Dan Fogler Biography
With his heavyset, bug-eyed, and occasionally wild appearance, character actor Dan Fogler suggested a cross between Sam_Kinison and Jack_Black, but his inventive genius ranked him far higher, inviting frequent comparisons to the likes of John_Belushi. Though Fogler would eventually gain recognition as a film star, he rocketed to fame not for his cinematic work but for a most unusual theatrical coup: his evocation of William Barfee, the slightly obnoxious, mucous-ridden, duck-walking braggart at the heart of the Broadway production +The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. That show actually evolved from a series of improvisatory exercises cultivated during Fogler's tenure at Boston University (when it was entitled +C-R-E-P-U-S-C-L-E) to an off-Broadway show to a white-hot Broadway production that deservedly netted Fogler the 2005 Tony Award for Best Actor.
Of course, Hollywood stardom was not far off, and beginning in 2006 (with a small appearance in the Billy_Bob_Thornton comedy School for Scoundrels), Fogler did appear onscreen, to consistently enthusiastic notices. He also ascended with incredible rapidity from supporting parts to leads, and invariably chose interesting features, such as the silly sports comedy Balls of Fury (2007), with Fogler as a ping-pong player who must square off against maniacal arch-fiend Christopher_Walken, and that same year's comedy The_Marconi_Brothers, in which Fogler and Brendan Sexton III play brothers who leave the family carpet business to videotape weddings for a living. He also played Alfred_Hitchcock in the Agatha_Christie/Dashiell_Hammett-style murder mystery Number_Thirteen, and signed on to voice one of the main characters in the 2008 animated feature Horton Hears a Who, adapted from the legendary Dr._Seuss children's book, as well voicing a character in the DreamWorks animated comedy Kung_Fu_Panda. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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