Andre Braugher Biography (3)

Andre Braugher is perhaps best known for his riveting Emmy Award-winning portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street. After completing his final season on Homicide, Braugher has worked continuously in both film and television. Audiences first saw him star in a radically different role - a serene angel - in the feature film City of Angels, opposite Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan and Dennis Franz. Following that, he completed a starring role opposite Alec Baldwin in the independent film Thick As Thieves, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO in January.

Braugher then made his directorial debut with one vignette of the Showtime trilogy Love Song and starred in the TNT production of Passing Glory, for director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) garnering critical acclaim for his performance.

In February, Braugher reprised his Emmy Award-winning role of Detective Frank Pembleton in the two-hour NBC Special Homocide: The Movie. Later this year he will be seen as part of an ensemble cast including Jeff Daniels, Gary Sinise, Joan Allen and Anna Paquin in director Jim Stern's All The Rage, opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in director Bruce Paltrow's upcoming Duets, and in the independent feature A Better Way to Die.

Braugher's notable feature film credits also include the Academy Award-winning Glory; Primal Fear, which marked his first collaboration with Frequency director Gregory Hoblit; and Spike Lee's acclaimed Get on the Bus.

His work on television continues to be recognized by critics, audiences and his peers. In addition to his Emmy Award for his portrayal of Det. Frank Pembleton, Braugher received a nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries for his work in the Peabody Award-winning HBO production The Tuskegee Airmen. His many other television credits include the title role in The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson, HBO's Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture and NBC's Murder in Mississippi. He began his television career as the late Telly Savalas' sidekick in the telefilms based on the original Kojak series.

Braugher has appeared on stage with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Mmeasure for Measure and Twelfth Night and, most recently, in the title role of Henry V, which earned him an Obie Award. At Joseph Papp's Public Theater, Braugher performed in The Way of the World and Shakespeare's Richard II and Coriolanus. He played Iago in the Folger Shakespeare Festival production of Othello and performed the title role in Macbeth for the Philadelphia Drama Guild.

Braugher was born and raised in Chicago and earned a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.F.A. from Julliard.

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