Dan Butler

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.

Most Known For

Supernatural

as Reverend Sorenson

House

as Dr. Philip Weber

The Blacklist

as Stromberg

The X-Files

as Jim Ausbury

Columbo

as Sergeant Goodman

Star Trek: Voyager

as Steth

Monk

as Dr. Davis Scott

Elementary

as Denny Mulgrew

Frasier

as Bulldog Briscoe

King of the Hill

as Attorney (voice)

King of the Hill

as Daniel (voice)

Malcolm in the Middle

as Norm

Blindspot

as Sheriff Paul Bolton

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Congressman Price

Crossing Jordan

as Arnold Hummer

Banshee

as Senator Mitchum

Quantum Leap

as Jake Dorleac

Quantum Leap

as Mutta

Hey Arnold!

as Mr. Simmons (voice)

Hey Arnold!

as Mr. Simmons / Scientist (voice)