Dan Fogler

Dan Fogler is one of those guys who quietly accumulated an impressive career while flying just under the mainstream radar, and I mean that as a genuine compliment. A Brooklyn kid who trained seriously at Boston University, he went straight to Broadway and on his very first outing won the Tony for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — which is an absurdly strong debut by any measure. Then he pivoted to film and TV, and landed the role of Jacob Kowalski in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, where he became the beating human heart of those movies — the everyman sidekick you root for harder than the actual protagonist. That mix of theatrical chops, genuine comedic timing, and real warmth is rare. He makes you laugh and then sneaks a little ache in there before you notice. Criminally underrated, honestly.

Name (English)

Dan Fogler

Name (Japanese)

ダン・フォグラー

Reading

だん・ふぉぐらー

Born

October 20, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / television actor / stage actor / film actor

University

Boston University College of Fine Arts

Awards & achievements

• 2005 Theatre World Award
• Tony Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.dan-fogler.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/danfogler/
• Xhttps://x.com/mrdanfogler
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Fogler
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374263

Tags

• New York
• actor
• screenwriter
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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