‘Homicide’ actor, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ was 61 years old – Deadline

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Andre Prager has died. Star of the two-time Emmy Award-winning series including Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age And Brooklyn nine nine He was 61 years old. His first film role came alongside Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington in the film directed by Ed Zwick. GloryHe died on Monday after a short illness.

While Bruegger’s resume is filled with comedies, many will remember him for his fierce portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton on the NBC drama. Homicide: Life on the Street. Put him in the box, sweating and outmaneuvering crime suspects in an interrogation room, and you’ll see a weekly dose of great acting, just as he appeared on television during that time period. He won an Emmy Award for the show he starred in from 1992 to 1998 and the kill It is also where he met his wife, actress Ami Brabson. With her, Brugger leaves behind his sons Michael, Isaiah, and John Wesley, as well as his brother, Charles Jennings, and his mother, Sally Brugger. He won an Emmy Award in 1998, as well as Television Critics Association Awards in 1997 and 1998.

Born and raised in Chicago — he earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s degree in fine arts from Juilliard — Braugher recently starred in the film She said, A dramatic retelling of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, whose reporting led to the prosecution of Harvey Weinstein and sparked the #MeToo movement. Andre played Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times who supervised the reporters.

Braugher was going to star in the Netflix show residence As his next project, filming is supposed to begin early next year.

He also starred in the sixth and final season of the Paramount+ legal drama Good fightAlong with Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald. Andre starred as show-biz lawyer and rainmaker Richard Lane.

For eight seasons, Braugher starred alongside Andy Samberg on the hit comedy series Brooklyn nine nineHe won two Critics’ Choice Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and received four Emmy Award nominations for his role as Captain Ray Holt on the series.

Before that, Braugher starred in the critically acclaimed TNT series Men of a certain age Along with Ray Romano and Scott Bakula. He received two Emmy Award nominations for his role as an anxious diabetic father on the show. He also starred in the 2008 science fiction mini-series Andromeda dynasty Along with Benjamin Bratt and Eric McCormack for A&E.

He received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Miniseries and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Leading Role in a Miniseries. thief, which aired on FX. He also starred in the original four-hour TNT mini-series Much is safe Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King. Before that film, he starred in a Showtime Original Film soldier girl.

Braugher starred in the critically acclaimed CBS series take Opposite David Morse and in the Showtime original film 10,000 black men named George With Charles Dutton and Mario Van Peebles, directed by Robert Townsend. Andre served as executive producer on this film, and received an NAACP Award nomination for his role as A. Philip Randolph. He also starred in the critically acclaimed ABC drama series Gideon crossingand received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. Ben Gideon.

Braugher makes his directorial debut with one vignette from the Showtime trilogy love songswhich he also starred in, and starred in the TNT television movie Passing glory (1999) directed by Steve James (Hop dreams).

Braugher received a second Emmy Award nomination in 1996 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries for his work on the Peabody Award-winning HBO production. Tuskegee Airmen.

His other television credits include the ABC drama “Last Resort,” reprising his role as Emmy Award-winning Detective Frank Pembleton in the two-hour NBC Special. Murder: The Movie (2000); Title role in Jackie Robinson’s court martial (1990), HBO Someone has to take the photo (1990) and NBC Murder in Mississippi (1990). He began his television career as the sidekick of the late Telly Savalas in the television films based on the original Kojak series.

In addition to Braugher’s success on the small screen, audiences have watched him star in a variety of film roles. He voiced a role in the animated film Untamed spirit (2021); He co-starred in the feature film Baytown Outlaws (2012); Participate in the tournament salt (2010) opposite Angelina Jolie, directed by Philip Noyce; Participate in the tournament Passengers (2008) opposite Anne Hathaway; In Frank Darabont the fog (2007) based on the novel by Stephen King; in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007); In the exciting story Poseidon (2006); in Binaries (2000) opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, directed by Bruce Paltrow; In the standalone feature A better way to die (2000); And alongside Dennis Quaid in the critically acclaimed film repetition (2000). Before that, he starred in the independent film with Alec Baldwin Thick as thieves (1999), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and later aired on HBO; He was part of the cast, which included Jeff Daniels, Gary Sinise, Joan Allen and Anna Paquin, in director Jim Stern’s film. All the anger (1999); And played the starring role in city ​​of Angels (1998) with Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, and Dennis Franz.

Another feature included Primal fear (1996) with Richard Gere, which marked his first collaboration with repetition Director Gregory Hublit. Spike Lee Get on the bus (1996); And Glory (1989), the Academy Award-winning story of America’s first unit of black soldiers during the Civil War.

On live stage, Prager has appeared on stage at the New York Shakespeare Festival Standard for calibration, Twelve nightsin the title role henry fwhich earned him an Obie Award As you want it.

At the Joseph Papp Public Theater, he performed The way of the worldand Shakespeare Richard II And Coriolanus. He played the role of Iago in the Folger Shakespeare Festival production Othello He played the title role in Macbeth For the Philadelphia Drama Guild.

He also starred in the New York premiere of Matthew Lopez’s film at the Manhattan Theater Club Skin man.

Braugher gave Oni Faida Lampley’s New York premiere Titi is tough With his wife, Ami Brabson, who starred in the play. Inspired by Lampley’s own experiences, Titi is tough It follows a woman sent by a breast cancer diagnosis on a journey of self-discovery as she learns to confront the disease, her family, and her community.

He also starred in the world premiere of the film Tell them I’m still young Written by Julia Doolittle at the South Orange Center for the Performing Arts.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Classical Theater of HarlemPrager served on the Board of Directors.