Andre Braugher is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on July 1, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Emmy-nominated television actor known for his role as Detective Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street. In 2013 he began portraying Captain Ray Holt in the series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
He appeared with comedian Ray Romano in the series Men of a Certain Age.
Andre Keith Braugher (/ˈ b r aʊ . ər / ; born July 1, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles as Frank Pembleton in the police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1998) and its companion television film Homicide: The Movie (2000), Owen Thoreau Jr. in the comedy-drama series Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011), and Raymond Holt in the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–present). Braugher has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, from ten nominations, and two Golden Globe Award nominations.
Braugher’s first film role was in the 1989 film Glory as Thomas Searles, a free, educated black man from the North who joins the first black regiment in the Union Army. He played Kojak’s sidekick in the late-1980s ABC television film revival of Kojak. He subsequently moved on to a role on the television series Homicide: Life on the Street as Detective Frank Pembleton, a self-righteous, fiery, unyielding, Jesuit-educated police detective. Playing opposite Kyle Secor (who portrayed Detective Tim Bayliss), Braugher became the series’ breakout star. He received Television Critics Association awards for individual achievement in drama in 1997 and 1998. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1996 and 1998, winning in the latter year. He left Homicide after its sixth season but returned for the reunion television film. He has also co-starred in the films City of Angels, Frequency and Poseidon. In 1997, he was selected by People as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People in the World”.
He married Ami Brabson in 1991; they had three children together.
