Andrt Braugher
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Andre Braugher spent five critically acclaimed years playing zealous justice-seeker Detective Frank Pembleton on NBC's "Homicide" (NBC, 1993-99), where his character was the galvanizing, if hard-to-like, center of the ensemble drama. Naturally, the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor was sought out to star in other television offerings, including the short-lived medical drama "Gideon's Crossing" (CBS, 2000-01), the buddy dramedy "Men of a Certain Age" (TNT, 2009-11) and the Emmy-winning miniseries, "Thief" (FX, 2005), in which he broke with his upstanding image to star as a morally conflicted high-stakes thief. The character-driven actor's flair for decisive confidence led to memorable film roles as men-in-charge in "10,000 Black Men Named George" (Showtime, 2002), "Poseidon" (2006) and "The Andromeda Strain" (A&E, 2008). In 2009, Braugher was cast in a recurring role on "House M.D." (Fox, 2004-12) as the doctor with the unenviable task of weaning the cranky title character off his addiction to prescription painkillers. Later that year, Braugher was cast alongside Ray Romano and Scott Bakula in Romano's first post-"Everybody Loves Raymond" (CBS, 1996-2005) creation, "Men of a Certain Age" (TNT, 2009-2011). The well-received comic drama focused on a trio of middle-aged friends facing forty-something issues, and Braugher proved surprisingly adept at subtle comedy with his role as a father and husband yoked with financial responsibility, but resentful of having to sell cars at his father's dealership. Braugher's deft performance justly earned him Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2010 and 2011, although the series was canceled after only two seasons. Meanwhile, he ventured back into features to play the secretary of defense in the action spy thriller "Salt" (2010), starring Angelina Jolie. He returned to television in the cop sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox 2013- ), playing a sly comic tweak on his hard-nosed policeman persona as the stiff new commander of a New York borough who clashes with his easygoing lead detective (Andy Samberg). The series was critically acclaimed, winning multiple Golden Globes in its first season and garnering a Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy nomination for Braugher. For his commitment to three-dimensional characters and his high-caliber work in primetime and beyond, Braugher helped pave the way for African-American actors to be accepted in a much wider range of roles than ever before.
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1988
Acted in the New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF) productions of "Twelfth Night" and "Coriolanus"
1989
Made feature film debut in "Glory"
1989
Played a police detective in a series of "Kojak" TV-movies starring Telly Savalas; the first, "Ariana" (1989) marked his TV debut
1990
Played the title role in the TV movie "The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson"
1993
Featured in the "Simple Justice" installment of the PBS docudrama series "The American Experience"
1993
Played police detective Frank Pembleton on the NBC drama series "Homicide: Life on the Street"
1995
Featured in the HBO original war film "The Tuskegee Airmen"
1996
Returned to the New York Shakespeare Festival to play "Henry V"
1998
Played supporting role of a heavenly being in "City of Angels"
1999
Featured in the Showtime dramatic trilogy "Love Songs," directing one segment and starring in another
1999
Played a hard-driving, idealistic priest in the TNT original movie "Passing Glory"
2000
Stared in the short "Louisville," which aired as part of the "Showtime Black Filmmaker Showcase"
2000
Featured in the independent "Thick as Thieves," which premiered on HBO
2000
Played a gay lawyer who becomes mixed up in a handgun-related incident in "It's the Rage/All the Rage"
2000
Reprised role of Frank Pembleton in "Homicide: The Movie" (NBC)
2000
Starred as a physician on the ABC medical drama "Gideon's Crossing," created by Paul Attanasio; received Emmy nomination
2002
Narrated the Motown-classics documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown"
2002
Starred as civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph in the Showtime drama "10,000 Black Men Named George"
2003
Cast as Sergeant Carlos Diaz in the Showtime original movie "A Soldier's Girl," the true story of a young soldier beaten to death for falling in love with a transgendered nightclub performer
2004
Cast in the TNT miniseries "Salem's Lot," written by Stephen King
2006
Played a veteran robber rounding up his team for a new heist in the FX drama "Thief"
2006
Starred in director Wolfgang Petersen's remake of "The Poseidon Adventure"
2007
Cast in the superhero sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"
2007
Co-starred in Stephen King's "The Mist"
2009
Co-starred with Ray Romano and Scott Bakula in the TNT's "Men of a Certain Age"
2009
Landed recurring guest role on "House M.D." (Fox)
2010
Cast as the Secretary of Defense in the action thriller "Salt," starring Angelina Jolie
2011
Guest starred on NBC crime drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
2012
Played the commanding captain Marcus Chaplin on submarine-set thriller "Last Resort" (ABC)
2013
Co-starred as Captain Ray Holt on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
2014
Co-starred with Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman and Jessica Lange in "The Gambler"
2016
Had a cameo as Captain Ray Holt on an episode of "New Girl"
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