Andre Braugher, Star of ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ Dies

One of the best TV actors in historical past has died. Andre Braugher, finest identified for his work as policemen on the drama sequence Homicide: Life on the Street and the comedy sequence Brooklyn Nine-Nine, handed away on Monday after what his publicist solely described within the press as “a brief illness.” Braugher was solely 61 years previous.

Braugher was born in Chicago and attended the Julliard School. His first function got here in movie, showing as one of the troopers in Glory the Civil War drama a few regiment of African American troopers within the Union Army. Braugher made many extra appearances in films, together with roles in Primal Fear, Get on the Bus, City of Angels, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Salt, and his most up-to-date challenge, She Said, the place he gave a usually sturdy efficiency as New York Times editor Dean Baquet.

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But Braugher was much better identified for his work on tv, the place he had two extraordinarily memorable long-term roles, and many different appearances. He performed sidekick to Telly Savalas’ Kojak in a sequence of TV films, and then turned a forged member on the cop sequence Homicide: Life on the Street. Inspired by the non-fiction guide in regards to the Baltimore Police Department — and in some ways a forerunner to Simon’s influential HBO sequence The Wire — Homicide was by no means a rankings smash throughout its seven seasons on NBC, however it routinely ranked amongst essentially the most critically acclaimed reveals of its period, with Braugher’s efficiency as grasp detective Frank Pembleton routinely being singled out for reward.

In 1998, Braugher received the Primetime Emmy for Best Actor for his intense efficiency as Pembleton. (Braugher was nominated for a complete of 11 Emmys and one two; the second got here as Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his function within the FX sequence Thief.)

Braugher appeared on six of Homicide’s seven seasons, and returned for the series-concluding Homicide: The Movie. More just lately, Braugher had a second run on successful police sequence when he performed Captain Raymond Holt on the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Braugher appeared as Holt on all eight seasons of the sequence, and remained with the present because it bounced from Fox to NBC.

In between Homicide and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Braugher starred in each seasons of the award-winning Men of a Certain Age and each seasons of the CBS crime sequence Hack. He additionally starred within the lead function on Gideon’s Crossing, the medical drama that aired for one season in 2000 and 2001 on ABC, and had memorable recurring roles on reveals like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, House, and BoJack Horseman, the place he voiced California Governor Woodchuck Coodchuck-Berkowitz.

As that selection of credit suggests, Braugher was a outstanding expertise with an infinite vary. He was equally at house in gritty drama as he was in broad comedy. There was seemingly no finish to what he may do. This is a horrible loss.