Dan FoglerBirth Place: Brooklyn, New York Date of Birth: 1976/10/20 Heritage: American Famous for: His Tony Award-winning portrayal of William Morris Barfee on the hit musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (2005) Contact Dan Fogler | 
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Lovable actor Dan Fogler had acted in several short movies, regional theater, and off-Broadway before gaining prominence with his Tony Award-winning portrayal of William Morris Barfee in the hit musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (2005), a role he originated in 2002 in an off-Broadway production called “C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E.” He also netted the Outer Critics Circle, Theatre World, and Drama Desk Awards for his performance. The success served as his Hollywood calling card. 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.” The wild-haired thespian has since acted in movies like Todd Phillips' “School for Scoundrels” (2006), Mark Helfrich's “Good Luck Chuck” (2007), Robert Ben Garant's “Balls of Fury” (2007) and Kyle Newman's “Fanboys” (2008). He also lent his voice for the 2008 cartoon films “Horton Hears a Who” and “Kung Fu Panda.” Fogler is scheduled to play roles in the upcoming moves “Young Americans” (2009), “Traveling” (2009), “Taking Woodstock” (2009), “Hysterical Psycho” (2009, also marks his directorial debut) and “Number 13” (2011) and will provide his voice for Disney's “Mars Needs Moms” (2010) and “Rapunzel” (2010). Apart from being an actor, Fogler is a gifted sculptor and plays in a rock band called “2nd Rate,” with his good friend Law Tarello. On a more personal note, Fogler is in a relationship with a woman who runs Capes Coaching, a company in New York that helps actors launch their careers.
Childhood and Family: Born Daniel Kevin Fogler on October 20, 1976, in Brooklyn, New York, Dan Fogler is the second son of a surgeon and an English teacher. His brother, Jason, is a clinical-psychologist. Dan graduated from Boston University with a BFA degree. Currently, Dan lives in Chelsea, New York. He is Jewish.
Career: Dan Fogler, who is the founder of the Stage 13 Theater Company, made his screen debut in 1999 when he was cast as Melvin Mittman in “Brooklyn Thrill Killers,” a 29-minute length independent movie jointly directed and written by Derek Davidson and Paul Franco. He then appeared in Philip Botti's “Home Field Advantage,” with Heather Donahue and Giampiero Judica, and “Bust a Move” (both 2000), with Steven Randazzo and Leslie Lyles, and in “Hyper” (2002), which won a Jury Award for Best Short Short at the 2003 Aspen Shortsfest. Also in 2002, as a member of The Farm Acting troupe, Fogler helped originate the show “C-R-E-P-U-S-C-U-L-E” off-Broadway, where he created the role of William Morris Barfee. The show morphed into an off-Broadway show in 2005 called “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” and then into the successfully Broadway production of the same name. For his role, Fogler was awarded the 2005 prestigious Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. The role also brought him a Theatre World Award, an Outer Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Lortel Award. Fogler's career took off after his Tony win. In 2006, he appeared in the independent film “Slippery Slope,” for director/writer Sarah Schenckz, and “School for Scoundrels,” which was directed by Todd Phillips and starred Billy Bob Thornton. In the latter film, he offered a notable performance as Zack. Fogler, who had appeared in regional theater and off-Broadway productions such as “Bridges and Harmonies,” “Bobby Gould in Hell,” “Dilettantes & Debutantes,” and “Joe Fearless” prior to his 2005 Broadway debut, revisited the New York stage in the fall of 2006 in Dan O'Brien's “The Voyage of the Carcass,” for director Randy Baruh. In 2007, Fogler played Chunk's (played by Dane Cook) best friend in the Mark Helfrich directed romantic comedy “Good Luck Chuck,” which starred Cook and Jessica Alba. The movie, which premiered in September 2007, earned primarily negative reviews. Eventually, he gained notice with Robert Ben Garant's comedy “Balls of Fury” (2007), where he portrayed Randy Daytona. He then starred as Carmine in “The Marconi Bros.” (2008) with Brendan Sexton III. Directed by Michael Canzoniero and Marco Ricci, the film won an Outstanding Achievement Award for Best Production at that's year New York VisionFest. Still in 2008, he costarred with Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Bell in the San Diego Comicon-premiered comedy “Fanboys” (released in the U.S. in February 2009), for director Kyle Newman, and voiced the characters of Councilman/Yummo Wickersham and Zeng in the animated movies “Horton Hears a Who” and “Kung Fu Panda,” respectively. While “Horton Hears a Who” starred the voices of Jim Carrey in the title role, along with Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett and Seth Rogen, the blockbuster “Kung Fu Panda” starred the voices of Jack Black as the panda and Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim and Jackie Chan. Fogler has completed filming the projects “Young Americans” (released on April 17, 2009), which was directed by Michael Dowse and starred Fogler, “Traveling” (2009), a drama starring Jennifer Aniston and directed by Brandon Camp, and “Hysterical Psycho” (2009), a horror film in which he also directed, executive produced and wrote. He will also play a local theater troupe principal in “Taking Woodstock,” about the Woodstock Festival of 1969. Directed by Ang Lee and penned by James Schamus and based on the autobiography “Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life” by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte, the movie is set to be released in August 2009. In addition, Fogler is scheduled to work with Seth Green and Joan Cusack in the upcoming animated film “Mars Needs Moms!” (2010), adapted by Simon Wells from the Berkeley Breathed children's book of the same name, and play Alfred Hitchcock in Chase Palmer's thriller “Number 13” (2011), opposite Sir Ben Kingsley and Emily Mortimer. He is rumored to be voicing Prince Bastion in Walt Disney's “Rapunzel” (2010), which is based on the classic German fairy tale “Rapunzel” by the Brothers Grimm.
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