William ‘Bill’ Brochtrup was born in Inglewood,
California on March 7, 1963. Bill was raised in Lakewood, Washington where he
attended Lakes High School and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Theatre credits for Brochtrup include David Marshall
Grant's Snakebit (off-Broadway 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[2] (Peace In Our Time, The Malcontent, Cousin
Bette, Tonight at 8:30, Sinan Unel's Pera Palas), Black Dahlia Theatre
(Jonathan Tolins' Secrets of the Trade, Richard Kramer's Theater District, both
directed by Matt Shakman), The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (Bach at Leipzig, Small
Tragedy), L.A. Theatre Works (The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, The Caine
Mutiny Court-Martial), and Pasadena Playhouse (If Memory Serves).
He 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”.
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. He has appeared on television shows as
varied as Dexter, Without a Trace, the animated children's series The Wild
Thornberrys (as the voice of a dolphin), Major Crimes (as Dr. Joe Bowman), and
Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown. Brochtrup is a frequent guest host of the PBS
newsmagazine In The Life.
He has written for Out magazine. The best-selling book of
essays I Love You, Mom! includes his
original stories at Un-Cabaret and numerous spoken word events. He has hosted
AIDS Walks across the country, supports animal rescue organizations like the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 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.
BROCHTRUP, Bill
(William Brochtrup) [3/7/1963,
Inglewood, California, U.S.A. - ] –
film, TV actor, writer.
Ravenous – 1998 (Lindus)
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