About Andre Braugher
Andre Keith Braugher ( BROW-ər; July 1, 1962 – December 11, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Captain Raymond Holt in the Fox/NBC police comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–2021). He won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. Braugher started his acting career as part of The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, appearing in Much Ado About Nothing, Coriolanus, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, and As You Like It. He transitioned his career into television, gaining roles in Kojak (1989–1990), The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990), and The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), followed by leading roles in the ABC medical series Gideon's Crossing (2000–2001), the CBS crime series Hack (2002-2004), the FX crime miniseries Thief (2006) and the TNT comedy series Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011). He also had supporting roles in series such as The Good Fight (2022), New Girl (2011-2018), and BoJack Horseman (2014-2020). Braugher's film roles include Glory (1989), Primal Fear (1996), City of Angels (1998), Frequency (2000), Duets (2000), Poseidon (2006), The Mist (2007), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Salt (2010), The Gambler (2014), and She Said (2022). Braugher's first film role was in the 1989 film Glory as Thomas Searles, a free, educated black man from the North who joins the first black regiment in the Union Army. Braugher won Television Critics Association awards for individual achievement in drama in 1997 and 1998. Initially majoring in engineering, Braugher found that he enjoyed acting and graduated with a BA in theatre in 1984.
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