this one hits hard. y'all probably know him from Brooklyn 99, but his work on Homicide, Life on the Streets (protoype for The Wire) was the stuff of legends.
André Braugher has died. The two-time Emmy-winning star of series including Homicide: Life on the Street, Men of a Certain Age and Brooklyn Nine-Nine was 61. Braugher, whose first film role came alongside Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington in the Ed Zwick-directed Glory, died on Monday after a brief illness. While Braugher peppered his resume with comedies, many will remember him for his ferocious portrayal as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC drama Homicide: Life on the Street. Put him in the box, sweating out and outsmarting crime suspects in the interrogation room, and you were looking at a weekly dose of tour de force acting, as good as it got on television during that period of time. He won an Emmy for that show he starred in from 1992-98 and Homicide is also where he met his wife, actress Ami Brabson. Along with her, Braugher leaves behind sons Michael, Isaiah and John Wesley, as well as his brother Charles Jennings and his mother Sally Braugher. He also leaves behind WME agent Brandt Joel, attorney Keith Klevan and his publicist Jennifer Allen of Viewpoint, his rep team for the past 25 years. He won the Emmy in 1998, as well as two Television Critics Association Awards in 1997 and 1998. https://deadline.com/2023/12/andre-...e-street-brooklyn-nine-nine-actor-1235665513/
Beat me to it. 2023 was not a good year for black actors...lance Reddick, shaft, harry belafonte, jim brown https://www.theroot.com/black-celebs-we-lost-in-2023-1850108884/slides/42
Both were classic deadpan "straight men". Straight man + straight man doesn't really work too well. You need a Costello to pair with your Abbott. Braugher was really good at the deadpan thing which is not something everybody can do. RIP.
I understand what you are saying but I say you are wrong. It would have been brilliant. Did you ever see "The Nice Guys"? Also, did you ever see Reddick as the CEO in the show "Corporate"? eta:
Sad news, Was a big fan of him on Homicide. Some of his scenes in the 'box', where they cross examine the perp were the best. If folks rewind further, can catch a young Braugher in Glory (1989), where Denzel won his first oscar.
When he says "How do I feel about my country? How does my country feel about me?" in this one always hits :
RIP.. A great actor and I will always think of him as Thomas the cowardly soldier who overcame his fears and weakness in Glory. That was a role that I’ve often looked to inspiration. In that movie he was overshadowed by Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Broderick and Cary Elwes but I think that the character Thomas was the most human and it must’ve been hard to play a coward and show weakness. It’s testament to how good of an actor he was that he could both appear so weak but also so strong.
