The global film industry has suffered a great loss this week. Actor Andre Braugher, two-time Emmy winner and star of the police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died this Tuesday at the age of 61. This was revealed by his publicist, Jennifer Allen. The cause of his departure has recently been revealed; The actor would have died after suffering from lung cancer, which was diagnosed just a few months before his death.
Jennifer Allen, who accompanied the actor throughout his professional career, reported the death of the actor from films like Salt and Passengers and explained that he had gone through “a brief illness.” Despite this information, this Thursday the professional confirmed to The New York Times that Braugher suffered from lung cancer. According to the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this type of cancer is the third most common and most lethal in the country.
As far as his career and personal life are concerned, Braugher was born in Chicago in 1962. He studied at Stanford University, studied drama at the Juilliard School in New York (one of the most important schools in the sector) and jumped to He gained fame in 1989 for the dramatic film Glory, set in the American Civil War and winner of two Oscars, in which he starred alongside Denzel Washington and Matthew Broderick.
On the other hand, he also won an Emmy thanks to his role as Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-1999) and another in the category of best miniseries for Thief (2006), a title that also earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe. In the first title mentioned, his life changed completely. On the filming set he met his wife, actress Ami Brabson, with whom he had his sons Michael, Isaiah and John Wesley.
In the series Men of a Certain Age, he also played the role of Owen Thoreau Jr., alongside Ray Romano and Scott Bakula, which earned him two Emmy nominations. In the last decades of his professional career, his figure had become even more relevant, especially due to his portrayal of Captain Raymond Holt in the police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which ended its broadcasts in 2021.
Among many other productions, last year he co-starred in the film She Said, in which he played the editor of The New York Times who supervised the investigation of reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohy that sparked the movement.
