December 2, 1954 (1954-12-02) (age 53)
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Occupation
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Film, television actor
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Dan Butler Detailed Biography -
Daniel Bruce Butler (born December 2, 1954) is an American actor known for his role as Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe on the long-running TV series Frasier as well as "D-pop" on the television show "Handsworth High"
Butler was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, 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.
Butler disclosed his homosexuality on "Entertainment Tonight" in 1994 during his run as a swaggering heterosexual on "Frasier".
