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Bill Brochtrup

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Bill Brochtrup is a stage, film, and television actor, best known for playing "John Irvin," the cheerful administrative aide on ABC TV's Emmy Award-winning police drama, NYPD Blue (1993). Along with the rest of the cast, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble.

In addition to series regular roles on two other Steven Bochco dramas, Public Morals (1996) and Total Security (1997) he has had recurring roles on Jon Avnet's web-series Kendra (2012) and Showtime's Shameless (2011), as well as a five season run as police psychologist "Dr. Joe" on TNT's Major Crimes (2012).

His film work includes Hypnotized, Life as We Know It (2010), He's Just Not That Into You (2009), Duck (2005), Ravenous (1999), and Space Marines (1996).

Onstage he has appeared at Primary Stages, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, LA Theatre Works, NY Fringe Festival, Odyssey Theatre, Black Dahlia Theatre, Rogue Machine, and the Fountain Theatre.

He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles' acclaimed Classical Theatre ensemble.

He has told his original comic stories at numerous Spoken Word events and has written for Out magazine and the bestselling collection of essays I Love You, Mom!

He has hosted AIDS Walks across the country, is an SPCA "Friend for Life," and has spent numerous holidays abroad with the USO and Armed Forces Entertainment, visiting our Troops in the Persian Gulf, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Germany, Japan, Bosnia, and Kosovo.

He was born in Inglewood, CA, raised in Tacoma, WA, studied at NYU, and resides in Los Angeles.
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Still of Bill Brochtrup in Major Crimes
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Bill Brochtrup in Major Crimes (2012)
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Bill Brochtrup in NYPD Blue (1993)
Bill Brochtrup in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Bill Brochtrup in Major Crimes (2012)
Bill Brochtrup in Major Crimes (2012)
Bill Brochtrup and Brett Davern in Major Crimes (2012)
Bill Brochtrup in NYPD Blue (1993)
Bill Brochtrup, Melissa McCarthy, Will Sasso, Rob Huebel, and Jessica St. Clair in Life as We Know It (2010)

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Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Gordon Clapp, and Nicholas Turturro in NYPD Blue (1993)
NYPD Blue
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  • John Irvin
Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
Major Crimes
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  • Dr. Joe Bowman
Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Ben Affleck, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Justin Long in He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
He's Just Not That Into You
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  • Larry
  • 2009
Mitchell Anderson and Kevin Spirtas in After Forever (2018)
After Forever
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  • Frank

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  • Hypnotized
    • Completed
  • The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles (2020)
    The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles
  • Shameless Hall of Shame (2020)
    Shameless Hall of Shame
  • Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Ricky Schroder, Henry Simmons, Bill Brochtrup, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (1993)
    NYPD Blue
  • Mitchell Anderson and Kevin Spirtas in After Forever (2018)
    After Forever
  • Bill Brochtrup, Doris Morgado, and Jeremy Whitehead in Finding Home (2018)
    Finding Home
  • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
    Major Crimes
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
  • Sarah Jones in Kendra (2012)
    Kendra
  • No Boundaries (2012)
    No Boundaries
  • Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel in Life as We Know It (2010)
    Life as We Know It
  • Dexter (2006)
    Dexter
  • Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Ben Affleck, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Justin Long in He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
    He's Just Not That Into You
  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Anthony LaPaglia, Josh Hopkins, Enrique Murciano, Eric Close, Poppy Montgomery, and Roselyn Sanchez in Without a Trace (2002)
    Without a Trace
  • Philip Baker Hall in Duck (2005)
    Duck
  • Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits, Sharon Lawrence, James McDaniel, Gordon Clapp, and Nicholas Turturro in NYPD Blue (1993)
    NYPD Blue

Producer

  • The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles (2020)
    The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles

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Bill Brochtrup ~ Demo Reel

Personal details

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    • March 7
    • Inglewood, California, USA
  • Other works
    Reprises his role as George Bridge in the play Theatre District at the SpeakEasy Stage Company (at the Boston Center for the Arts) in Boston, Massachusetts. He originally played the part in Los Angeles, CA in 2004.
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    • 4 Interviews
    • 11 Articles
    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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    The American Psychological Association Media Watch Committee awarded him the Golden Psi Award for his role as Dr. Joe Bowman on the TNT television series Major Crimes (2012). The award is given for the most accurate and responsible portrayal of mental health professionals in film, television, theater, video games or other media.

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