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My Take
Andre Braugher is, to me, the gold standard for range. The same actor who made Frank Pembleton's interrogation scenes in Homicide feel like moral combat later turned Captain Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine into one of television's great deadpan creations. That is not luck; it is Stanford-trained, stage-honed discipline applied to wildly different registers. Two Emmys barely cover it. What I admire most is the authority he carried — he never begged for the audience's attention, he simply commanded it. His death in 2023 left a gap in American television that I do not expect to see filled anytime soon.
Overview
Andre Keith Braugher ( BROW-ər) (July 1, 1962– December 11, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Captain Raymond Holt in the Fox/NBC police comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021). He won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andre Braugher
- Name (Japanese)
- アンドレ・ブラウアー
- Reading
- あんどれ・ぶらうあー
- Born
- July 1, 1962 – December 11, 2023
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / film actor / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Stanford University
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- 2006 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.