Dan Futterman
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Dan Futterman | |
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Born | Daniel Paul Futterman June 8, 1967 Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse |
Anya Epstein (m. 2000) |
Children | 2 |
Daniel Paul Futterman[1] (born June 8, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer.[2]
Futterman wrote the screenplay for the film
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.
Personal life
Futterman, one of three siblings,[3] was born in Silver Spring, Maryland,[4] the son of Linda (née Roth), a psychoanalyst, and Stanley Futterman, a lawyer.[4][5] He was raised in Conservative Judaism in an "intellectual family".[3][4][6] Futterman grew up in Larchmont, New York, and graduated from Mamaroneck High School in 1985 and Columbia University in 1989.[7]
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),[2] with whom he has two daughters.[6]
Acting career
In 1991, Futterman landed his first stage role in the WPA production Club Soda. He also succeeded
Futterman's first film role was as a thug who menaces
Futterman has also made several guest appearances in 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 made the leap to series TV, 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 version of the pilot 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.
Writing career
Futterman wrote the screenplay for
In 2007, Futterman stated that he would focus on his writing career, and was adapting the novel Everything Changes into a film script for Columbia Pictures.[2][8][6]
From 2007 to 2010, Futterman and Epstein were writers and executive producers for the HBO drama series
In late 2009, Futterman and Epstein were in
Futterman, with E. Max Frye, wrote the screenplay for another Miller-directed film, Foxcatcher (2014), a biographical drama film starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. He and Frye were nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards.
Producing career
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
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Daughters of Privilege | Ballard Moss | Television movie |
1991 | The Fisher King |
Second Punk | |
1991 | Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even | Josh | |
1992 | Passed Away | Tom | |
1992 | Another World | Alan | Unknown episodes |
1993 | Class of '61 | Shelby Payton | Television movie |
1993 | Tracey Ullman Takes on New York | Peter Levine | Television movie |
1995 | New York News | Unknown | Episode: "New York News" |
1996 | The Birdcage | Val Goldman | Won—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
1996 | Breathing Room | David | |
1996 | Far Harbor | Brad | |
1997 | Shooting Fish | Dylan | |
1997 | Caroline in the City | Seth | Episode: "Caroline and the Cold Sesame Noodles" |
1997 | 1999 | Rufus Wild | |
1998 | Thicker Than Blood | Griffin Byrne | Television movie |
1998 | When Trumpets Fade | Doug Despin | Television movie |
1999–2005 | Judging Amy | Vincent Gray | Main cast (season 1–3, 6) Special guest star (season 5): 74 episodes |
1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Marcus Hume | Episode: "A Case of Do or Die" |
1999 | Sex and the City | Stephan | Episode: "Evolution" |
2000 | Urbania | Charlie | |
2002 | Enough | Joe | |
2003 | Will & Grace | Barry | 4 episodes |
2004 | Gerald L'Ecuyer: A Filmmaker's Journey |
Unknown | Television movie |
2005 | Capote | — | Writer Won— Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Writer
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated—WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay |
2005–2006 | Related | Danny | 9 episodes |
2007 | A Mighty Heart | Daniel Pearl | |
2010 | In Treatment |
— | Executive producer, writer 7 episodes |
2012 | Hello I Must Be Going | David | |
2012 | Political Animals | Alex Davies | 4 episodes |
2014 | Gracepoint | — | Executive producer, writer 10 episodes |
2014 | Foxcatcher | — | Writer Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay |
2014 | Kill the Messenger | Leo Wolinsky | |
2018 | The Looming Tower | — | Executive producer, 10 episodes |
2021 | American Rust | — | Executive producer, 9 episodes |
References
- ^ "2003–2004 Columbia College Fund 52nd Annual Report: Corrections". Columbia College Today. March 2005. Archived from the original on January 31, 2017.
- ^ Orange County Register. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ^ a b Hill, Logan (June 17, 2007). "Portraying Pearl: Dan Futterman". New York. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ a b c Tugend, Tom (June 22, 2007). "Actor Dan Futterman and director Michael Winterbottom: What we learned in making 'A Mighty Heart'". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
- ^ "A Mighty Talent". Columbia College Today. February 2008. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017.
- ^ a b c Miller, Gerri (June 28, 2007). "Dan Futterman: A Mighty Part in 'A Mighty Heart'". Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
- ^ "Actor and Writer Dan Futterman '89 Offers Career Advice to Students". Columbia College. December 1, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ ""Mighty Heart" Star Says Acting Days Are Done". javno.ocm. June 14, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ Gilbert, Matthew. "'In Treatment': Back with new stars, new timeslot". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ Levine, Stuart (November 5, 2009). "HBO aboard gender bender". Variety.
- The Advocate.
- ^ "Why the 'American Rust' showrunner wants to keep Pittsburgh a secret". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
External links
- Dan Futterman at IMDb