Andre Braugher, the dynamic actor known for his work on such shows as Homicide: Life on the Street and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has died. He was 61.
Braugher died Monday after a brief illness, his longtime rep Jennifer Allen told The Hollywood Reporter.
Braugher starred as Det. Frank Pembleton on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street for all seven seasons of the show’s 1993-98 run, then played a cop for laughs on the 2013-21 Fox-NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine with his turn as Capt. Raymond Holt.
He first made a name for himself as Det. Winston Blake on a series of Kojak telefilms that aired in 1989-90
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