Dan Butler

Birthplace: Huntington, Indiana, USA
Birthday: December 2, 1954

Known to fans of the TV series "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-) as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe, the womanizing, blue-collar, loud-mouthed sports radio host and nemesis to stuffy Dr. Frasier Crane, Dan Butler is one of the few openly gay stars on primetime TV. His sexual orientation has had no impact on his career on "Frasier" nor has there been any negative audience fallout since Butler disclosed it on "Entertainment Tonight" in 1994.

The talented, compact Butler won parts--most of them heterosexual--in a host of TV …more

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Credits

Actor

The Assassination File
Harvey Young
Frasier
Bob Bulldog Briscoe
Frasier
Bob Bulldog Brodie
The Rape of Dr. Willis
Stuyvesant
The Powers That Be
Walt Stevens

Director

Frasier
Director

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Career Milestones

2001
Starred as a psychologist who trafficks in reparative therapy in the indie "Fixing Frank"
2000
Had featured role in the Off-Broadway production of Wendy Wasserstein's play "Old Money"
1995
Appeared off-Broadway in one-man show "The Only Thing Worse ..."; later toured in show
1994
Starred in one-man show, "The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me" in L.A.
1993
Joined cast of "Frasier" as Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe