"Vindication!"
December 12, 2023 7:47 PM Subscribe
Andre Braugher, titan of modern TV acting, died on Monday at 61.
Braugher was best known for his roles as Det. Frank Pembleton on the drama Homicide and Capt. Raymond Holt on the comedy Brooklyn 9-9. He won two Emmys and was nominated eleven times.
David Simon: "I've worked with a lot of wonderful actors. I'll never work with one better."
Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast mourns Andre Braugher: 'Can’t believe you're gone so soon'
I hope everyone will post links to favorite clips in the comments. Sadly, most of his great performance on Homicide is not available online anywhere.
Braugher was best known for his roles as Det. Frank Pembleton on the drama Homicide and Capt. Raymond Holt on the comedy Brooklyn 9-9. He won two Emmys and was nominated eleven times.
David Simon: "I've worked with a lot of wonderful actors. I'll never work with one better."
Brooklyn Nine-Nine cast mourns Andre Braugher: 'Can’t believe you're gone so soon'
I hope everyone will post links to favorite clips in the comments. Sadly, most of his great performance on Homicide is not available online anywhere.
"Because no one will ever believe you."
posted by praemunire at 7:51 PM on December 12, 2023 [35 favorites]
posted by praemunire at 7:51 PM on December 12, 2023 [35 favorites]
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This hit me hard. We can't afford to lose such remarkably, simply 'good' people these days. Just... why, too soon
posted by mephisjo at 7:51 PM on December 12, 2023 [6 favorites]
This hit me hard. We can't afford to lose such remarkably, simply 'good' people these days. Just... why, too soon
posted by mephisjo at 7:51 PM on December 12, 2023 [6 favorites]
The intensity. That voice. He was absolutely magnetic in Homicide. I am grateful for his work and stunned by his loss.
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:51 PM on December 12, 2023 [16 favorites]
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:51 PM on December 12, 2023 [16 favorites]
I just saw this and yelled "NO!!!" louder than any time I'd yelled "NO!!!" since James Gandolfini died. This is wrong, and bad, and unacceptable, and I'm utterly outraged and heartbroken.
posted by Kat Allison at 7:52 PM on December 12, 2023 [24 favorites]
posted by Kat Allison at 7:52 PM on December 12, 2023 [24 favorites]
Dammit.
posted by sara is disenchanted at 7:55 PM on December 12, 2023
posted by sara is disenchanted at 7:55 PM on December 12, 2023
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posted by Joey Michaels at 7:57 PM on December 12, 2023
posted by Joey Michaels at 7:57 PM on December 12, 2023
Oh c'mon... never saw him in anything that he wasn't giving it his all.
posted by drewbage1847 at 7:58 PM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by drewbage1847 at 7:58 PM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
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Had a moment of absolute denial on this, like surely I must have read that headline wrong, he has so much more great work to give us. I have mixed feelings about Homicide: Life on the Street, but his work as Pembleton was truly astonishing, and I'm a little sad that there's a whole lot of people who will never see it because it's caught up in music rights/production company streaming rights limbo.
posted by creepygirl at 8:01 PM on December 12, 2023 [5 favorites]
Had a moment of absolute denial on this, like surely I must have read that headline wrong, he has so much more great work to give us. I have mixed feelings about Homicide: Life on the Street, but his work as Pembleton was truly astonishing, and I'm a little sad that there's a whole lot of people who will never see it because it's caught up in music rights/production company streaming rights limbo.
posted by creepygirl at 8:01 PM on December 12, 2023 [5 favorites]
Detective Frank Pembleton was one of the most finely realized characters I have ever seen on TV.
Of course, for that to work a truly great actor is required.
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posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 8:02 PM on December 12, 2023 [15 favorites]
Of course, for that to work a truly great actor is required.
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posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 8:02 PM on December 12, 2023 [15 favorites]
Andre Braugher, the Undercover Comedian of ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
posted by praemunire at 8:02 PM on December 12, 2023 [11 favorites]
posted by praemunire at 8:02 PM on December 12, 2023 [11 favorites]
Kyle Secor, Instagram: An amazing man. A great friend and acting partner. Wonderful father and husband. Ferocious, committed, humble and kind to those around him. He elevated everyone’s game on the set and I count myself fortunate to have shared hours with him in the interrogation room, in our detective-mobile, sniffing out perps on the streets of Baltimore, on the wharf and sharing far too many meals to count. A true titan - “I shall not look on his like again.”
posted by creepygirl at 8:21 PM on December 12, 2023 [15 favorites]
posted by creepygirl at 8:21 PM on December 12, 2023 [15 favorites]
actually watching homicide, seeing this here, odd disconnect as if, hey you just left the scene.
