2007 · ★ 7.0