Dan Fogler

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**Daniel Kevin Fogler** (born October 20, 1976) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He has appeared in films *Balls of Fury*, *Good Luck Chuck*, *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald* and done voice acting for *Kung Fu Panda* and *Horton Hears a Who!* He currently stars on *The Walking Dead* as Luke.

In 2005, Fogler made his Broadway debut as William Barfée in *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, for which he won 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 graduated Poly Prep Country Day School in 1994, before attending the School of Theatre at Boston University.

## Career

Fogler made his Broadway debut when he originated the role of William Barfée in *The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee*, for which he won the Theatre World Award for the original off-Broadway production and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2005 for the original Broadway production.

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' *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*.

In film, Fogler starred as Randy Daytona in 2007's *Balls Of Fury* for Focus Features, and in Lionsgate’s *Good Luck Chuck* with a role opposite Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. Fogler 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*, which was released worldwide in November 2016.

Fogler has also done a variety of voiceover acting in films such as; *Horton Hears A Who!* along with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, Disney's *Mars Needs Moms*, *Free Birds* and 2008's *Kung Fu Panda*, with Jack Black and Jackie Chan.Template:Citation needed

Some of Fogler's other projects include starring in the music video for Type O Negative's song "I Don't Wanna Be Me", in which he played a man recording himself on video cross-dressing as celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and finally the band's singer Peter Steele.Template:Citation needed

Fogler also wrote and directed the play *Elephant in the Room*, inspired by Ionesco's *Rhinoceros*, which was produced by the New York International Fringe Festival in 2007.Template:Citation needed Fogler has also written and directed *Hysterical Psycho* (2009) which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival,Template:Citation needed featuring actors from his theater company Stage 13 where Dan serves as one of the company's Artistic Directors,Template:Citation needed and *Don Peyote* (2014) which also saw Fogler in the lead role as Warren Allman, with supporting roles from Josh Duhamel, Anne Hathaway, Topher Grace.Template:Citation needed *Hysterical Psycho* was Fogler's first graphic novel.Template:Citation needed In 2010, Archaia Entertainment published the horror anthology *Moon Lake*.Template:Citation needed This collection of stories chronicles the past, present, and future of the most haunted town on Earth: Moon Lake.Template:Citation needed Fogler is also hard at work on another graphic novel, *Brooklyn Gladiator*.Template:Citation needed

## Personal life

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In 2009, Fogler married Jodie Capes, co-founder of Capes Coaching, a career coaching company for actors and artists. They have two daughters Edi and Angel. Fogler has lost (100 pounds) for the benefit of his family as he feared getting obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

## References

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2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Riley, Jenelle (2007-09-14). "Busting Loose", Back Stage. Retrieved on 15 September 2007. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007.
3. ↑ Green, Jesse (2006-10-08). "The Character Actor Laughs Last", The New York Times. Retrieved on 18 October 2010.
4. ↑ Schleier, Curt (2005-12-02). "Sweet Spell Of Success", The Jewish Week. Retrieved on 22 September 2007.
5. ↑ "Channeling the spirit of Brooklyn and bootlegging into ‘Beasts’ — Jewish Journal". The Jewish Journal. 21 December 2016. http://www.jewishjournal.com/the\_ticket/item/channeling\_the\_spirit\_of\_brooklyn\_and\_bootlegging\_into\_beasts.
6. ↑ "Dan Fogler | Biography | Official Website of the Actor, Comedian, Singer.". http://danfogler.com/about\_dan\_fogler.htm.
7. ↑  Dan Fogler on IMDb
8. ↑ "Dan Fogler Biography Official Website of the Actor, Comedian, Singer.". https://www.danfogler.com/about\_dan\_fogler.htm. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
9. ↑ https://starstudds.com/dan-fogler-weight-loss/
10. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B5NeNLjB63p/

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