Dan Futterman

Dan Futterman in Columbia's Enough - 2002

Biography

Born 06/08/1967

Dan Futterman had an impressive run for a young actor, transitioning easily between stage, television and film for fifteen years before penning the Academy Award-nominated script for “Capote” (2005) and deciding to put his acting on hold. From his breakthrough role as the straight son of Robin...
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Awards

  • In 2006, received Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
  • In 2005, received Boston Film Critics for Best Screenplay
  • In 2005, received Los Angeles Film Critics for Best Screenplay

Highlights

  • In 2007, Portrayed Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl in "A Mighty Heart," who was kidnapped and killed in 2002 while reporting in Pakistan
  • In 2005, Feature producing and screenwriting debut with "Capote" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Truman Capote; earned an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay
  • In 2002, Cast as Karen's cousin Barry, a 35-year-old man who realizes he's gay, on the NBC sit-com "Will & Grace"

Family & Companions

  • Susan Floyd: appeared together in "Breathing Room"; no longer together
  • Eve Futterman: daughter (mother, Anya Epstein )
  • Sylvie Epstein Futterman: daughter (mother, Anya Epstein )

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