The great actor Andre Braugher has died at age 61. The report says he had a short illness.
Braugher won 2 Emmy Awards on 11 nominations. He was an actor’s actor, the real deal, not the construct of publicity or the star making machine. He starred in “Homicide: Life on the Streets,” a drama, and then a comedy, “Brooklyn Nine Nine.” They were each hits.
Recently he played NY Times editor Dean Baquet in “She Said.”
Among his credits was the Angelina Jolie movie, “Salt,” which he was mostly cut out of. I asked him about it once and he looked at me and said, incredulously, “Was I in Salt?” and laughed.
Braugher started as a theater actor. He appeared in many productions of Shakespeare with the Public Theater in New York, and won an Obie in 1996 for “Henry V” and one for “The Whipping Man” in 2011. You know if had lived Braugher would have been a mainstay on Broadway in years to come.
What a loss!
Andre Braugher accepting the Emmy Award.
