[1] After high school, Doherty became a deadhead, following the Grateful Dead around the country, mostly by hitchhiking, for five years.
He appeared in television shows including Showtime's Brotherhood and ABC's Body of Proof.
He moved to Los Angeles in 2011 and has since worked with writer/director Billy Van Zandt on his farce Drop Dead!, director/acting coach Larry Moss on the Los Angeles premiere of Neil LaBute's play In a Dark Dark House, actor/director Ronnie Marmo and actor/writer Jon Polito on the world premiere play 86'd, actors Kevin Chamberlin, Eric Kramer, and Omar Benson Miller on the short film Meat and Potatoes, and had three roles in the animated feature film Icky: An American dog story starring Dan Lauria, Jonathan Silverman, Meredith Salenger, and Jennifer Finnigan.
An eccentric, larger than life, washed up method actor trying to make a career comeback in an off off off off off off off broadway show in the farce/comedy Drop Dead!
The play was directed by Larry Moss and Doherty had one sole performance was at the Matrix theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday August 27, 2014.