André Braugher, who received Emmys for his roles on Homicide: Life on the Street and Thief, performed a cherished police captain on Brooklyn 99 lately.

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André Braugher, who received Emmys for his roles on Homicide: Life on the Street and Thief, performed a cherished police captain on Brooklyn 99 lately.

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André Braugher, an Emmy Award-winning dramatic actor who translated his studied deadpan into comedic genius as Capt. Raymond Holt on Brooklyn 99, has died. He was 61.

His publicist, Jennifer Allen, stated Braugher died Monday after a quick sickness.

Braugher spent 100 episodes taking part in Det. Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street, the place he received a primetime Emmy for excellent lead actor in a drama sequence. He received his second Emmy for the FX miniseries Thief, by which he performed the chief of a heist crew. Braugher additionally acted in memorable motion pictures like Glory, Spike Lee’s Get on The Bus, Primal Fear and City of Angels.

But lately, he grew to become beloved for his imagining of the homosexual, straight-laced police captain in Brooklyn, whose ramrod supply balanced Andy Samberg’s buoyantly ridiculous Det. Jake Peralta.

Braugher instructed NBC’s The Today Show in 2015 he was desperate to make the transition to comedy.

“I felt I needed to grow as an artist,” he stated. ” … I feel like my mind is expanding, my capability as an actor. My ability to mine the comedy is really rising up.”

The present was a important darling and launched Braugher’s huge appearing potential to a recent viewers. It additionally tackled severe points, together with police brutality, when different sitcoms shied away.

Braugher instructed Variety that it is crucial that the present addresses the topic. “‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ has to commit itself, as a comedy, to telling the story of how these things happen, and what’s possible to deal with them. I don’t have any easy answers, nor do I have a window into the mind bank of this writing staff,” he stated. “Can you tell the same story? Can anyone in America maintain any kind of innocence about what police departments are capable of?”

His dying was met with profound unhappiness from those that knew him. Brooklyn 99 costar Terry Crews wrote on Instagram, “I’m honored to have known you, laughed with you, worked with you and shared 8 glorious years watching your irreplaceable talent. This hurts.”

Braugher, who was born and raised in Chicago, earned a B.A. from Stanford University and a graduate diploma from Juilliard.

He is survived by his spouse actress Ami Brabson, sons Michael, Isaiah and John Wesley, brother Charles Jennings and his mom Sally Braugher.