Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning 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 confirmed his death to CBC News, saying he had died after a brief illness.
The Chicago-born actor had his breakthrough role in 1989’s Glorystarring 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, Braugher told The Associated Press in 2019 that he struggled to find work in a Hollywood where parts for African American actors were “few and far between. Period.”
But he would establish himself with the role of Det. Frank Pembleton, which he would play for seven seasons in Homicide: Life on the Streeta gritty NBC police drama based on a book by David Simon.
Years later he would play a very different kind of cop on a very different kind of show, shifting to comedy as Capt. Ray Holt on the Andy Samberg-starring Fox series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It would run for eight seasons from 2013 to 2021.
Braugher was nominated for 11 Emmys and won twice.
He was married for more than 30 years to Ami Brabson, who played his wife on Homicide. They had three sons.
His death was first reported by Deadline.
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