I was just thinking of how Braugher played the match scene or his performance in Glory. Not going to Crosettis funeral but standing as honor guard outside the station house and how the hell they let let that character smoke. dam
"Then what you will be privileged to witness will not be an interrogation, but an act of salesmanship as silver-tongued and thieving as ever moved used cars, Florida swamp land or bibles. For what I am selling is a long prison term to a client who has no genuine use for the product."
-Pembleton
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posted by clavdivs at 8:22 PM on December 12, 2023 [14 favorites]
I was just thinking of how Braugher played the match scene or his performance in Glory. Not going to Crosettis funeral but standing as honor guard outside the station house and how the hell they let let that character smoke. dam
"Then what you will be privileged to witness will not be an interrogation, but an act of salesmanship as silver-tongued and thieving as ever moved used cars, Florida swamp land or bibles. For what I am selling is a long prison term to a client who has no genuine use for the product."
-Pembleton
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posted by clavdivs at 8:22 PM on December 12, 2023 [14 favorites]
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(And Men of a Certain Age deserves a shout-out here, too.)
posted by jimw at 8:31 PM on December 12, 2023 [10 favorites]
(And Men of a Certain Age deserves a shout-out here, too.)
posted by jimw at 8:31 PM on December 12, 2023 [10 favorites]
Frank Pembleton in the box was one of the best things ever on TV, definitely Shakesperian
posted by mbo at 8:36 PM on December 12, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by mbo at 8:36 PM on December 12, 2023 [8 favorites]
I forgot S3's "The Gas Man" hasn't been pulled down yet; it's a good self-contained episode if you never watched Homicide. It's more of a Bruno Kirby showcase (as it's one of those episodes where you see the main cast primarily through the eyes of an outsider) but Pembleton gets a killer last line.
posted by praemunire at 8:41 PM on December 12, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by praemunire at 8:41 PM on December 12, 2023 [6 favorites]
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posted by destructive cactus at 8:44 PM on December 12, 2023
posted by destructive cactus at 8:44 PM on December 12, 2023
Awww, boo. Not cool, Universe!
Andre Braugher, the Undercover Comedian of ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
On the upside, I guess it's safe to openly discuss “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” now...
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:48 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Andre Braugher, the Undercover Comedian of ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’
On the upside, I guess it's safe to openly discuss “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” now...
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:48 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
He performs a breathtaking version of "Free Bird" in the 2000 movie Duets (spoilers in the clip).
posted by cgc373 at 9:08 PM on December 12, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by cgc373 at 9:08 PM on December 12, 2023 [3 favorites]
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posted by Saucy Possum at 9:09 PM on December 12, 2023
posted by Saucy Possum at 9:09 PM on December 12, 2023
It’s a shame that people that weren’t around for Homicide will largely only know Braugher from Brooklyn 99 and his comedic roles. In a different world, his amazing talent for incredibly dramatic acting would have been more properly rewarded, and we’d have seen him more often as a leading actor in films. He was incredibly good as a comedian, but holy hell, Frank Pembleton is one of the all time great characters, played by an absolute master of the art. In an ensemble cast, in a show that was groundbreaking for juggling multiple episode long story arcs at once, it truly felt like a different show whenever Frank wasn’t on screen.
Dammit. I’ll miss having him in the world, and am sad we never got to see what he’d do next.
Homicide *is* available on torrents, at least, and I know what I’ll be rewatching in the coming weeks.
posted by Ghidorah at 9:09 PM on December 12, 2023 [16 favorites]
Dammit. I’ll miss having him in the world, and am sad we never got to see what he’d do next.
Homicide *is* available on torrents, at least, and I know what I’ll be rewatching in the coming weeks.
posted by Ghidorah at 9:09 PM on December 12, 2023 [16 favorites]
(upon reaching pearled gate)
"..Frank..."
"Crosetti, he's right there"
"who"
"Edwin Stanton"
posted by clavdivs at 9:12 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
"..Frank..."
"Crosetti, he's right there"
"who"
"Edwin Stanton"
posted by clavdivs at 9:12 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Not saying this as any kind of joke, but I keep thinking, "Andre Braugher died and I don't feel so good myself." What a loss out of fucking nowhere, what the hell, world.
I used to know someone who dated him in college, I wonder how she's doing tonight.
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:12 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
I used to know someone who dated him in college, I wonder how she's doing tonight.
