Dan Futterman

Futterman is also known for several acting roles, including Val Goldman in the film The Birdcage, and Vincent Gray on the CBS television series Judging Amy.

Dan Futterman studied at Columbia University and Mamaroneck High School. The recorded working language is English. Residence is recorded at Brooklyn. Distinctions recorded are Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay and San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

• Name — Dan Futterman • Birth Name — Daniel Paul Futterman • Born — 8 June 1967 • Birthplace — Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. • Education — Columbia University (BA) • Occupation — * Actor • screenwriter • producer • Years Active — 1991–present • Children — 2

Futterman, one of three siblings, was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, the son of Linda (née Roth), a psychoanalyst, and Stanley Futterman, a lawyer. He was raised in Conservative Judaism in an "intellectual family". Futterman grew up in Larchmont, New York, and graduated from Mamaroneck High School in 1985 and Columbia University in 1989. Futterman is married to television writer and producer Anya Epstein (sister of baseball executive Theo Epstein and granddaughter of Philip G. Epstein, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Casablanca), with whom he has two daughters.

In 1991, Futterman landed his first stage role in the WPA production Club Soda. He also succeeded Joe Mantello as the voluble Louis Ironson in Tony Kushner's Tony award-winning play Angels in America on Broadway in 1993. Futterman portrayed an American diplomat's son who runs into trouble in South Africa in Jon Robin Baitz's A Fair Country (1996). He portrayed a slick card player with big dreams in 'Dealer's Choice' (1997). Futterman's first film role was as a thug who menaces Robin Williams in The Fisher King (1991). He appeared as a teacher in the romantic comedy Breathing Room/'Til Christmas (1996). Far Harbor/Mr. Spreckman's Boat (also 1996) was an ensemble piece which featured Futterman as a smarmy doctor in an interracial relationship. Also in 1996, he played Val, the son of gay lovers and nightclub owners Albert and Armand (again with Robin Williams) in The Birdcage. He appeared as the American half of a pair of twenty-something con artists in London in Shooting Fish (1997). He also had the leading role as a young gay man seeking revenge for the murder of his lover in the NYC-based thriller Urbania. He played Joe in the 2002 film Enough, with Jennifer Lopez, and murdered journalist Daniel Pearl in A Mighty Heart (2007) with Angelina Jolie. Futterman has also made several guest appearances on primetime television. He costarred with Mickey Rourke as a teacher who clashes with a priest in Thicker Than Blood (TNT, 1998) and appeared alongside Ron Eldard and Martin Donovan in the World War II drama When Trumpets Fade (HBO, 1998). In 1999, Futterman leapt into a TV series, co-starring as the brother of the central character on the CBS series Judging Amy. Futterman also had a recurring role as the on-again, off-again boyfriend of one of the four sisters (Kiele Sanchez) on The WB drama Related. He also guest-starred in a four-episode story arc on the sitcom Will & Grace. Futterman was slated to appear in a recurring role on the new ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, also written by Jon Robin Baitz, but bowed out due to scheduling conflicts. He filmed an appearance alongside former "Birdcage" costar Calista Flockhart playing her fiancée, but that pilot version underwent massive rewrites and never aired. Previously, he also played a metrosexual man (pastry chef Stephan) on Sex and the City. In 2012, he had a recurring role on the USA series Political Animals.

Futterman not only writes and acts in movies and on television, but often co-produces these projects as well. He has frequently written scripts and executive-produced alongside his wife, such as on the HBO series In Treatment. Futterman also adapted and produced a ten-part series for Fox, Gracepoint. Futterman, Lawrence Wright and Alex Gibney are executive producers of The Looming Tower for Hulu in 2018. He is the showrunner of the 2021 Showtime series American Rust.

• Year — Title — Creator — Writer — Executive Producer — Notes • 2010 — In Treatment — rowspan=2 — rowspan=4 — rowspan=4 — 7 episodes • 2014 — Gracepoint — 10 episodes • 2018 — The Looming Tower — rowspan=2 — 10 episodes • 2021-2024 — American Rust — 19 episodes Acting roles • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1992 — Another World — Alan • 1995 — New York News — Unknown — Episode: "New York News" • 1997 — Caroline in the City — Seth — Episode: "Caroline and the Cold Sesame Noodles" • 1999–2005 — Judging Amy — Vincent Gray — 74 episodes • 1999 — Homicide: Life on the Street — Marcus Hume — Episode: "A Case of Do or Die" • Sex and the City — Stephan — Episode: "Evolution" • 2003 — Will & Grace — Barry — 4 episodes • 2005–2006 — Related — Danny — 9 episodes • 2012 — Political Animals — Alex Davies — 4 episodes TV movies • Year — Title — Role • 1991 — Daughters of Privilege — Ballard Moss • 1993 — Class of '61 — Shelby Payton • 1993 — Tracey Ullman Takes on New York — Peter Levine • 1998 — Thicker Than Blood — Griffin Byrne • 1998 — When Trumpets Fade — Doug Despin • 2004 — Gerald L'Ecuyer: A Filmmaker's Journey