Daniel Futterman (born June 8, 1967) is an American actor and screenwriter. Although he is known for several high-profile acting roles, including Val Goldman in the film The Birdcage and Vincent Gray on the CBS television series Judging Amy, he is also a screenwriter.^[1] In 2005, he wrote the screenplay for the film Capote for which he received an Academy Award nomination and an Independent Spirit Award, Boston Society of Film Critics award, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association award. is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The Birdcage is a 1996 LGBT comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Christine Baranski and Hank Azaria. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman of NYPD Blue and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey. ... Capote is an Academy Award-winning 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal) on a writing assignment for The New Yorker. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ... The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) is organization of film reviewers from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, based publications. ... The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) was founded in 1975. ...

Biography

Personal life

Futterman, one of four siblings,^[2] was born in Brooklyn, New York^[3], to a lawyer father and a psychoanalyst mother.^[3] He was raised in Conservative Judaism and grew up in an "intellectual family".^[2][3][4] Futterman grew up in Larchmont, New York, and graduated from Columbia University in 1989. Height: 5'9" (1.75 m). For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... For the fish called lawyer, see Burbot. ... Psychoanalysis is the revelation of unconscious relations, in a systematic way through an associative process. ... Conservative Judaism, (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel predominantly), is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s. ... emblem, Village of Larchmont Larchmont is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States and a member of the prestigious Ivy League. ...

Futterman is married to television writer Anya Epstein (sister of Boston Red Sox General Manager and Executive Vice President Theo Epstein),^[1] with whom he has two daughters.^[4] Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds... Theo N. Epstein (born December 29, 1973 in New York City) is the Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Boston Red Sox. ...

Acting career

In 1991, Futterman landed his first stage role in the WPA production Club Soda. He also succeeded Joe Mantello as the voluble Louis Ironside in Tony Kushner's Angels in America on Broadway in 1993. Futterman portrayed an American diplomat's son who runs into trouble in South Africa in Jon Robin Baitz's A Fair Country (1996). He portrayed a slick card player with big dreams in Dealer's Choice (1997). Joe Mantello (born 27 December 1962) is a Tony Award-winning American actor and director best known for his work on Broadway productions of Wicked, Take Me Out and Assassins, as well as earlier in his career being one of the original Broadway cast of Angels in America. ... Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an award-winning American playwright most famous for his play Angels in America, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. ...

Futterman's first film role was as a thug who menaces Robin Williams in The Fisher King (1991). He appeared as a teacher in the romantic comedy Breathing Room/'Til Christmas (1996). Far Harbor/Mr. Spreckman's Boat (also 1996) was an ensemble piece which featured Futterman as a smarmy doctor in an interracial relationship. Also in 1996 he played Val, the son of gay lovers and nightclub owners Albert and Armand in The Birdcage. He also appeared as the American half of a pair of twenty-something con artists in London in Shooting Fish (1997). Futterman's most recent film is A Mighty Heart with Angelina Jolie; he portrays murdered journalist Daniel Pearl.^[1] For other persons named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation). ... The Birdcage is a 1996 LGBT comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Christine Baranski and Hank Azaria. ... A Mighty Heart is a memoir by Mariane Pearl, the widow of the slain American journalist Daniel Pearl. ... Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ... Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. ...

Futterman has also made several guest appearances in primetime television. He costarred with Mickey Rourke as a teacher who clashes with a priest in Thicker Than Blood (TNT, 1998) and appeared alongside Ron Eldard and Martin Donovan in the WWII drama When Trumpets Fade (HBO, 1998). In 1999, Futterman made the leap to series TV, co-starring as the brother of the central character on the CBS series Judging Amy. Futterman also had a recurring role as the on-again, off-again boyfriend of a beautiful and gainfully-employed woman (Kiele Sanchez) on the WB drama Related. He also briefly appeared on the sitcom Will and Grace. Futterman was slated to appear in a recurring role on the new ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, also written by Jon Robin Baitz, but bowed out due to scheduling conflicts. Judging Amy is an American television drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 on CBS. The show stars Amy Brenneman of NYPD Blue and Tyne Daly of Cagney & Lacey. ... Kiele Sanchez (born October 13, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress who starred as the second-eldest Sorelli sister, Anne, a therapist in her mid-twenties, in The WBs comedic ensemble drama, Related. ... Related was an American dramedy series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006 television season. ... Will & Grace is an American television situation comedy focusing on Will Truman, a gay attorney and his best friend Grace Adler, a straight Jewish woman who runs her own interior design firm. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Not to be confused with Brothers and Sisters (1979 TV series). ...

Writing career

Futterman wrote the screenplay for Capote, and Futterman's friend Bennett Miller served as director and producer. Futterman and Miller graduated together from Mamaroneck High School and have been friends since 7th grade. The two recruited another old friend, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, to star as Capote and began the process of getting the independent film made. Futterman was recognized with several award nominations, including an Oscar nod for Best Adapted Screenplay. Bennett Miller (born December 30, 1966) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director. ... Philip Seymour Hoffman (born July 23, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

In 2007, Futterman stated that he will focus on his writing career.^[5][1] He is adapting the novel Everything Changes into a film script for Columbia Pictures.^[4] The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ...

Filmography

As actor

• A Mighty Heart (2007)
• Related (2005) (TV Series) (2005-2006)
• Gerald L'Ecuyer: A Filmmaker's Journey (2004) (TV)
• Will and Grace (2003) (TV Series)
• Enough (2002)
• Urbania (2000)
• Sex and the City (1999) (TV Series)
• Homicide: Life on the Street (1999) (TV Series)
• Judging Amy (1999) (TV Series) (1999-2001, 2004-2005)
• When Trumpets Fade (1998) (TV)
• Thicker Than Blood (1998) (TV)
• 1999 (1998)
• Caroline in the City (1997) (TV Series)
• Shooting Fish (1997)
• Far Harbor (1996)
• Breathing Room (1996)
• The Birdcage (1996)
• New York News (1995) (TV Series)
• Tracey Takes on New York (1993) (TV)
• Class of '61 (1993) (TV)
• Another World (1964) TV Series (1992)
• Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)
• Passed Away (1992)
• The Fisher King (1991)
• Daughters of Privilege (1991) (TV)

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As writer

• Capote (2005)

Capote is an Academy Award-winning 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal) on a writing assignment for The New Yorker. ...

References

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External links

• Dan Futterman at the Internet Movie Database