Andre Brugger, the dynamic actor known for his outstanding work in such shows as Homicide: Life on the Street And Brooklyn nine nine, He died. He was 61 years old.
Prager died Monday after a short illness, his longtime representative, Jennifer Allen, said Hollywood Reporter.
Braugher starred as lead investigator Det. Frank Pembleton on NBC Homicide: Life on the Street For seven seasons of the popular show from 1993 to 1998, he then played another cop, Captain Raymond Holt — this time against type and for laughs — on the Fox-NBC sitcom from 2013 to 2021. Brooklyn nine nine.
He won his first Emmy Award in 1998 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series the kill After a season that featured one of its most memorable episodes, “Subway.” It was a two-player in which Pembleton tries to discover whether a man (Vincent D’Onofrio) stuck between a Baltimore subway train and the platform was pushed onto the track — while also trying to comfort him in his dying moments.
Braugher’s second Emmy Award came for his performance as the leader of a crew planning a high-stakes heist on the 2006 FX series thief.
After replacing Wendell Pierce, he popped up — as he always did — in the role of Owen Thoreau Jr. alongside Ray Romano and Scott Pakula on the 2009-2011 TNT drama. Men of a certain age. He received two Emmy nominations for it, and four of them Brooklyn nine nine.
King Braugher first made a television name for himself as Det. Winston Blake in the series starring Telly Savalas Kojak Television movies that aired in 1989-1990 The last of the crime solvers, former Philadelphia cop turned taxi driver Mike Olshansky, was in the 2002-2004 CBS series take.
In between, he portrayed a character inspired by a real-life doctor on the 2000-01 ABC series Gideon crossingcreated by Paul Attanasio, creator the kill also.
He has made a career out of playing straight individuals.
Braugher was cast in February as the leading man in Netflix’s Shonda Rhimes drama Residence, Starring opposite Uzo Aduba. The White House murder mystery series began production before being halted amid Hollywood’s double whammy.
He had already finished filming many of his scenes in the series, which was scheduled to resume filming next January. It is not clear what Residence, From showrunner Paul William Davies (scandal), he will do it after his death.
Prager was recently photographed The New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet at She said (2002), about the two journalists whose reporting led to the prosecution of Harvey Weinstein and sparked the #MeToo movement.
He also starred in the sixth and final season of the Paramount+ legal drama Good fight In 2022.
“I may not be the best actor in the world, but I can’t do one-dimensional roles. I can’t draw caricatures of people,” Prager said. Washington Post In 1990. “If the role is beautiful, I want to turn it ugly. “If it’s ugly, I want to turn it into sweet.”
The youngest of four children, Andre Keith Brugger was born in Chicago on July 1, 1962. His father was a heavy equipment operator, and his mother worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He attended St. Ignatius Preparatory College in his hometown, then earned a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and a master’s degree from Juilliard, both after receiving a scholarship.
Early on, he was a recurring actor in the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park productions in New York City, where he played roles in Richard II, henry f, village And As you want it Over the years.
Prager’s big-screen resume was impressive: that of Edward Zwick Glory (1989), Gregory Hoblit Primal fear (1996), Spike Lee Get on the bus (1996), city of Angels (1998), All the anger (1999), Thick as thieves (1999), Binaries (2000), repetition (2000), A better way to die (2000), Poseidon (2006), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Frank Darabont the fog (2007), Passengers (2008), Philip Noyce salt (2010) and Untamed spirit (2021).
Other noteworthy efforts included work on Turner’s 1990 TV movie Jackie Robinson’s court martial; 1999 TNT television movie Passing glory, directed by Steve James; 2002 Showtime television movie 10,000 black men named George, directed by Robert Townsend; And the mini-series 2004 and 2008 Much is safe And Andromeda dynasty.
Survivors include his wife, actress Amy Brabson (they worked together on… the kill They married in 1991); sons Michael, Isaiah and John Wesley; Brother Charles; And mother Sally. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Classical Theater of Harlem.
In a 2014 interview with New York times, the kill Producer Tom Fontana male That the series “began as a musical. It became Andre Braugher’s show. All the writers wanted to write for him because he was great and because they wanted to see if they could screw him up and get him off his game.”
“He can tell a lot with his eyes,” Fontana added. “We would write him these incredibly glorious letters, and then you would see him looking at someone, and we would sometimes say, ‘Drop the monologue.’ He really sold it.
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