Andre Braugher (1962-2023) was an acclaimed American actor, one of the finest of the past few decades.

He's best known for two very different roles as police officers: the fiery detective Frank Pembleton on the crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-98) and the by-the-book captain Raymond Holt on the comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-21). For Homicide, he was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series twice, winning in 1998; for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he was nominated four times for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. It was the highlight of a late-career turn towards comedy after decades of more serious work.

The son of a Chicago postal worker and a heavy-equipment operator, Braugher won a scholarship to Stanford, where he switched from an engineering major to theatre; after graduation, he studied at Julliard and became a Shakespearean actor. (In 1996, during Homicide's run, he also won an Obie for his portrayal of Henry V.) His intensity, dignity, and sonorous voice led him to play a long line of Black American heroes, from Jackie Robinson to A. Philip Randolph to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr., commander of the Tuskegee Airmen.

Despite quitting smoking in 2010, Braugher died of lung cancer on December 11, 2023, at age 61. Don't smoke, kids.

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