Bill Brochtrup

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 Universitys Tisch School of the Arts His theatre credits include David Marshall Grants Snakebit OffBroadway 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 830 Sinan Unels Pera Palas Black Dahlia Theatre Jonathan Tolins Secrets of the Trade Richard Kramers Theater District both directed by Matt Shakman The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Bach at Leipzig Small Tragedy LA Theatre Works The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial The Caine Mutiny CourtMartial and Pasadena Playhouse If Memory Serves He can be seen in the feature films Life as We Know It Hes 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 Bravos 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 bestselling book of essays I Love You Mom told his original stories at UnCabaret 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia