David Dean Bottrell (born April 6, 1959) is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter best known for playing on numerous TV series & as Lincoln Meyer on 8 episodes of the ABC television series Boston Legal. He is also the author of "Working Actor: Breaking In, Making a Living and Making a Life in the Fabulous Trenches of Show Business" published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House.
He started his career in New York, working at such theatres as the Second Stage, the Public Theater, the Manhattan Punch Line and regionally at the Long Wharf Theatre and the Actors Theatre of Louisville. His television work includes guest starring roles on And the Band Played On, Head of the Class, JAG, Caroline in the City, Mad About You, Dharma & Greg, Days of Our Lives, Ugly Betty, Criminal Minds, iCarly, Castle, Bones, Harry's Law, NCIS, Justified, Mad Men, Longmire, Modern Family, Law & Order: SVU, Rectify and The Blacklist.
He also co-wrote (with Jessie Jones) the off-Broadway play Dearly Departed, which he and Jones later adapted into a film version titled Kingdom Come, starring Whoopi Goldberg, LL Cool J and Jada Pinkett Smith, produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Bottrell has written about his experiences in the entertainment industry for the Huffington Post, Backstage, Salon.com and MetroSource magazine.Metrosource Magazine On stage, he was one of the original cast members of both the Los Angeles and New York companies of the long-running comedy revue, Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues performed by an All-Male Company in which he performed a 6-minute rendition of the entire plot of Out of Africa.
In the summer of 2011, Bottrell (who is openly gay) performed his comedic one-man show, David Dean Bottrell Makes Love: A One-Man Show at the Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2019, Bottrell brought a heavily revised version of the show to New York's Dixon Place and, in January 2020, Penguin Random House Audio recorded a live version of the show, releasing it as an audiobook on 11 Feb. 2020.
Bottrell has taught acting at UCLA and The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (both the New York and Los Angeles campuses). He is also one of the producers of Sci-Fest, the first annual Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival, held annually in May.
Filmography Films + Film Year Title Role Notes2010For Christ's SakeSamBad KittyMan(Short)2012The Strangely NormalPrissy Dad(Short)2014FistDr. Avery(Short)2016So B. ItDietz2017The Lady KillersPaul's Client(post-production)Christmas Eve Eve Or: the Things I Can't Remember Phil(Short)
TV + Television Year Title Role Notes1990Head of the ClassChip (credited as David Bottrell)(TV Series), 1 episode: "The Reel Charlie Moore"1993And the Band Played OnMan #3(TV Movie)1995JAGMcKissick(TV Series), 1 episode: "Brig Break"1996Shadow (TV Series) (credited as David Dean)(TV Series), 1 episodeSpace: Above and BeyondMonitor #2 (credited as David Botrell)(TV Series), 1 episode: "Who Monitors the Birds?"1997Caroline in the CityCustomer #2 (credited as David Bottrell)(TV Series), 1 episode: "Caroline and the Novelist"1998Mad About YouAnimal Handler(TV Series), 1 episode: "There's a Puma in the Kitchen"Dharma & GregPatron (credited as David Botrell)(TV Series), 1 episode: "Old Yeller"2000TitusBobby (credited as David Bottrell)(TV Series), 1 episode: "Sex with Pudding"2006Boston LegalLincoln Meyer(TV Series), 8 episodes2007Women's Murder ClubOliver Duprix(TV Series), 1 episode: "To Drag & to Hold"Ugly BettyLawyer(TV Series), 1 episode: "Family/Affair"2009Criminal MindsChad Brown(TV Series), 1 episode: "Amplification"2010iCarlyBob(TV Series), 1 episode: "iGot a Hot Room"CastleByron H. Singer(TV Series), 1 episode: "Murder Most Fowl"2011Away(TV Movie)Harry's LawPastor Darcy(TV Series), 1 episode: "Bad to Worse"Days of Our LivesAl(TV Series), 1 episode: "6 episodes"2012The WatcherDr. Kramon(TV Series), 1 episode: "The Good Doctor"NCISAssistant Director of Operations Donald Linder(TV Series), 1 episode: "You Better Watch Out"Holly's HolidayMaitre D'(TV Movie)True BloodProfessor Kannell(TV Series), 1 episode: "Gone, Gone, Gone"2013Mad MenPreacher(TV Series), 1 episode: "In Care Of"Save MeBrian(TV Series), 1 episode: "Whatever the Weather"JustifiedAlvin(TV Series), 1 episode: "This Bird Has Flown"2014HairapyKevin Q(TV Series), 4 episodesCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationBruce Grady(TV Series), 1 episode: "Let's Make a Deal"BonesTripp Warshaw(TV Series), 1 episode: "The Cold in the Case"American KokoSparrow(TV Series), 1 episode: "Don't Black Girls Go to Baptist Church Anymore"2015Law & Order: Special Victims UnitStan(TV Series), 1 episode: "Melancholy Pursuit"LongmireJerry Napek(TV Series), 1 episode: "Highway Robbery"Mandie and EarringParty Dad(TV Series), 1 episodeDigJohn Donaldson(TV Series), 1 episode: "Trust No One"2016RectifyDaniel's Therapist(TV Series), 2 episodes: "Happy Unburdening" and "All I'm Sayin'"MistressesFather O'Brian(TV Series), 1 episode: "The Show Must Go On"Modern FamilyMr. Wilkerson(TV Series), 1 episode: "Thunk in the Trunk"2017The BlacklistConductor(TV Series), 1 episode: "Dr. Bogdan Krilov (No. 29) "2018-2019After Forever (TV Series)Paul #2(TV Series), 13 episodes2026Widow's BayPastor Collins(TV Series), 1 episode: "Our History"
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