Andre Braugher, the two-time Emmy winner who starred in such critically acclaimed series as “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Homicide: Life on the Street,” died Monday after a short illness, according to Deadline. He was 61.
Braugher’s charisma and versatility made him a magnetic screen presence, notably in the role of the egotistical, driven Baltimore Det. Frank Pembleton in “Homicide.” That performance still ranks among the best in TV history and earned him his first drama lead actor Emmy in 1998. Following his work on that NBC procedural he assumed a gentler role in the short-lived, Peabody-winning TNT series “Men of a Certain Age” alongside Ray Romano and Scott Bakula.
