
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.
Filmography50+ titles

House

Malcolm in the Middle

The X-Files

Supernatural

The Silence of the Lambs

Prayers for Bobby

From the Earth to the Moon

Columbo

Banshee

Monk

Hey Arnold!

Quantum Leap

All My Life

Star Trek: Voyager

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie

Rocket Power

Frasier

The Blacklist

Elementary

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Long Walk Home

Blindspot

King of the Hill

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Without a Trace

Crossing Jordan

Touched by an Angel

Enemy of the State

Monsters

The Mysteries of Laura

Manhunter

Tales of the City

Roseanne

Frasier

Just Shoot Me!

Dave

'Til Death

Ally McBeal

The Mist

The Manhattan Project

Rising Sun

The Fan

Blonde

Cashmere Mafia

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

Suddenly Susan

Sniper 2

Captain Ron

I Love Trouble

The Sissy Duckling