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Dan Fogler

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  • Director
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Dan Fogler
Character actor Dan Fogler, known mostly for comedic roles, plays Jacob Kowalski in the new fantasy film 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.' What other roles has Dan played over the years?
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Dan 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 guest starring roles on AMC's The Walking Dead, 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 is most known for his role of Jacob Kolwalski in J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald. Fogler also starred as Randy Daytona in 2007's Balls Of Fury for Focus Features and had roles in Good Luck Chuck, Fanboys, Take Me Home Tonight, Love Happens, Scenic Route, Europa Report and In Like Flynn.

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.

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

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. Fogler has also written and directed Hysterical Psycho (2009) which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, featuring actors from his theater company Stage 13 where Dan serves as one of the company's Artistic Directors, 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. Hysterical Psycho was Fogler's first graphic novel. In 2010, Archaia Entertainment published the horror anthology Moon Lake. This collection of stories chronicles the past, present, and future of the most haunted town on Earth: Moon Lake. Fogler is also hard at work on another graphic novel, Brooklyn Gladiator.
BornOctober 20, 1976
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BornOctober 20, 1976
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, and Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    7.2
    • Jacob Kowalski
    • 2016
    Fanboys (2009)
    Fanboys
    6.5
    • Hutch
    • 2009
    Balls of Fury (2007)
    Balls of Fury
    5.4
    • Randy Daytona
    • 2007
    Jessica Alba and Dane Cook in Good Luck Chuck (2007)
    Good Luck Chuck
    5.6
    • Stu
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Actor



    • House of the Dragon
      • Ser Torrhen Manderly
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • The Rainmaker
      • Melvin Pritcher
      • In Production
      • TV Series
    • Cast Away Sorta
      • Dan Fogler
      • Post-production
      • Short



    • Rupert Everett, Jason Isaacs, Rebel Wilson, Jamie Ward, and Clara Rugaard in Juliet & Romeo (2025)
      Juliet & Romeo
      6.0
      • Apothecary
      • 2025
    • Anything (2023)
      Anything
      TV Series
      • Gus
      • Hans
      • 2024–2025
    • Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (2025)
      Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger
      6.3
      • Detective Mitch Adams
      • 2025
    • Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown (2024)
      A Complete Unknown
      7.4
      • Albert Grossman
      • 2024
    • Grey Griffin, Jessica DiCicco, Nika Futterman, Lara Jill Miller, Brian Stepanek, Catherine Taber, Jill Talley, Liliana Mumy, Bentley Griffin, Cristina Pucelli, Piotr Michael, and Alex Cazares in No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie (2024)
      No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie
      6.4
      • Dr. Dufus (voice)
      • 2024
    • Dan Fogler in Prompt (2024)
      Prompt
      Short
      • Frank Conolly
      • 2024
    • Benedict Cumberbatch and Ivan Morris Howe in Eric (2024)
      Eric
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Lennie
      • 2024
    • Big City Greens (2018)
      Big City Greens
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Burger Clown CEO
      • Burger Clown (voice)
      • 2021–2024
    • The Passage (2024)
      The Passage
      7.6
      Podcast Series
      • The Ferryman
      • 2024
    • Dave Willis, Carey Means, and Dana Snyder in Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000)
      Aqua Teen Hunger Force
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Zenwa Surveyor 7019
      • Hyper Toaster 8019
      • 2023
    • Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Jordan, Jay Pharoah, Casey Likes, and Caylee Cowan in Spinning Gold (2023)
      Spinning Gold
      5.9
      • Buck Reingold
      • 2023
    • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)
      The Walking Dead
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Luke
      • 2018–2022
    • Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and Sean Giambrone in The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021)
      The Goldbergs
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Marvin Goldberg
      • 2013–2022
    • Keanu Reeves, Alfred Molina, Natasha Lyonne, Busy Philipps, Keith David, Dan Fogler, Kevin Hart, Lena Headey, Dwayne Johnson, Sam J. Levine, Diego Luna, Marc Maron, Kate McKinnon, David Pressman, John Krasinski, Amanda Ames, Michelle Morgan, Gavin McCrillis, Yvette Nicole Brown, Olivia Wilde, Jemaine Clement, Winona Bradshaw, Ben Schwartz, Jared Stern, Thomas Middleditch, Vanessa Bayer, Jameela Jamil, Maya Erskine, Daveed Diggs, John Early, and Dascha Polanco in DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
      DC League of Super-Pets
      7.0
      • Carl
      • Pilot
      • Radio (voice)
      • 2022
    • Giovanni Ribisi, Dan Fogler, Patrick Gallo, Matthew Goode, Juno Temple, and Miles Teller in The Offer (2022)
      The Offer
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Francis Ford Coppola
      • 2022

    Director



    • Heavy Metal Presents: WonderWerk (2020)
      Heavy Metal Presents: WonderWerk
      Podcast Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Hanukkah, O Hanukkah (A Magical Time of Year) (2019)
      Hanukkah, O Hanukkah (A Magical Time of Year)
      4.7
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Don Peyote (2014)
      Don Peyote
      3.5
      • Director
      • 2014
    • M'larky (2010)
      M'larky
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Dan Fogler in Hysterical Psycho (2009)
      Hysterical Psycho
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2009

    Writer



    • Heavy Metal Presents: WonderWerk (2020)
      Heavy Metal Presents: WonderWerk
      Podcast Series
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Don Peyote (2014)
      Don Peyote
      3.5
      • written by
      • 2014
    • M'larky (2010)
      M'larky
      7.6
      TV Series
      • screenplay
      • 2010
    • Dan Fogler in Hysterical Psycho (2009)
      Hysterical Psycho
      5.8
      • creator
      • 2009

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    Fanboys: "Take Your Shirt Off"
    Fanboys: "Take Your Shirt Off"
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    Fanboys: "Take Your Shirt Off"
    Free Birds
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    Free Birds
    Free Birds
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    Free Birds
    Scenic Route
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    Scenic Route
    Scenic Route
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    Scenic Route

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    • Height
      • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
    • Born
      • October 20, 1976
      • Brooklyn, New York, USA
    • Spouse
      • Jodie Capes FoglerOctober 10, 2009 - present
    • Children
      • No Children
    • Parents
        Shari Fogler
    • Relatives
      • Jason Fogler(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Created the role of William Morris Barfee with the improvisational group The Farm in 2002. Show began as C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E off-off Broadway and morphed into Broadway's " The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" musical for which Dan won a Lortel, Outer Critics, Broadway World ,Drama Desk and Tony Award.

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      Dan is also a talented sculptor.
    • Quotes
      In his Tony acceptance speech he said - I Feel like Rocky right now and she's my Adrian (acknowledging his girlfriend Jodie) We did it with this hair and this body. Be brave. Be different.
    • Trademark
        His thick curly hair

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