Dan Fogler made his Broadway debut in the 2005 production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, originating the role of William Barfée and earning the Theatre World Award for the original off-Broadway production and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the original Broadway production.
Fogler's television credits include a guest appearance on FOX's 30 Seconds to Fame in 2002, impersonating Al Pacino, as well as roles on AMC's The Walking Dead, ABC's The Goldbergs, NBC's Hannibal, CBS' The Good Wife, and voice work for FOX's American Dad. He also starred in ABC's Man Up! and Secrets & Lies.
In film, Fogler is known for his roles in J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald, as well as starring as Randy Daytona in 2007's Balls Of Fury and having roles in Good Luck Chuck, Fanboys, Take Me Home Tonight, Love Happens, Scenic Route, Europa Report, and In Like Flynn.
Fogler has also done voiceover work in films such as Horton Hears A Who!, Mars Needs Moms, Free Birds, and Kung Fu Panda, alongside Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Jack Black, and Jackie Chan.
Some of Fogler's other projects include starring in the music video for the Type O Negative song "I Don't Wanna Be Me", where he played a man recording himself on video as he cross-dresses as celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, and Britney Spears.
Fogler has also written and directed the play Elephant in the Room, inspired by Ionesco's Rhinoceros, which was produced by the New York International Fringe Festival in 2007. He has also written and directed Hysterical Psycho (2009) and Don Peyote (2014),both of which premiered at film festivals, and is working on a graphic novel called Brooklyn Gladiator.
In addition, Fogler wrote and directed the horror anthology Moon Lake, published by Archaia Entertainment in 2010, which chronicles the past, present, and future of the most haunted town on Earth: Moon Lake.