Andre Braugher, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Actor Dies At 61
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" actor Andre Braugher has died after a brief illness, a representative said. He was 61.
Details about the illness were not available. His two best-known roles were police officers. Braugher won an Emmy for his depiction of police detective Frank Pembleton on the 1990s series “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
He came to be known to a new generation of TV viewers in 2013 as a deadpan police captain on NBC's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
He was nominated for Emmy Awards 11 times and won twice, including for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie in 2006 for his role as Nick Atwater in the FX Network production “Thief.” His award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series came in 1998 for portraying Pembleton.
Braugher also had roles in "Law & Order: SVU" and other serious dramas and films, including "The Tuskegee Airmen." In 2000 and 2001, he portrayed Dr. Ben Gideon on the ABC drama "Gideon’s Crossing."
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