Daniel Paul Futterman was born on June 8,1967 and is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer.
22 Facts About Dan Futterman
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Dan Futterman received a second Academy Award nomination for co-writing the script to Foxcatcher in 2014.
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Dan Futterman is known for several acting roles, including Val Goldman in the film The Birdcage, and Vincent Gray on the CBS television series Judging Amy.
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Dan Futterman, one of three siblings, was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the son of Linda, a psychoanalyst, and Stanley Dan Futterman, a lawyer.
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Dan Futterman was raised in Conservative Judaism in an "intellectual family".
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Dan Futterman grew up in Larchmont, New York, and graduated from Mamaroneck High School in 1985 and Columbia University in 1989.
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In 1991, Dan Futterman landed his first stage role in the WPA production Club Soda.
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Dan Futterman succeeded Joe Mantello as the voluble Louis Ironson in Tony Kushner's Tony award-winning play Angels in America on Broadway in 1993.
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Dan Futterman portrayed an American diplomat's son who runs into trouble in South Africa in Jon Robin Baitz's A Fair Country.
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Dan Futterman portrayed a slick card player with big dreams in Dealer's Choice.
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Dan Futterman appeared as the American half of a pair of twenty-something con artists in London in Shooting Fish.
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Dan Futterman played "Joe" in the 2002 film Enough, with Jennifer Lopez.
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Dan Futterman costarred with Mickey Rourke as a teacher who clashes with a priest in Thicker Than Blood and appeared alongside Ron Eldard and Martin Donovan in the World War II drama When Trumpets Fade.
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In 1999, Dan Futterman made the leap to series TV, co-starring as the brother of the central character on the CBS series Judging Amy.
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Dan Futterman had a recurring role as the on-again, off-again boyfriend of one of the four sisters on The WB drama Related.
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Dan Futterman filmed an appearance alongside former "Birdcage" costar Calista Flockhart playing her fiancee, but that version of the pilot underwent massive rewrites and never aired.
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Dan Futterman wrote the screenplay for Capote, and Dan Futterman's friend Bennett Miller directed the film.
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Dan Futterman was recognized with several award nominations, including an Oscar nod for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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In 2007, Dan Futterman stated that he would focus on his writing career, and was adapting the novel Everything Changes into a film script for Columbia Pictures.
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Dan Futterman has frequently written scripts and executive produced alongside his wife, such as on the HBO series In Treatment.
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Dan Futterman adapted and produced a ten-part series for Fox, Gracepoint.
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Dan Futterman is the showrunner of the 2021 Showtime series American Rust.