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Andre Braugher Dies: Star Of ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ & Other Series And Films Was 61 Andre Braugher has died. The two-time Emmy-winning star of series including Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age and Brooklyn Nine-Nine was 61. Braugher, whose first film role came alongside Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington in the Ed Zwick-directed Glory, died on Monday after a brief illness. While Braugher peppered his resume with comedies, many will remember him for his ferocious portrayal as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC drama Homicide: Life on the Street. Put him in the box, sweating out and outsmarting crime suspects in the interrogation room, and you were looking at a weekly dose of tour de force acting, as good as it got on television during that period of time. He won an Emmy for that show he starred in from 1992-98 and Homicide is also where he met his wife, actress Ami Brabson. Along with her, Braugher leaves behind sons Michael, Isaiah and John Wesley, as well as his brother Charles Jennings and his mother Sally Braugher. He also leaves behind WME agent Brandt Joel, attorney Keith Klevan and his publicist Jennifer Allen of Viewpoint, his rep team for the past 25 years.  James Earl Jones and Andre Braugher in ‘Homicide: Life in the Street’ Born and raised in Chicago — he earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.F.A. from Juilliard — Braugher most recently co-starred in She Said, the drama film retelling of The New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohy, whose reporting led to the prosecution of Harvey Weinstein and sparked the #MeToo movement. André starred as Dean Baquet, the New York Times Executive Editor who oversaw the two reporters. Braugher was going to star in the Netflix show Residence as his next project, meant to begin filming early next year. He also starred in the sixth and final season of Paramount+’s legal drama The Good Fight, alongside Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald. André starred as showman lawyer and rainmaker Ri’Chard Lane. For eight seasons, Braugher starred alongside Andy Samberg in the hit comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and he won two Critics Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and received four Emmy Award nominations for his role as Captain Ray Holt in the series. Braugher before that starred on the critically acclaimed TNT series Men of a Certain Age alongside Ray Romano and Scott Bakula. He received two Emmy nominations for his role as an anxiety stricken diabetic dad on the show. He also starred in the 2008 sci-fi mini-series The Andromeda Strain alongside Benjamin Bratt and Eric McCormack for A&E.  (L-R) Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher in ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ He won an Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Mini-Series and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his starring role in mini-series Thief, which aired on FX. He also starred in the TNT original four-hour mini-series Salem’s Lot based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King. Prior to that film, he starred in the Showtime Original Film A Soldier’s Girl. Braugher starred in the critically acclaimed CBS series Hack opposite David Morse and in the Showtime Original Film 10,000 Black Men Named George with Charles Dutton and Mario Van Peebles for director Robert Townsend. André served as Executive Producer on this film, and he received an NAACP Award nomination for his role as A. Philip Randolph. He also starred in the critically acclaimed ABC drama series Gideon’s Crossing, getting Emmy and Golden Globe noms for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. Ben Gideon. Braugher made his directorial debut with one vignette of the Showtime trilogy Love Songs, in which he also starred, and he starred in the TNT telefilm Passing Glory (1999), for director Steve James (Hoop Dreams).  (L-R) Andre Braugher, John Waters and Chris Noth in ‘Homicide’ Braugher received a second Emmy Award nomination in 1996 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series for his work in the Peabody Award-winning HBO production The Tuskeegee Airmen. His other television credits include the ABC drama “Last Resort,” reprising his Emmy-winning role of Detective Frank Pembleton in the two-hour NBC Special Homicide: The Movie (2000); the title role in The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990), HBO’s Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990) and NBC’s Murder in Mississippi (1990). He began his television career as the late Telly Savalas’ sidekick in television movies based on the original Kojak series. In addition to Braugher’s success on the small screen, audiences have seen him star in a variety of feature film roles. He voiced a role in the animated feature Spirit Untamed (2021); he co-starred in the feature film Baytown Outlaws (2012); co-starred in Salt (2010) opposite Angelina Jolie for director Phillip Noyce; co-starred in Passengers (2008) opposite Anne Hathaway; in the Frank Darabont The Mist (2007) based on the novel by Stephen King; in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007); in the thriller Poseidon (2006); in Duets (2000) opposite Gwyneth Paltrow for director Bruce Paltrow; in the independent feature A Better Way to Die (2000); and alongside Dennis Quaid in the critically praised film Frequency (2000). Before that he starred with Alec Baldwin in the independent film Thick As Thieves (1999), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and later aired on HBO; he was a part of an ensemble cast, which included Jeff Daniels, Gary Sinise, Joan Allen and Anna Paquin, in director Jim Stern’s All The Rage (1999); and starred in City of Angels (1998) with Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, and Dennis Franz. Other feature turns included Primal Fear (1996) with Richard Gere, which marked his first collaboration with Frequency director Gregory Hoblit; Spike Lee’s Get on the Bus (1996); and Glory (1989), the Oscar-winning story of America’s first unit of black soldiers during the Civil War. On the live stage, Braugher appeared on stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival in Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, in the title role of Henry V, which earned him an Obie Award and in As You Like It. At Joseph Papp’s Public Theater, he performed in The Way of the World, and Shakespeare’s Richard II and Coriolanus. He played Iago in the Folger Shakespeare Festival production of Othello and performed the title role in Macbeth for the Philadelphia Drama Guild. He also starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man. Braugher presented the New York premiere of Oni Faida Lampley’s Tough Titty along with his wife Ami Brabson who starred in the lead role in the play. Inspired by Lampley’s own experiences, Tough Titty follows a woman whose breast cancer diagnosis sends her on a journey of self-discovery as she learns to face the disease, her family, and her community. He also starred in the world premiere of Tell Them I’m Still Young by Julia Doolittle at the South Orange Performing Arts Center. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Classical Theatre of Harlem, where Braugher served on the board. |
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| One of my favorite actors. ☹️ I will miss that smile. | ||
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| That sucks real bad. Loved brooklyn 99 and he was awesome on it. | ||
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| What an amazing talent lost to us | ||
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| Aww dang. | ||
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| Very sad. Rest In Peace Andre Braugher. | ||
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| So, so sad, he was such a great talent. RIP | ||
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| Oh no! He was so brilliant. Glory is an important film and he brought so much to it. Very sorry to hear this. | ||
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| Damn may he rest in peace | ||
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| Lance Reddick and Andre Braugher gone within months of each other, neither of them very old, RIP. | ||
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