Bill Brochtrup is thrilled to return to the Fountain Theatre where he appeared in Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart and Michael McKeever’s Daniel’s Husband, both directed by Simon Levy.

He is best known for playing “John Irvin,” the cheerful administrative aide, on ABC’s Emmy Award-winning police drama, NYPD Blue. In 2019 he reprised his role in the rebooted NYPD Blue pilot.

Other series regular and recurring roles include CBS’ Public Morals, ABC’s Total Security, Showtime’s Shameless, Amazon’s digital drama After Forever, and a five-season run as savvy police psychologist “Dr. Joe” on TNT’s Major Crimes.

His film work includes Hypnotized, Life As We Know It, He’s Just Not That Into You, Duck, Ravenous, and Space Marines.

In addition to the Fountain Theatre, his Los Angeles stage credits include work at Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, LA Theatre Works, Odyssey Theatre, Rogue Machine, and Antaeus Theatre Company, where he served as Artistic Director for twelve years.

He produced the Ambie-nominated fiction podcast series The Zip Code Plays, 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!

Bill 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 troops in the Persian Gulf, Atlantic, Mediterranean, Germany, Japan, Bosnia, and Kosovo.