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:12 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Also glad someone wrote the obit post because I saw this and just....could not tonight.
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:14 PM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by jenfullmoon at 9:14 PM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
I've been watching a lot of House lately. Andre is a major highlight of the later seasons, just bringing so much gravitas and presence into his scenes. I bet those days on set were so good.
God, this is unfair. Fuck. .
posted by fight or flight at 9:15 PM on December 12, 2023 [4 favorites]
God, this is unfair. Fuck. .
posted by fight or flight at 9:15 PM on December 12, 2023 [4 favorites]
This one really hit me, goddamn. Condolences to his family and RIP to an all-timer.
(Also, it's none of my business and I don't expect to ever know the answer, but I grew up watching him on Homicide and I remember reading that NYT interview from 2014, and when I heard the news today I did not have a lot of thoughts before I got to "oh NO did he get to see Pericles??")
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posted by jameaterblues at 9:16 PM on December 12, 2023 [4 favorites]
(Also, it's none of my business and I don't expect to ever know the answer, but I grew up watching him on Homicide and I remember reading that NYT interview from 2014, and when I heard the news today I did not have a lot of thoughts before I got to "oh NO did he get to see Pericles??")
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posted by jameaterblues at 9:16 PM on December 12, 2023 [4 favorites]
Why is no one having a good time? I specifically requested it.
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:21 PM on December 12, 2023 [18 favorites]
posted by BrotherCaine at 9:21 PM on December 12, 2023 [18 favorites]
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posted by Navelgazer at 9:56 PM on December 12, 2023
posted by Navelgazer at 9:56 PM on December 12, 2023
remarkable performer, brought so much wonder and pathos to my life. turns out, a brilliant comic actor, too. thanks especially for the laughs.
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posted by j_curiouser at 10:08 PM on December 12, 2023
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posted by j_curiouser at 10:08 PM on December 12, 2023
Capt. Holt was simply one of teevee’s all-time great characters. There was just so much there. Just a hint, and then move on to the next thing, while you in the audience were saying “Wait — what?”
posted by Capt. Renault at 10:28 PM on December 12, 2023 [18 favorites]
posted by Capt. Renault at 10:28 PM on December 12, 2023 [18 favorites]
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posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 11:00 PM on December 12, 2023
posted by rrrrrrrrrt at 11:00 PM on December 12, 2023
Gah :(
Without such fabulous actors so much I love would be rendered flavourless. Maybe whole wheat no flavour if you’re feeling fancy.
posted by mce at 11:10 PM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
Without such fabulous actors so much I love would be rendered flavourless. Maybe whole wheat no flavour if you’re feeling fancy.
posted by mce at 11:10 PM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
This feels like a robbery.
posted by biffa at 12:14 AM on December 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by biffa at 12:14 AM on December 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
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posted by confluency at 12:47 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by confluency at 12:47 AM on December 13, 2023
I was surprised a few years back when Hulu picked up his short-lived, little-seen series on FX called Thief. He was amazing in it (as was Linda Hamilton) and I should check to see if it’s still there because right now I want to watch as much of his work as I can. That is far, far too young to go. He is one of my top actors and I can’t quite accept this news.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 12:59 AM on December 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by kitten kaboodle at 12:59 AM on December 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
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(This is bullshit. I can think of a handful of grasping pointless shitbags we would all be better off without - and instead, this.)
posted by From Bklyn at 1:16 AM on December 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
(This is bullshit. I can think of a handful of grasping pointless shitbags we would all be better off without - and instead, this.)
posted by From Bklyn at 1:16 AM on December 13, 2023 [9 favorites]
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posted by fleacircus at 1:26 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by fleacircus at 1:26 AM on December 13, 2023
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posted by trip and a half at 2:59 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by trip and a half at 2:59 AM on December 13, 2023
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posted by synecdoche at 3:48 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by synecdoche at 3:48 AM on December 13, 2023
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Raymond Holt: Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place.
posted by Kitteh at 3:49 AM on December 13, 2023 [13 favorites]
Raymond Holt: Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place.
posted by Kitteh at 3:49 AM on December 13, 2023 [13 favorites]
Well, damn. He was spectacularly good in Ho,micide.
