Dan Butler
Biography
Dan Butler is an American actor whose best known television part is Bob Bulldog Briscoe, the sports radio presenter he played on Frasier from 1993 to 2004 and returned to in 2024. He grew up in Fort Wayne after being born in Huntington, Indiana, and later studied at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater from 1976 to 1978. He won an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship in 1975 while studying drama at Purdue University Fort Wayne. On television he was Art on Roseanne and voiced Mr. Simmons on Hey Arnold!, a role he later played again in Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (2018). His film work includes Manhunter (1986), Enemy of the State (1998), Prayers for Bobby (2009) and Sniper 2 (2002). He also acted on stage, including as Lenin in the Broadway revival of Travesties in 2018.
71years old
Turns 72 on December 2in 22 days
- Born Huntington
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Daniel Eugene Butler
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 36 years1986 to 2022
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Early training
In 1975, while studying drama at Purdue University Fort Wayne, Butler received the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship, which the Kennedy Center sponsors.
Behind the camera
Dan Butler took the director's chair for a single episode of Frasier that aired as part of the show's fifth season.
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Worked with
Dan Butler shares two films with Jake Busey, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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