Dan Hewitt Owens (born July 5, 1947) is an American actor, director and screenwriter.

[1] Owens served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1966 to 1972.

He began as an actor working on stage continuing to film, episodic television, soap operas, and TV commercials.

He appeared in LBJ, Our Brand is Crisis, Dark Places, Last Vegas, and Project Puppies for Christmas.

With numerous TV credits, he most recently guest starred on Adam Ruins Everything and co-starred on episodes of Parks and Recreation and Criminal Minds.