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posted by Fuchsoid at 4:06 AM on December 13, 2023
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posted by JoeXIII007 at 4:14 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by JoeXIII007 at 4:14 AM on December 13, 2023
It would probably be hard to appreciate Homicide afresh today in the era of prestige TV; it’s been a while since I’ve rewatched it (thank god I’ve got the DVDs, they can’t take that away from me) and I would imagine it betrays its network TV roots. But it is hard to overstate how different and better it was than anything on the air at the time and how much it set the template for shows that followed it (most obviously The Wire). Braugher was hands down the best thing on it, giving a performance of such intensity it could so easily have felt phony, and it never did for a second. And you’d never expect an actor of such evident seriousness about craft to be able to use that so knowingly in the comedic flip side of that role, but he was brilliant at that too. It’s a great loss.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 4:36 AM on December 13, 2023 [15 favorites]
posted by Horace Rumpole at 4:36 AM on December 13, 2023 [15 favorites]
It was so surprising to see him in B99 doing comedy but of course, he was great at that, too.
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posted by tommasz at 4:37 AM on December 13, 2023
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posted by tommasz at 4:37 AM on December 13, 2023
Praemunire's comment led me to search YouTube where I found Ben Baker's Homicide: Life in the Street collection. Man, that took me back. There were so many things I loved about that show, from the handheld shaky black and white shots of the credits to the way scenes ended on the verge of climax and left things implied in the unseen in-betweens. I went out and bought David Simon's Homicide:Life in the Killing Streets -- which is a great book -- and found out how many episodes were based on real life events. It was such a wonderful series.
I just re-watched See No Evil wherein Braugher as Detective Pembleton was literally throwing chairs around the examination room as he coerced a young man into a false confession.It has always stayed in mind -- that was a searing scene then and still is now. He sure had the Right Stuff.
posted by y2karl at 5:05 AM on December 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
I just re-watched See No Evil wherein Braugher as Detective Pembleton was literally throwing chairs around the examination room as he coerced a young man into a false confession.It has always stayed in mind -- that was a searing scene then and still is now. He sure had the Right Stuff.
posted by y2karl at 5:05 AM on December 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Well, it makes sense. Who the fuck else is God going to put in the Box to get the truth out of Kissinger?
posted by Hogshead at 5:17 AM on December 13, 2023 [23 favorites]
posted by Hogshead at 5:17 AM on December 13, 2023 [23 favorites]
Andre Braugher was so good at everything. He's the best part of B99 for me. My husband and I stumbled on the Tuskegee Airmen movie from 1995 somewhere online and we thought, oh cool, Laurence Fishburne and John Lithgow, this will be good. And then there was a young Andre Braugher being amazing. It took me a couple of minutes to recognize him with so much hair, but the voice did it. What a voice and presence he had. Gone much too soon.
posted by ceejaytee at 5:21 AM on December 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by ceejaytee at 5:21 AM on December 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
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posted by cmfletcher at 5:26 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by cmfletcher at 5:26 AM on December 13, 2023
I remember, as a teenager in 1990, seeing him play Iago to Avery Brooks's Othello. He was electric, and I remember so many moments so vividly. His quickness and fire contrasting with Brooks's large presence and easy pace. His reaction when Desdemona kisses him on the forehead at the end of their scene late in the play, when he's already doomed her.
At the end of the play, Othello lunges at Iago with the line "If that thou beest a devil, I cannot kill thee." That is, he lunges in most productions. In this one, Brooks walked over to Braugher, whose arms were being held by two guards, and deliberately, slowly used a knife to cut the sign of the cross into his chest, over his heart, with two strokes. I remember Braugher as Iago shaking with pain under the knife, then collapsing to his knees. Brooks as Othello stood looking at him, and to this day I can hear Braugher's slow, measured, hateful "I bleed, sir, but not killed."
posted by Pallas Athena at 5:48 AM on December 13, 2023 [24 favorites]
At the end of the play, Othello lunges at Iago with the line "If that thou beest a devil, I cannot kill thee." That is, he lunges in most productions. In this one, Brooks walked over to Braugher, whose arms were being held by two guards, and deliberately, slowly used a knife to cut the sign of the cross into his chest, over his heart, with two strokes. I remember Braugher as Iago shaking with pain under the knife, then collapsing to his knees. Brooks as Othello stood looking at him, and to this day I can hear Braugher's slow, measured, hateful "I bleed, sir, but not killed."
posted by Pallas Athena at 5:48 AM on December 13, 2023 [24 favorites]
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posted by grumpybear69 at 5:58 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by grumpybear69 at 5:58 AM on December 13, 2023
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To Andre Braugher, Amazing Comedian/Genius!
posted by WaterAndPixels at 6:01 AM on December 13, 2023
To Andre Braugher, Amazing Comedian/Genius!
posted by WaterAndPixels at 6:01 AM on December 13, 2023
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posted by lucy.jakobs at 6:08 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by lucy.jakobs at 6:08 AM on December 13, 2023
seeing him play Iago to Avery Brooks's Othello
Holy shit.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 6:11 AM on December 13, 2023 [29 favorites]
Holy shit.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 6:11 AM on December 13, 2023 [29 favorites]
Henry fucking Kissinger makes it to 101, Andre Braugher gone at 61. Only the good die young, indeed.
