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Bill Brochtrup

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62 Years Old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bill Brochtrup (born March 7, 1963) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is known for playing "PAA John Irvin", the gay administrative aide, on NYPD Blue. Brochtrup was born in Inglewood, California and raised in Tacoma, Washington, attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His theatre credits include David Marshall Grant's Snakebit (Off-Broadway at the Century Center and in Los Angeles at the Coast Playhouse), South Coast Repertory (Noises Off, Taking Steps, The Real Thing), The Antaeus Company (Cousin Bette, Tonight at 8:30, Sinan Unel's Pera Palas), Black Dahlia Theatre (Jonathan Tolins' Secrets of the Trade, Richard Kramer's Theater District, both directed by Matt Shakman), The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (Bach at Leipzig, Small Tragedy), L.A. Theatre Works (The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial), and Pasadena Playhouse (If Memory Serves). He can be seen in the feature films Life as We Know It, He's Just Not That Into You, Duck, Ravenous, Man of the Year, and Space Marines. He has appeared on television shows as varied as Dexter, Without a Trace, The Wild Thornberrys (as the voice of a dolphin), and Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown. Brochtrup is a frequent guest host of the PBS newsmagazine In The Life, and has been a series regular on three Steven Bochco shows, CBS sitcom Public Morals, ABC drama Total Security, and seven seasons on NYPD Blue. He has written for Out magazine and the best-selling book of essays I Love You, Mom!, told his original stories at Un-Cabaret and numerous Spoken Word events, hosted AIDS Walks across the country, supports animal rescue organizations like the SPCA and has traveled the Persian Gulf, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Germany, Japan, Bosnia and Kosovo meeting servicemen and women during Handshake Tours for the USO and Armed Forces Entertainment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Brochtrup, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Inglewood - California - USA on 7th March 1963

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Without a Trace
Edgar
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Diagnosis: Murder
Paramedic
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Shameless
Hal
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Dexter
Funeral Director
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Murder, She Wrote
Leo Gunderson
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Murder, She Wrote
Gene Gains
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Tour of Duty
Brockman
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NYPD Blue
John Irvin
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ALF
Charlie
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Birds of a Feather
Tour Guide
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Dharma & Greg
Steve
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Major Crimes
Dr. Joe Bowman
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Total Security
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Public Morals
John Irvin
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The Wild Thornberrys
Colin (voice)
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After Forever
Frank
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He's Just Not That Into You
Larry
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Life As We Know It
Gary
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Ravenous
Lindus
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TV Revolution
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Hairdresser
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Duck
Leopold
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The Arrival
Ace
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Rockula
Roadie
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Two Voices
David Ivey
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Man of the Year
Pledge Cartwright
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Betrayed: A Story of Three Women
Patrick McGraw
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Hypnotized
Kyle
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Space Marines
Hacker
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Not Again!
Glen