The actor who played the deadpan Captain Raymond Holt and starred in Homicide: Life on the Street, has died after a brief illness
the hit comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine and as Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide
has died aged 61.
, his publicist confirmed.
Braugher came to fame on the NBC drama Homicide: Life on the Street, which ran from 1992 to 1998
arrogant Detective Frank Pembleton in 1998.
the hit comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine that made him most famous,
He won two Critics Choice Awards for best supporting actor in a comedy series and received four Emmy
the precinct’s no-nonsense, Black and gay boss.
Braugher studied theatre on a Stanford scholarship before attending the Juilliard School for drama.