Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor, dies aged 61
Andre Braugher, who starred as Captain Raymond Holt in the hit comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine and as Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street, has died aged ; The actor died on https://rb.gy/iom23s after a brief illness, his publicist confirmed.
Instantly recognisable for his deep voice, Braugher came to fame on the NBC drama Homicide: Life on the Street, which ran from 1992 He won an Emmy for his portrayal of https://rb.gy/iom23s tenacious, arrogant Detective Frank Pembleton in 1998But it was his performance as the deadpan Captain Raymond Holt in the hit comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine that made him most famous, appearing alongside Andy Samberg in eight He won two Critics Choice Awards for best supporting actor in a comedy series and received four Emmy nominations for his performance as Holt, the precinct’s no-nonsense, Black and gay boss.
Born in 1962 in Chicago as the youngest of four children, Braugher studied theatre on a Stanford scholarship before attending the Juilliard School for dramaHis first film role came in ’s Glory when he played a Union soldier in one of the American civil war’s earliest African American regiments. The film earned three Oscars, including best supporting actor for Braugher’s co-star Denzel

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