Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview renowned actor, writer, producer & director Dan Butler.
Dan Butler is a highly popular actor, writer, producer and director who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of “Bob Briscoe”, better known as “Bulldog”, the volatile, macho host of the “Gonzo Sports” radio show” on the blockbuster TV sitcom, “Frasier”.
Beyond that iconic role, you’ve seen him in many movies including “Longtime Companion”, “The Long Walk Home”, “The Silence of the Lambs”, “Captain Ron”, “I Love Trouble”, “The Fan”, “Enemy of the State”, “Crazy, Stupid Love”, “Blonde”, as well as the multi-award winning short film, “Courage Doesn’t Ask”, and “Karl Rove, I Love You”, which he co-wrote, co-directed, produced and starred in, and which won numerous prestigious film festival awards.
Onn TV, you’ve seen Dan Butler in many classic shows including “Roseanne”, “Quantum Leap”, “The X-Files”, “Star Trek: Voyager”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Ally McBeal”, “American Dreams”, “Malcolm in the Middle”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “The Mist” – and yes, last year he made a surprise return appearance as “Bulldog” in the reboot of “Frasier”.
He’s also appeared in some great TV movies and miniseries including “The Assassination File”, “From the Earth to the Moon”, “More Tales of the City”, “Prayers for Bobby”, to name only a few. Dan Butler is also a renowned voice actor. He was the voice of “Mr. Simmons” in the Nickelodeon animated TV series, “Hey Arnold” and in “Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie”. He was also one of the voices of those lovable canine poker players on “Poker Night”.
And beyond all of that, Dan Butler has had a very impressive career on the stage. On Broadway, he appeared in “The Hothouse”, “Biloxi Blues”, “Twentieth Century” and “Travesties”. And off-Broadway, he wrote and starred in a highly acclaimed one-man show, “The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me”, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He’s also appeared in dozens of other stage productions including “Much Ado About Nothing”, “Waiting for Godot”, “Old Money”, “The Irish Curse”, “When Harry Met Rehab”, “Another Shot”, and many more.
Harvey Brownstone is a retired judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He is also the bestselling author of “Tug of War: A Judge’s Verdict on Separation, Custody Battles and the Bitter Realities of Family Court” and hosted “Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone,” a television talk show on matters involving the family justice system.
After a distinguished legal career, Harvey was appointed a judge at the age of 38 in 1995. He has presided in family and criminal courts. He has been a trailblazer in several ways. He was the first openly gay judge in Canada. He was the first sitting judge in the world to write a national best seller and to host a TV talk show.
Harvey has been a role model and icon in the LGBTQ community. When same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2003, he was the only judge to make himself publicly available to officiate at weddings for lesbian and gay couples travelling to Toronto from all over the world to get married. In 2007, he officiated at the wedding of Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, the American couple whose marriage triggered the 2013 United States Supreme Court decision overturning the definition of “spouse” in the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
In February 2021, Harvey launched his online talk show “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” on his own YouTube channel. He saw this as an interesting hobby. Within several months, the show attracted hundreds of thousands – and then eventually, millions – of viewers. Because of the overwhelming success of the show, Harvey decided to retire from the judiciary on December 31, 2021 after having presided as a full-time judge for 26 1/2 years. Free from the constraints imposed upon judges regarding the expression of opinions and the endorsement of private enterprise, Harvey now happily devotes his full-time attention to hosting “Harvey Brownstone Interviews” as a regular member of the public – albeit one with a rather illustrious and unique career history.
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