The publicity agency responsible for actor Andre Braugher, a two-time Emmy Award winner and star of the television comedy series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” announced his death at the age of 61 after a short illness.
Brugger starred with Andy Samberg in the satirical police series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” for eight seasons from 2013 to 2021 in the role of “Captain Ray Holt,” for which he received four Emmy nominations and two Critics’ Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor. In a comedy series.
He also emerged as a dramatic actor when he played the role of Detective Frank Pembleton in the series “Homicide… Life on the Street” between 1992 and 1998, a distinguished role for which he won his first Emmy Award in 1998.
Brugger also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries in 2006 for his role as Nick Atwater in the movie “Theft.”
