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.

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• 2024All Boys — Father Frank
• Фрейзер — Bulldog Briscoe
• 2022Білявка — I.E. Shinn
• 2020Все моє життя — Dr. Alan Mendelson
• Казки міста — Dan
• 2018Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie — Mr. Simmons (voice)
• Імла — Father Romanov
• Сліпа зона — Sheriff Paul Bolton
• Таємниці Лори — Calvin Gold
• Банші — Senator Mitchum
• Чорний список — Stromberg
• 2012Pearl — Writer
• Елементарно — Denny Mulgrew
• 2011Це безглузде кохання — Cal's Boss
• 2009Молитви за Боббі — Reverend Whitsell
• Cashmere Mafia
• 2008Chronic Town — Blow Job
• 2007Karl Rove, I Love You — Director
• 'Til Death — Paul
• Надприродне — Reverend Sorenson
• Quintuplets — Francis Helberg
• Доктор Хаус — Dr. Philip Weber
• Miss Match — Chuck Webb
• American Dreams — Coach Ambros
• 2002Fixing Frank — Dr. Arthur Apsey
• 2002The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest — Lloyd Acheson
• Without a Trace — David Wilkins
• Монк — Dr. Davis Scott
• 2002Снайпер 2 — Eckles
• Crossing Jordan — Arnold Hummer
• Закон і порядок: злочинні наміри — Congressman Price
• Малкольм у центрі уваги — Norm
• Rocket Power
• 1999The Sissy Duckling — Drake (voice)
• More Tales of the City — Edward Bass Matheson
• Із Землі на Місяць — Gene Kranz
• 1998Ворог держави — Shaffer
• Ally McBeal — Attorney Bender
• Just Shoot Me! — Bill Slatton
• 1997The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender — Host / Narrator
• Король гори — Attorney (voice), Daniel (voice)
• Suddenly Susan — Dr. Richards
• 1996The Assassination File — Harvey Young
• Гей, Арнольде! — Mr. Simmons / Scientist (voice), Mr. Simmons (voice), Mr. Simmons / Lila's Father (voice), Mr. Simmons (voice; uncredited), Mr. Simmons / Dispatcher (voice), Mr. Simmons / Publisher (voice), Mr. Simmons / Houseboy (voice)
• 1996Фанат — Garrity
• Caroline in the City — Kenneth Arabian
• 1995Live to Tell: The First Gay and Lesbian Prom in America — Self - Actor, "Frasier"
• The Single Guy
• Зоряний шлях: Вояджер — Steth
• Touched by an Angel — Dr. Ivar Kroneberger
• 1994Я люблю неприємності — Wilson Chess
• 1993Дейв — Reporter
• 1993Сонце, що сходить — Ken Shubik
• Фрейзер — Bulldog Briscoe, Director
• Цілком таємно — Jim Ausbury
• Frannie's Turn — Father Anthony
• 1992From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One — Asst. DA Mendelson
• 1992Капітан Рон — Zachery
• 1991The Rape of Doctor Willis — Styvesant
• 1991Мовчання ягнят — Roden
• 1990The Long Walk Home — Charlie
• Life Goes On
• 1989Longtime Companion — Walter
• Квантовий стрибок — Jake Dorleac, Mutta
• Monsters — David
• Roseanne
• Leg Work — Peter Solinski
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd — Blaise
• 1986Manhunter — Jimmy Price
• 1986The Manhattan Project — SWAT
• Коломбо — Sergeant Goodman
• Silver Fox

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• Stars in the House — Self