Bill Brochtrup

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birthplace = Inglewood, California

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), Richard Kramer's "Theater District" (Boston and LA), Jonathan Tolins's "If Memory Serves" (Pasadena Playhouse), James Duff's "A Quarrel of Sparrows", Peter Hunt's production of "Death Takes a Holiday", and Joe Pintauro's "Raft of the Medusa". He has appeared in Los Angeles productions of Marivaux ("The Triumph of Love"), Strindberg ("A Dream Play"), and "D. H. Lawrence" ("The Fox"), and most recently in Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" at South Coast Repertory, and Sinan Unel's epic "Pera Palas" a co-production of the Theatre @ Boston Court and the Antaeus Company, of which he is a member.

He can be seen in the feature films "Duck", "Ravenous", "Man of the Year", and "Space Marines", the television movies "Betrayed" and "Two Small Voices". He has appeared on television shows as varied as "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!", hosted AIDS Walks across the country, supports animal rescue organizations like the SPCA and has traveled the Middle East, Far East, Mediterranean, and Balkans meeting servicemen and women during Handshake Tours for the USO.

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