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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.6663 |
| Birthday | 1954-12-02 |
| Place of Birth | Huntington, Indiana, USA |
| Also Known As | Dan E. Butler, |
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
8.345/17887
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatri...
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The Silence of the Lambs
1999
The Sissy Duckling
5.1/10
Elmer, a sensitive duckling whose schoolmates tease him. However, after his unusual talents help him save a life, the other members of the flock learn...
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The Sissy Duckling
1994
I Love Trouble
5.491/226
Rival Chicago reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett join forces to uncover a train wreck conspiracy.
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I Love Trouble
2009
Prayers for Bobby
8.058/625
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. B...
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Prayers for Bobby
1993
Dave
6.65/831
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the Pre...
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Dave
2002
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
5.886/57
Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, gets a new job at a research facility, makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly imp...
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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
1990
The Long Walk Home
7.652/155
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luth...
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The Long Walk Home
1998
Enemy of the State
7.062/4224
When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is...
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Enemy of the State
2004
Sniper 2
5.572/160
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Sniper 2
1992
Captain Ron
5.593/323
When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve th...
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Captain Ron
1989
Longtime Companion
6.722/74
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Longtime Companion
2008
Chronic Town
6/1
Truman Korovin is a lonely, sharp-witted cab driver in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1980. The usual routine of picking up fares and spending his nights at his f...
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Chronic Town
1996
The Assassination File
5.667/6
An ex-FBI agent gradually uncovers the nature of a conspiracy behind the death of a black presidential candidate
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The Assassination File
1996
The Fan
6/855
When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supporti...
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The Fan
2002
Fixing Frank
4.846/13
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Fixing Frank
1991
The Rape of Doctor Willis
6.333/3
A drama directed by Lou Antonio.
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The Rape of Doctor Willis
1992
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
4/3
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From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
5.071/14
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
2024
All Boys
0/0
A Catholic school retreat goes off the rails when four boys and a priest play a disastrous game of Telephone.
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All Boys
Silver Fox
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It’s minutes before curtain when America’s favorite “guncle” (gay uncle), standup comedian Joe Fox, finds himself cornered by his family in his dressi...
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Silver Fox
1986
Manhunter
7/1506
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a...
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Manhunter
2018
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
7.7/195
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Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
2011
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
7.272/9231
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfe...
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2022
Blonde
5.9/1508
From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood le...
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Blonde
1993
Rising Sun
6.1/829
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called...
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Rising Sun
1995
Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
3.667/3
Documentary about the first gay prom in America, that took place in West Hollywood, promoted by students of the EAGLES center, an alternative high sch...
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Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America
2020
All My Life
7.767/514
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All My Life
2007
Karl Rove, I Love You
7/1
Election Year, 2004. A documentary on the "unknown supporting actor" takes a surprising turn when the lead of the film (Dan Butler; "Bulldog" from the...
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Karl Rove, I Love You
1986
The Manhattan Project
6.203/116
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, wi...
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