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 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.
Born: December 2, 1954
Place of Birth: Huntington, Indiana, USA
Known For
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Malcolm in the Middle
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Supernatural
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Quintuplets
Quintuplets is a quirky ensemble comedy about the trials and tribulations of two parents raising 15-year-old quintuplets in a three-bedroom home.
From the Earth to the Moon
The story of the United States' space program, from its beginnings in 1961 to the final moon mission in 1972.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Prayers for Bobby
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.
Hey Arnold!
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.
Filmography
as Father Frank
as Bulldog Briscoe
as I.E. Shinn
as Dr. Alan Mendelson
as Self
as Dan
as Mr. Simmons (voice)
as Father Romanov
as Sheriff Paul Bolton
as Calvin Gold
as Stromberg
as Senator Mitchum
as Denny Mulgrew
as Cal's Boss
as Reverend Whitsell
as Blow Job
as Paul
as Reverend Sorenson
as Dr. Philip Weber
as Francis Helberg
as Chuck Webb
as Eckles
as Coach Ambros
as David Wilkins
as Dr. Arthur Apsey
as Dr. Davis Scott
as Lloyd Acheson
as Congressman Price
as Arnold Hummer
as Norm
as Drake (voice)
as Shaffer
as Edward Bass Matheson
as Gene Kranz
as Host / Narrator
as Attorney Bender
as Bill Slatton
as Attorney (voice)
as Daniel (voice)
as Mr. Simmons (voice)
as Mr. Simmons / Scientist (voice)
as Mr. Simmons / Lila's Father (voice)
as Mr. Simmons (voice; uncredited)
as Mr. Simmons / Dispatcher (voice)
as Mr. Simmons / Publisher (voice)
as Mr. Simmons / Houseboy (voice)
as Dr. Richards
as Garrity
as Harvey Young
as Kenneth Arabian
as Steth
as Self - Actor, "Frasier"
as Dr. Ivar Kroneberger
as Wilson Chess
as Bulldog Briscoe
as Jim Ausbury
as Ken Shubik
as Reporter
as Asst. DA Mendelson
as Zachery
as Father Anthony
as Styvesant
as Roden
as Charlie
as Walter
as Jake Dorleac
as Mutta
as Peter Solinski
as Blaise
as Jimmy Price
as SWAT
as Sergeant Goodman