His spokeswoman Jennifer Allen said he died on Monday following a short illness. Braugher was 61 years old. The eleven-time Emmy-nominated actor won the coveted television trophy in 1998 for his leading role as a detective in the drama series “Homicide: Life on the Street” and in 2006 for the thriller series “Thief – The Million Job”. In the New York cop series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (2013 to 2021) he played the strict Captain Holt.
Braugher also appeared in many films, including “Glory,” “Primal Fear” and “City of Angels.” The German director Wolfgang Petersen brought him in front of the camera for the adventure film “Poseidon” in 2006. Braugher filmed “Salt” with Angelina Jolie and “Passengers” with Anne Hathaway.
He most recently starred in the drama “She Said” (2022) under the direction of German director Maria Schrader. In the film regarding the revelation of the Weinstein scandal by two journalists from the New York Times, he played the reporter Dean Baquet, who was the first black person to become editor-in-chief of the renowned newspaper.