Beautiful piece by Alan Sepinwall this morning: Andre Braugher Played Two of TV’s Greatest Cops. But His Family Came First. The final paragraph just gutted me.
Braugher was an incredible actor AND a great guy. Far, far, FAR too few of those in the world.
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posted by Frayed Knot at 6:31 AM on December 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
Beautiful piece by Alan Sepinwall this morning: Andre Braugher Played Two of TV’s Greatest Cops. But His Family Came First. The final paragraph just gutted me.
Braugher was an incredible actor AND a great guy. Far, far, FAR too few of those in the world.
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posted by Frayed Knot at 6:31 AM on December 13, 2023 [7 favorites]
Homicide: Life on the Street was a remarkable show, and Andre Braugher was its beating heart. He was a magnificent actor, and perfectly cast in Brooklyn 99, so rigid and uptight in the face of the chaos around him.
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posted by essexjan at 6:37 AM on December 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
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posted by essexjan at 6:37 AM on December 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
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posted by dannyboybell at 6:45 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by dannyboybell at 6:45 AM on December 13, 2023
This is quite nice: Andre Braugher: How his deadpan delivery made Captain Holt Brooklyn Nine-Nine's beating heart
posted by oulipian at 6:47 AM on December 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by oulipian at 6:47 AM on December 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
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posted by AzraelBrown at 6:48 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by AzraelBrown at 6:48 AM on December 13, 2023
Damn this stings. He not only always gave a fine, fine performance but seemed to draw the best out of the actors working with him. The praise from his cast mates had the ring of truth, respect and often, affection. He should've had as many more years as he wanted to be a singular voice and presence in acting.
posted by EvaDestruction at 7:45 AM on December 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by EvaDestruction at 7:45 AM on December 13, 2023 [2 favorites]
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posted by SonInLawOfSam at 7:51 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by SonInLawOfSam at 7:51 AM on December 13, 2023
Andre Braugher died and I don't feel so good myself
I just turned 59 so I am really feeling that it's too soon.
posted by kirkaracha at 8:00 AM on December 13, 2023 [8 favorites]
I just turned 59 so I am really feeling that it's too soon.
posted by kirkaracha at 8:00 AM on December 13, 2023 [8 favorites]
That was too too young.
And thank you Andre for bring so much good into this world.
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posted by of strange foe at 8:15 AM on December 13, 2023
And thank you Andre for bring so much good into this world.
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posted by of strange foe at 8:15 AM on December 13, 2023
One of my all-time favorites. I also shouted out loud when I saw the headline. He never gave a bad performance. His delivery of the line, "Let me show you what the Jesuits taught me" in a Homicide interrogation was like 60% of the reason I went to two Jesuit universities. Gone too soon, my God.
posted by Snarl Furillo at 8:19 AM on December 13, 2023 [12 favorites]
posted by Snarl Furillo at 8:19 AM on December 13, 2023 [12 favorites]
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posted by GoblinHoney at 8:35 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by GoblinHoney at 8:35 AM on December 13, 2023
Another big "Homicide: Life on the Street" fan here. I've never forgotten one particular interrogation scene (of many, to be sure) of Pembleton getting a confession out of an innocent young black kid. Everybody knew the kid was innocent, but his boss was on his ass to up the numbers, because the top brass was on his ass, political pressure, etc. So as a big fuck-you to his boss, to the entire system that created this situation, he just destroys the kid, gets him to confess to something EVERYONE knew he hadn't done. Just an incredible performance, and gave me a visceral sense of that kind of abuse of power.
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posted by Bron at 8:47 AM on December 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
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posted by Bron at 8:47 AM on December 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
I've never forgotten one particular interrogation scene...
Bron, click on See No Evil up here. WBUR's Here and Now just now played an audio file of the same scene of Detective Pembleton shouting and throwing chairs. It's still intense thirty years later. That is the scene that no one who saw it will ever forget.
posted by y2karl at 9:55 AM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
Bron, click on See No Evil up here. WBUR's Here and Now just now played an audio file of the same scene of Detective Pembleton shouting and throwing chairs. It's still intense thirty years later. That is the scene that no one who saw it will ever forget.
posted by y2karl at 9:55 AM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
To paraphrase a eulogy given about another actor taken from us too soon: Andre Braugher's death has ripped a hole in the future of television and theater.
