Dan lives in the Evergreen Forest and is the Chief Forest Ranger. His children are Julie and Tommy.
Dan has been voiced by a variety of voice actors; Rupert Holmes in The Christmas Raccoons; Leo Sayer in The Raccoons on Ice; John Schneider in The Raccoons and the Lost Star; Kevin Gillis (the series' creator) in The Raccoons: Let's Dance!; and Murray Cruchley in The Raccoons TV series.