Biography
With his sweet smile and peppy attitude, Bill Brochtrup, the openly gay blond with boy-next-door good looks, won the role in 1994 after playing a homosexual model with AIDS in the L.A. stage production of "The Raft of the Medusa". What followed during two seasons of recurring appearances was a chance to see not just Brochtrup's fine acting, but the character of Det. Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) finding he could relate to a gay male as a human being …
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Career Milestones
1999 | Made NYC stage debut playing a leading role in the Off-Broadway show "Snakebit"; reprised role in 2000 L.A. production | |
1998 | Reprised role of John Irvin on "NYPD Blue" on a recurring basis; made regular as of February 1999 | |
1997 | Featured in the short-lived ABC drama "Total Security", produced by Bochco | |
1996 | Reprised role of John Irvin on the short-lived, Bochco-produced CBS sitcom "Public Morals" | |
1995 | Created role of John Irvin on "NYPD Blue" (ABC), produced by Steven Bochco | |
1993 | Breakthrough stage role as a model with AIDS in "The Raft of the Medusa" | |
1989 | Feature film debut, "Kinjite: Forbidden Subject" | |
1989 | TV-movie debut, "Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure" (ABC), billed as William Brochtrup | |
1989 | First primetime guest appearance, an episode of "Murder, She Wrote"; billed as William Brochtrup | |
| Had first acting roles on "Divorce Court" and "Superior Court" | ||
| Began appearing in commercials | ||
1985 | Moved to L.A. after graduating from NYU | |
| Raised in Bellevue and Tacoma, Washington | ||
| Born in California | ||
Awards
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in NYPD Blue |