Emmy Award-winning actor André Braugher, best known for his roles in Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has died at 61.
Braugher died Monday, Dec. 11, after a brief illness, Deadline reports. The actor first rose to prominence starring alongside Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington in Ed Zwick’s 1989 Academy Award-winning film Glory.
He went on to dominate roles in scripted television, including Thief, which earned him his first Emmy, and his iconic portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC drama Homicide: Life on the Street. The latter earned him two Emmys and two Television Critics Association Awards in 1997 and 1998.
His other prominent role includes starring alongside Andy Samberg as Captain Raymond Holt in the hit comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The show earned him two Critics Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and four Emmy Award nominations for the show that started on Fox and later moved to NBC.
He also appeared on the TNT series Men of a Certain Age alongside Ray Romano and Scott Bakula, which earned him two Emmy nominations for his portrayal of a diabetic dad.
Braugher also starred in several movies, including The Mist, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Frequency, Thick as Thieves, and City of Angels. Most recently, he co-starred in the drama She Said, which retold the story of two journalists whose reporting led to the prosecution of Harvey Weinstein and sparked the #MeToo movement.
Before his passing, he was slated to star in the Netflix show Residence as his next project. Born and raised in Chicago, Braugher was a trained actor who earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.F.A. from Juilliard.
He was married to Ami Brabson, who played a recurring role as Pembleton’s wife on Homicide, since 1993. He was a father to three sons, John Wesley Braugher, Michael Braugher, and Isaiah Braugher.
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