Jim Brochu (born August 16, 1946) is an American actor, writer, director, and playwright. Brochu wrote and starred Off-Broadway in Zero Hour, a one-person play about the life and career of actor and comedian Zero Mostel, from 2009–2010. For this performance, he won the Drama DeskGans, Andrew."Red, Memphis, Bridge, Fences and La Cage Win Drama Desk Awards" playbill.com, May 23, 2010 award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
Biography Brochu was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Carnegie-Mellon University and received his B.A. from St. Francis College. His stage debut was in a production of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. In 2005, he was nominated by the Los Angeles Ovation Awards as Best Actor in a Musical for The Big Voice, an honor he won from both the Palm Springs Desert Star Awards and the Valley Theatre League ADA Awards. In 2007 and 2008, he and Steve Schalchlin co-wrote the musical The Big Voice: God or Merman,"A Conversation"San Francisco Sentinel, August 14, 2007"'The Big Voice' listing thebigvoice.com, retrieved May 24, 2010 which Brochu starred in Off-Broadway. Honor Moore of the New York Times rated it highly. The Big Voice: God or Merman? was also given the Ovation Award as Best Musical, presented to Brochu and Schalchlin by Jerry Herman.
In June and November of 2018, Brochu revived his play Zero Hour for a limited time at the Theatre at Saint Clement’s in New York City and in The Actors’ Temple in Midtown Manhattan.
Brochu was a friend of Lucille Ball and is the author of her unauthorized biography, titled Lucy in the Afternoon, and in this capacity, appeared on an episode of MythBusters.
Recent Activity Brochu has most recently appeared in Season 1, Episode four of The Other Two titled "Chase Gets the Gays":
Episode originally aired February 14, 2019
Selected filmography Film Type YearLaw & Order TV movie 1976Kojak TV seriesSirota's Court TV series All My Children TV series 1985Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter TV movie 1991Cheers TV seriesMann & Machine TV series 1992Wings TV series 1993Mother of the Bride TV movieReasonable Doubts TV seriesBram & Alice TV series 2002
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External links
Official site Plays by Brochu at doollee.com "Jim Brochu at the Internet Off-Broadway Database listing