Actor Andre Braugher, known for his roles in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61

2023-12-13 12:08:35

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Known for his police roles in American series, the actor has accumulated eleven nominations for the Emmy Awards, the awards dedicated to television across the Atlantic.

Published on 13/12/2023 09:43 Updated on 13/12/2023 11:08

Reading time: 1 min American comedian Andre Braugher at the New York Film Festival, in New York, October 13, 2022. (DIA DIPASUPIL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

American actor Andre Braugher died at the age of 61, his press secretary, Jennifer Allen, said on Tuesday, December 12. Associated Pressconfirming information from the American specialist magazine Variety. He died Monday after a brief illness, his press secretary said. The actor, born in Chicago (Illinois), became known in 1989 in the film Glory starring Denzel Washington, which tells the story of an all-black army regiment during the Civil War.

Andre Braugher, who starred in such television series as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Homicide: Life on the Street,” has died. He was 61. pic.twitter.com/9qUWHpNqW9

— Variety (@Variety) December 13, 2023

But it was on television that he found fame with his role as detective Frank Pembleton, which he played from 1993 to 1998 in Homicidea detective series inspired by a book by Baltimore journalist David Simon, future author of another famous detective series centered on this city in the state of Maryland, The Wire (Bugged).

For this role of Frank Pembleton, Andre Braugher won his first Emmy Award (best actor in a drama series) in 1998. He won another, that of best actor in a miniseries or a film, in 2006, for his role in the mini-series Thief.

Editor-in-chief of “She said”

He then changed register to turn to comedy, playing Captain Ray Holt in the series Brooklyn Nine-Ninewith comedian Andy Samberg. “I just felt like it was an opportunity to do something remarkably different from the rest of my career”, he told AP in 2019.

During eight seasons, from 2013 to 2021, Andre Braugher accumulated four Emmy nominations. In total, he was appointed eleven times. Recently, the actor had played the role of an editor in the film She said (2022), which recounts the investigation of journalists from New York Times who revealed the sexual violence committed by Harvey Weinstein.