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Braugher, who made his 1989 film debut in the Civil War drama
"Glory," playing a corporal in an all-Black Union Army infantry
regiment, died on Monday after what his publicist, Jennifer
Allen, originally described only as a brief illness.
She revealed on Thursday that he died of lung cancer just a few
months after doctors diagnosed the disease in him.
Braugher co-starred alongside Andy Samberg in the TV police
satire "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" for eight seasons, from 2013 through
2021, in the role of Captain Ray Holt, for which he received
four Emmy nominations and two Critics Choice awards as best
supporting actor in a comedy series.
In his role as a buttoned-down commanding officer known for
deadpan one-liners, he was frequently the "straight man" of the
comedic ensemble, once saying in an interview: "I feel like all
these incredible comedians are the kites and I'm the string."
He had established himself as a dramatic actor playing
hard-charging Baltimore police detective Frank Pembleton in
NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" from 1992 to 1998, a
breakout role for which he won his first Emmy in 1998, for lead
actor in a drama series.
The Chicago-born, Julliard-trained performer also won an Emmy
for lead actor in a miniseries in 2006 for the role of Nick
Atwater in "Thief."
Braugher was a regular on stage at the New York Shakespeare
Festival, winning an off-Broadway Obie Award in 1997 for the
title role in "Henry V." He also played in "Measure for
Measure", "Twelfth Night" and "As You Like It."
His most recent film role was as New York Times Editor Dean
Baquet in "She Said," a dramatization of the newspaper's
Pulitzer Prize-winning work exposing the sexual abuse and
harassment of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
(Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Additional reporting
by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California)
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