# Dan Fogler

Daniel Kevin Fogler (born October 20, 1976) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He has appeared in films including Balls of Fury, Good Luck Chuck, and the Fantastic Beasts film series; and as a voice actor in Kung Fu Panda, Horton Hears a Who!, and Mars Needs Moms. He has also appeared on The Walking Dead as Luke. More recently, Fogler portrayed Francis Ford Coppola in the miniseries The Offer, and Albert Grossman in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.
In 2005, Fogler's Broadway debut as William Barfée in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee won him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

## Early life and education

Fogler was the second child born to Shari and Richard Fogler, an English teacher and a surgeon, respectively, in Brooklyn, New York. Fogler is Jewish. He attended elementary school at the Windmill Montessori School in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from Poly Prep Country Day School in 1994, before attending the School of Theatre at Boston University.

## Career

Fogler's first television appearance was in 2002 on Fox's 30 Seconds to Fame, as a contestant impersonating Al Pacino. Other television credits include recurring roles on ABC's The Goldbergs, NBC's Hannibal, CBS's The Good Wife and voice work for Fox's American Dad!. Fogler also has had starring roles in ABC's Man Up! and Secrets & Lies, and starred in a music video for Type O Negative's song "I Don't Wanna Be Me", in which he played a man recording himself on video dressed as celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, and finally the band's singer, Peter Steele.
Fogler made his Broadway debut in 2005 with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The role of William Barfée won him the Theatre World Award for the original off-Broadway production and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the original Broadway production.
On film, Fogler starred in 2007's Balls of Fury as Randy Daytona and in Good Luck Chuck opposite Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. He also had roles in Fanboys, Take Me Home Tonight, Scenic Route, Europa Report and the J. K. Rowling adaptation Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, released worldwide in November 2016.
Fogler has done a variety of voiceover roles in films such as Horton Hears A Who! with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, Disney's Mars Needs Moms, 2008's Kung Fu Panda with Jack Black and Jackie Chan, and the 2013 comedy Free Birds.
Fogler wrote and directed the play Elephant in the Room in 2007, a work inspired by Ionesco's Rhinoceros and produced by the New York International Fringe Festival. He also wrote and directed the film Hysterical Psycho, which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and featured actors from Stage 13, a film and theater production company of which Fogler is a founding member. Fogler wrote, directed, and starred in Don Peyote (2014), with supporting performances from Josh Duhamel, Anne Hathaway, and Topher Grace.
In 2010, Archaia Entertainment published Fogler's first graphic novel, the horror anthology Moon Lake. The collection of stories chronicles the past, present, and future of the most haunted town on Earth. His next graphic novel, Brooklyn Gladiator, was published in 2018 by Chapterhouse. Heavy Metal published Fogler's graphic novel Fishkill in 2020.

## Personal life

In 2009, Fogler married Jodie Capes, co-founder of Capes Coaching, a career coaching company for actors and artists. They have two daughters, Edie and Franny. In 2020, Fogler revealed on Instagram his successful two-year effort to lose 100 pounds (45 kilograms) for his health and his family, as he feared getting obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Brooklyn Thrill Killers | Melvin Mittman | |
| 2000 | Home Field Advantage | Charlie | |
| 2000 | Bust a Move | Charlie | |
| 2002 | Hyper | Lenny | |
| 2005 | Dumped! | Elliott | |
| 2006 | School for Scoundrels | Zack | |
| 2006 | Slippery Slope | Crafty | |
| 2007 | Good Luck Chuck | Stu | |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury | Randy Daytona | |
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | Yummo Wickersham, Councilman (voices) | |
| 2008 | The Marconi Bros. | Carmine Marconi | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Zeng (voice) | |
| 2009 | Fanboys | Hutch | |
| 2009 | Hysterical Psycho | Psychiatrist | Also writer and director |
| 2009 | Taking Woodstock | Devon | |
| 2009 | Love Happens | Lane | |
| 2011 | Crocodile Tears | Director | Short film |
| 2011 | Take Me Home Tonight | Barry Nathan | |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Gribble (voice) | Also motion capture |
| 2012 | Dog Eat Dog | | Short film |
| 2012 | Hellbenders | Eric | |
| 2013 | Scenic Route | Carter | |
| 2013 | Europa Report | Dr. Nikita Sokolov | |
| 2013 | Free Birds | Governor Bradford (voice) | |
| 2014 | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Singer (voice) | Short film |
| 2014 | Don Peyote | Warren / Don Peyote | Also co-writer and co-director |
| 2014 | Post Modern Ophelia | Goldie Stern | Short film |
| 2015 | Barely Lethal | Mr. Drumm | |
| 2015 | Ava's Possessions | JJ Samson | |
| 2016 | The Guardian Brothers | Shen Tu (voice) | English dub |
| 2016 | Custody | Denholz | |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Jacob Kowalski | |
| 2017 | Becks | Dave | |
| 2017 | Sex Guaranteed | Carl | |
| 2018 | 30 Nights | Dr. Lance Ying | |
| 2018 | In Like Flynn | Joel Schwartz | |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Jacob Kowalski | |
| 2019 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Con-Ployee | Cameo |
| 2020 | The Argument | Jack | |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Jacob Kowalski | |
| 2022 | DC League of Super-Pets | Carl, Pilot, Racer (voices) | |
| 2023 | Spinning Gold | Buck Reingold | |
| 2024 | No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie | Rufus Dufus (voice) | |
| 2024 | A Complete Unknown | Albert Grossman | |
| 2025 | Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger | Detective Mitch Adams | |
| TBA | Verona's Romeo & Juliet | The Apothecary | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009–2010 | American Dad! | Various voices | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | M'Larky | Lt. Black | 5 episodes; also director (4 episodes) |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Zeng (voice) | Short film |
| 2011–2012 | Man Up! | Kenny Hayden | 13 episodes |
| 2011, 2018 | Robot Chicken | Various voices | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Prairie Dogs | Roj | Unsold pilot |
| 2012 | Ugly Americans | Carl (voice) | Episode: "The Stalking Dead" |
| 2013 | Hannibal | Franklyn Froideveaux | 3 episodes |
| 2013–2022 | The Goldbergs | Marvin Goldberg | 14 episodes |
| 2014 | Black Box | Fred Baker | Episode: "Emotions" |
| 2014 | Living the Dream | Russ Danzinger | Unsold pilot |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies | Dave Carlyle | 10 episodes |
| 2015 | The Good Wife | Nick Zubrovsky | Episode: "Winning Ugly" |
| 2017 | Famous in Love | Himself | Episode: "Fifty Shades of Red" |
| 2017 | Sharknado 5: Global Swarming | Dan Fogler | Television film |
| 2018–2020, 2022 | The Walking Dead | Luke Abrams | Recurring role; 17 episodes (seasons 9–11) |
| 2021–2024 | Big City Greens | Burger Clown (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | The Offer | Francis Ford Coppola | Miniseries |
| 2023 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Emperear (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Eric | Lennie Wilson | Miniseries |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Ref. |
| 2016 | Lego Dimensions | Jacob Kowalski (voice) | |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Performer | Album | Ref. |
| 2003 | "I Don't Wanna Be Me" | Type O Negative | Life Is Killing Me | |

### Streaming

| Year | Title | Role | Channel | Ref. |
| 2020 | ClickSport-1: Tournament of Grandiosity | Xoc Aventus | Crown Channel | |
| 2021 | ClickSport-2: The Buffering | Xoc Aventus | Crown Channel | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2005 | Tony Awards | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Won |
| 2017 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Nominated |
| 2025 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | A Complete Unknown | Nominated |