Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star, dies aged 61

Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star, passed away aged 61.

According to his publicist, two-time Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher died on Monday after a brief illness.

Braugher was known best for his role as the upright Captain Raymond Holt on the police procedural comedy series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” from 2013 until 2021 having eight seasons.

In his career spanning over three decades, Andre Braugher was nominated for an Emmy a total of 11 times.

He often starred in roles circling the military and police, including his beloved character in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

He won a lead actor Emmy for his role as Detective Frank Pembleton on NBC’s “Homicide: Life on Street” in 1998.

Other than TV, his famous film outings include “City of Angels,” “Frequency,” “Poseidon,” “Primal Fear,” “Duets,” “The Mist,” “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” “Salt” and “The Gambler.”

Braugher’s costars pay tribute to his work

Ryan Case, who worked on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in a series of shared other memories on X, including editing the pilot: “My ‘challenge’ … was finding takes where he wasn’t smiling. We wanted to save that for the end. He was like a giddy school child doing his first comedy and it was so wonderful.”

Prentice Penny, the showrunner of Insecure who also wrote for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, shared memories of Braugher on set, including one of Penny, Crews and Braugher talking on set.