Dan Butler
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.
72 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 72
Supernatural
2005
The Blacklist
2013
House
2004
Columbo
1971
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The X-Files
1993
Monk
2002
Elementary
2012
Frasier
1993
Without a Trace
2002
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
King of the Hill
1997
Crossing Jordan
2001
Banshee
2013
Blindspot
2015
Quantum Leap
1989
Touched by an Angel
1994
Hey Arnold!
1996
Just Shoot Me!
1997
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
Stars in the House
2020
Caroline in the City
1995
American Dreams
2002
Ally McBeal
1997
Monsters
1988
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
Life Goes On
1989
The Single Guy
1995
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
'Til Death
2006
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011
Suddenly Susan
1996
Miss Match
2003
The Mist
2017
Rocket Power
1999
Tales of the City
2019
Quintuplets
2004
Enemy of the State
1998
Frasier
2023
Blonde
2022
Roseanne
1988
Cashmere Mafia
2008
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Leg Work
1987
Dave
1993
More Tales of the City
1998
Prayers for Bobby
2009
Rising Sun
1993
The Fan
1996
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2018
All My Life
2020
Sniper 2
2002
Captain Ron
1992
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002
I Love Trouble
1994
The Manhattan Project
1986
The Long Walk Home
1990
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
1992
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
Frannie's Turn
1992
Longtime Companion
1989
The Rape of Doctor Willis
1991
The Sissy Duckling
1999
Chronic Town
2008
The Assassination File
1996
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
1995
Manhunter
1986
Karl Rove, I Love You
2007
Silver Fox
—
Fixing Frank
2002
All Boys
2024