Andre Braugher was a pioneer in playing smart, driven, flawed Black characters
Braugher, who starred on Homicide and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died Tuesday at age 61. Trained at Juilliard and adept at stage work, the actor had a steely authority that undergirded most of his roles.
Updated December 13, 2023 at 5:31 PM ET
It is a serious shame that there does not seem to be an official streaming home for episodes of NBC's groundbreaking police drama, Homicide: Life on the Street.
Because that makes it less likely that a wide swath of younger TV fans have seen one of Andre Braugher's signature roles – as Baltimore homicide Det. Frank Pembleton.
Braugher died Tuesday at's pilot episode, when Braugher took command of the screen in a way I had rarely seen before.
