David Dean Bottrell

David Dean Bottrell
Born	David Dean Bottrell Kentucky
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present

David Dean Bottrell is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter best known for playing the creepy and homicidal “Lincoln Meyer” on 8 episodes of the ABC television series “Boston Legal.”

He also co-wrote (with Jessie Jones) ^[1] the off-Broadway play, “Dearly Departed” which he and Jones later adapted into a film version entitled “Kingdom Come” starring Whoopi Goldberg, LL Cool J and Jada Pinkett Smith, produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures.^[2]

Bottrell blogs about his experiences in the entertainment industry for the Huffington Post ^[3] and writes a monthly humor column for MetroSource Magazine.^[4] His short film, “Available Men” premiered in the 2006 HBO Comedy Festival and went on to win 17 awards on the film festival circuit. On stage, he was one of the original cast members of both the Los Angeles and New York companies of the long-running comedy revue, “Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Company” in which he performed his critically acclaimed 6-minute rendition of the entire plot of Out of Africa.^[5]

Known for his quirky characterizations, he started his career in New York, working at such theatres as the Second Stage, the Public Theater, the Manhattan Punch Line and regionally at the Long Wharf Theatre and the Actors Theatre of Louisville. His television work includes guest starring roles on “Head of the Class,” “JAG,” “Caroline in the City,” “Mad About You,” “Dharma & Greg,” “Days of our Lives,” “Ugly Betty,” “Criminal Minds,” ““iCarly,” "Castle” and “Harry's Law.”

In the summer of 2011, he performed his comedic one-man show, “David Dean Bottrell Makes Love” to sold out houses at the Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles.

References

1. ^ http://www.theatrewesternsprings.com/Actives/archives/Departed/Departed.htm
2. ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C04E1D61F3EF932A25757C0A9679C8B63
3. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-dean-bottrell
4. ^ Metrosource Magazine
5. ^ http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/08-2009/david-dean-bottrell-roy-cruz-taylor-negron-et-al-s_20943.html

External links

David Dean Bottrell at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Bottrell, David Dean
Alternative names
Short description	Comedian
Date of birth
Place of birth	Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death