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Personal info | Biography | Trivia | Filmography | Pictures |
| Name | Dan Futterman | Date of birth | June 8th 1967 |
| Marital status | Married to Anya Epstein (23 September 2000 - present) | Birthplace | Silver Spring, Maryland, USA |
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A handsome, dark-haired actor with an easy-going delivery and photogenic smile, Dan Futterman had a breakthrough (although thankless) role playing Val Goldman, the straight son of Robin Williams, in "The Birdcage" (1996).
Raised in tony Westchester County, NY, he graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English and was torn between graduate school and pursuing an acting career. The latter won out and 1991 proved to be a banner year for the young performer, landing his first stage role in the WPA production "Club Soda" and his first (small) film role as a thug who menaces Jeff Bridges in "The Fisher King".
While his film career has heated up, Futterman has not abandoned stage work: he succeeded Joe Mantello as the voluble Louis Ironside in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" on Broadway in 1993; portrayed an American diplomat's son who runs into trouble in South Africa in Jon Robin Baitz's "A Fair Country" (1996); and was a slick card player with big dreams in "Dealer's Choice" (1997).
After landing a significant role as the son who leaves a blended family in "Big Girls Don't Cry...They Get Even" (1992), the actor made a handful of TV appearances, most notably as a West Point grad pitted against former classmates during the Civil War in "Class of '61" (ABC, 1993).
Several of his best screen performances have been in independent films. Futterman displayed a winning charm as a teacher who seemingly can't make a commitment in the romantic comedy "Breathing Room/'Til Christmas" (1996). "Far Harbor/Mr. Spreckman's Boat" (also 1996) was an ensemble piece in which he stood out as a smarmy doctor in an interracial relationship.
As the American half of a pair of twenty-something con artists in London in "Shooting Fish" (1997), he delivered a finely nuanced but loosely engaging performance that dominated the early sequences. Futterman returned to TV work co-starring with Mickey Rourke as a teacher who clashes with a priest in "Thicker Than Blood" (TNT, 1998) and appearing alongside Ron Eldard and Martin Donovan in the WWII drama "When Trumpets Fade" (HBO, 1998).
In 1999, Futterman made the leap to series TV, co-starring as the writer brother of a jurist (Amy Brenneman) in the hit CBS series "Judging Amy" (which he departed early in the 2001-2002 season).
On the big screen, he delivered one of his best screen performances in the indie "Urbania" (2000), portraying a gay man coming to terms with the aftermath of a trauma.
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Graduated Mamaroneck (NY) High School [1985]
Graduate of Columbia University, New York [1989]
He met his wife Anya on the set of "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) in late 1999 when she was a writer on the show.
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| Year | Title | Character |
| 2004 | Capote | Writer |
| 2002 | Enough | Joe |
| 2000 | Urbania | Charlie |
| 1999 | Judging Amy | Vincent Gray |
| 1998 | When Trumpets Fade | Despin |
| 1998 | Thicker Than Blood | Griffin Byrne |
| 1998 | 1999 | Rufus Wild |
| 1997 | Shooting Fish | Dylan |
| 1996 | Far Harbor | Brad |
| 1996 | Breathing Room | David |
| 1996 | The Birdcage | Val Goldman |
| 1993 | Tracey Takes on New York | |
| 1993 | Class of '61 | Shelby Peyton |
| 1992 | Another World | Alan |
| 1992 | Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even | Josh |
| 1992 | Passed Away | Tom |
| 1991 | The Fisher King | Second Punk |
| 1991 | Daughters of Privilege | Ballard Moss |
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