Emmy-Winning Actor Andre Braugher Dies At 61
December 13, 2023 9:17AM AKST
FILE - Andre Braugher arrives at An Evening With "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" at Bing Theatre, May 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series “Homicide: Life on The Street” and “Brooklyn 99,” died Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at age 61. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series “Homicide: Life on The Street” and “Brooklyn 99.”
Braugher’s publicist Jennifer Allen said he died Monday at age 61.
The Chicago-born actor had his breakthrough role alongside Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman in 1989’s “Glory” the Oscar-winning film about an All-black regiment during the Civil War.
He played a detective for seven seasons in the 1990s on the NBC police drama “Homicide: Life on the Street.”
Later he played a police captain for eight seasons in the Fox comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
He won two Emmys and was nominated 11 times.
