Dan Butler

ActorWriterDirector Dec 2 (age 71) Huntington, Indiana, USA 1971–2024 (53 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Silence of the Lambs

Roden

Film

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Cal's Boss

Film

Enemy of the State

Shaffer

Film

Prayers for Bobby

Reverend Whitsell

Film

Frasier

Director

Film

Manhunter

Jimmy Price

Film

All My Life

Dr. Alan Mendelson

Film

Dave

Reporter

Filmography

Acting (72)

Movies (29)

All Boys

2024

as Father Frank

Blonde

2022

as I.E. Shinn

5.9

All My Life

2020

as Dr. Alan Mendelson

7.8

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

2018

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

Fixing Frank

as Dr. Arthur Apsey

The Sissy Duckling

as Drake (voice)

Enemy of the State

as Shaffer

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Host / Narrator

The Fan

as Garrity

The Assassination File

1996

as Harvey Young

5.2

Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America

1995

as Self - Actor, "Frasier"

I Love Trouble

as Wilson Chess

Rising Sun

as Ken Shubik

Dave

as Reporter

Captain Ron

as Zachery

From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One

1992

as Asst. DA Mendelson

2.0

The Rape of Doctor Willis

1991

as Styvesant

4.5

The Silence of the Lambs

as Roden

The Long Walk Home

as Charlie

Longtime Companion

as Walter

The Manhattan Project

as SWAT

Manhunter

as Jimmy Price

Silver Fox

Television (43)

Frasier

2023

as Bulldog Briscoe

6.8

Stars in the House

2020

as Self

Tales of the City

as Dan

The Mist

as Father Romanov

Blindspot

as Sheriff Paul Bolton

7.4

The Mysteries of Laura

as Calvin Gold

The Blacklist

as Stromberg

Banshee

as Senator Mitchum

Elementary

as Denny Mulgrew

Cashmere Mafia

'Til Death

as Paul

Supernatural

as Reverend Sorenson

House

as Dr. Philip Weber

Quintuplets

as Francis Helberg

Miss Match

as Chuck Webb

Monk

as Dr. Davis Scott

Without a Trace

as David Wilkins

American Dreams

as Coach Ambros

Crossing Jordan

as Arnold Hummer

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Congressman Price

7.6

Malcolm in the Middle

as Norm

Rocket Power

From the Earth to the Moon

1998

as Gene Kranz

8.1

More Tales of the City

1998

as Edward Bass Matheson

King of the Hill

as Attorney (voice)

Just Shoot Me!

as Bill Slatton

Ally McBeal

as Attorney Bender

Hey Arnold!

as Mr. Simmons / Scientist (voice)

Suddenly Susan

as Dr. Richards

Star Trek: Voyager

as Steth

The Single Guy

Caroline in the City

as Kenneth Arabian

Touched by an Angel

as Dr. Ivar Kroneberger

The X-Files

as Jim Ausbury

Frasier

as Bulldog Briscoe

Frannie's Turn

as Father Anthony

Quantum Leap

as Jake Dorleac

Life Goes On

Roseanne

Monsters

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Blaise

Leg Work

as Peter Solinski

Columbo

as Sergeant Goodman

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

Pearl

2012

Writer

Karl Rove, I Love You

2007

Director

7.0

Television (1)

Frasier

1993

Director

7.7