Personal Info
Dan E. Butler
Dan Butler
Acting
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 disc…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
All Boys
as Father Frank
Blonde
as I.E. Shinn
All My Life
as Dr. Alan Mendelson
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
as Mr. Simmons (voice)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
as Cal's Boss
Prayers for Bobby
as Reverend Whitsell
Chronic Town
as Blow Job
Karl Rove, I Love You
Sniper 2
as Eckles
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
as Lloyd Acheson
TV Shows
Frasier
as Bulldog Briscoe · 1 ep.
Stars in the House
as Self · 1 ep.
Tales of the City
as Dan · 1 ep.
The Mist
as Father Romanov · 4 ep.
Blindspot
as Sheriff Paul Bolton · 1 ep.
The Mysteries of Laura
as Calvin Gold · 1 ep.
The Blacklist
as Stromberg · 1 ep.
Banshee
as Senator Mitchum · 2 ep.
Elementary
as Denny Mulgrew · 1 ep.
Cashmere Mafia
1 ep.
