Bill Brochtrup (born March 7, 1963) is an Americanfilm and televisionactor. Brochtrup is best known for playing John Irvin, a gay character on NYPD Blue. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... Template:C20YearInnTopic 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Dennis Franz and David Caruso on the NYPD Blue first season DVD cover NYPD Blue was a long-running American television police drama. ...
BillBrochtrup got his big career break when he was cast for two episodes on "NYPD Blue" during the show's second season.
When "NYPD Blue" co-creator Steven Bochco hired Brochtrup to reprise the role of John Irvin in the sitcom "Public Morals," it created the very rare occasion for one character to appear both in a drama and a comedy, and on two different networks.
Brochtrup, who once backpacked across Europe, enjoys traveling to exotic places, so much so that he spent the 4th of July with U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on a USO "meet and greet" tour.