Bill Brochtrup is known for his role playing PAA John Irvin, a principal administrative assistant, on the ABC television drama NYPD Blue.
10 Facts About Bill Brochtrup
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Bill Brochtrup was billed as "William Brochtrup" in some of his earliest roles in the 1980s.
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Bill Brochtrup appeared 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.
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Bill Brochtrup has been a series regular on three Steven Bochco shows: CBS sitcom Public Morals, ABC drama Total Security, and seven seasons on the ABC drama NYPD Blue.
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Bill Brochtrup has appeared on television shows as varied as Dexter, Without a Trace, the animated children's series The Wild Thornberrys, Major Crimes, and Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown.
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Bill Brochtrup is a frequent guest host of the PBS newsmagazine In The Life.
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Bill Brochtrup has hosted AIDS Walks across the country, supports animal rescue organizations like the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and has travelled the Persian Gulf, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Germany, Japan, Bosnia and Kosovo meeting servicemen and women during Handshake Tours for the United Service Organizations and Armed Forces Entertainment.
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Bill Brochtrup came out to People magazine as gay in 1997.
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Bill Brochtrup said, "[C]asting directors have known [that] for years," and assured that being gay would have no "adverse effect" on his career, even with potential typecasting.
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In 2012, Bill Brochtrup said that he has not regretted coming out back then.