Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star, dead at 61
- Two-time Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher died on Monday after a brief illness, publicist says
- He captivated audiences in Homicide: Life on the Street, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, among other roles
Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning US actor best known for his roles on the series Homicide: Life on The Street and Brooklyn Nine-Nine died Monday at age 61.
Braugher’s publicist Jennifer Allen told said the actor died after a short illness.
The Chicago-born actor had his breakthrough role in 1989’s Glory, starring alongside Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington, who won an Oscar for the film about an all-Black army regiment during the Civil War.
Despite the part, he told Associated Press in 2019 that he struggled to find work in a Hollywood where roles for African-American actors were “few and far between. Period”.
But he would establish himself with the role of Detective Frank Pembleton, which he would play for seven seasons in Homicide: Life on the Street, a gritty police drama on NBC based on a book by David Simon, who would go on to create The Wire.
He would win his first career Emmy for the role, taking the trophy for lead actor in a drama series in 1998.