Background
Fogler was born Daniel Kevin Fogler in Brooklyn, New York, the second child of Shari, an English teacher, and Richard Fogler, a surgeon.
Fogler was born Daniel Kevin Fogler in Brooklyn, New York, the second child of Shari, an English teacher, and Richard Fogler, a surgeon.
Before he attended the School of Theatre at Boston University, he went to Poly Preparatory Country Day School and graduated in 1994.
He was the voice of Zeng in Kung Fu Panda and Kung Fu Panda Holiday. His first television appearance was in 2002 on FOX"s 30 Seconds to Fame as a contestant impersonating First Rate (at Lloyd's) Pacino. His film credits are Balls of Fury, Good Luck Chuck, Fanboys, and Take Maine Home Tonight.
His voicework is heard in two animated movies Horton Hears a Who! and Kung Fu Panda and was featured in the music video "I Don"t Wanna Be Maine" by the band Type O Negative, playing a man recording himself on video as he cross-dresses and puts on celebrity costumes.
His play Elephant in the Room (inspired by Eugène Ionesco"s Rhinoceros) was accepted into The New York International Fringe Festival 2007. Fogler is editing his own movie Hysterical Psycho, which he also directed.
Fogler starred as Kenny Hayden in the short-lived television series Manitoba Up! His impersonation of comedian Sam Kinison led him to be attached to play the titular role in a planned Home Box Office biopic of the book Brother Sam, but this project never came to fruition. Instead Josh Gad (who also replaced Fogler in Spelling Bee) was cast when the film was eventually made in 2013.
In 2013, he appeared in the science fiction thriller film Europa Report.