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(He and his family live(d) down the street from where I grew up and where my parents still live. It's a small town, and everyone runs into everyone. He was always kind and smiling and gracious to say hello to.)
posted by tzikeh at 10:06 AM on December 13, 2023 [12 favorites]
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(He and his family live(d) down the street from where I grew up and where my parents still live. It's a small town, and everyone runs into everyone. He was always kind and smiling and gracious to say hello to.)
posted by tzikeh at 10:06 AM on December 13, 2023 [12 favorites]
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posted by interogative mood at 10:27 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by interogative mood at 10:27 AM on December 13, 2023
I mentioned some of this elsewhere, but I learned to write by writing fan fiction, and the fanfic I wrote was Homicide: Life on the Street, with a big emphasis on Frank Pembleton. Andre Braugher's voice lives in my head, the resonance and the crisply bitten consonants. I loved him in Glory. I loved him in H:LotS. I loved him in B99. Every character he played was wildly real, even when he was playing the most restrained characters. I cannot believe we've lost his voice so soon. 61 is too young. We have lost a true artist.
posted by headspace at 10:36 AM on December 13, 2023 [8 favorites]
posted by headspace at 10:36 AM on December 13, 2023 [8 favorites]
I can't think of anything he was in where he wasn't the best thing about it. And that's saying something, because the man was in some insanely stacked casts.
posted by Ipsifendus at 11:12 AM on December 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Ipsifendus at 11:12 AM on December 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
The first thing that struck me about Andre Braugher is just how beautiful he was.
And such a great actor on top of it. Incredible.
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posted by klanawa at 11:38 AM on December 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
And such a great actor on top of it. Incredible.
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posted by klanawa at 11:38 AM on December 13, 2023 [6 favorites]
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posted by AnyUsernameWillDo at 11:55 AM on December 13, 2023
posted by AnyUsernameWillDo at 11:55 AM on December 13, 2023
Oh, this one hurts.
posted by maryellenreads at 12:14 PM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by maryellenreads at 12:14 PM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
I remember, as a teenager in 1990, seeing him play Iago to Avery Brooks's Othello.
That's going on the time machine list, very near the top.
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:36 PM on December 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
That's going on the time machine list, very near the top.
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:36 PM on December 13, 2023 [4 favorites]
I knew Mr. Braugher from his role as Dr. Daryl Nolan, on House, M.D.
He was the only character on that series who could not only call House out for his bullshit, but do it sympathetically, incisively, and generously. He was the only character in the whole series who was actually on House's side the whole time. And his portrayal was magnificent.
posted by MrVisible at 12:37 PM on December 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
He was the only character on that series who could not only call House out for his bullshit, but do it sympathetically, incisively, and generously. He was the only character in the whole series who was actually on House's side the whole time. And his portrayal was magnificent.
posted by MrVisible at 12:37 PM on December 13, 2023 [5 favorites]
i bought the dvd set of homicide when richard belzer died. we watched season 1 and it was rough. 1993 tv is so different from 2023 tv. (i say, still loving x-files.) might have to drag out the standalone dvd player currently in a drawer and give it another try this weekend.
posted by misanthropicsarah at 12:38 PM on December 13, 2023
posted by misanthropicsarah at 12:38 PM on December 13, 2023
The Roles That Defined Andre Braugher's Career
posted by praemunire at 12:42 PM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by praemunire at 12:42 PM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
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posted by NailsTheCat at 1:09 PM on December 13, 2023
posted by NailsTheCat at 1:09 PM on December 13, 2023
The Roles That Defined Andre Braugher's Career
Wow, I bet he crushed it in Henry V.
posted by kirkaracha at 1:21 PM on December 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Wow, I bet he crushed it in Henry V.
posted by kirkaracha at 1:21 PM on December 13, 2023 [3 favorites]
Incredibly talented and versatile; this is such a loss.
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posted by theora55 at 1:34 PM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
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posted by theora55 at 1:34 PM on December 13, 2023 [1 favorite]
Way too young.
posted by freethefeet at 10:24 PM on December 13, 2023
posted by freethefeet at 10:24 PM on December 13, 2023
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A tribute from Brooklyn 99: Favorite Raymond Holt scenes
posted by mmoncur at 4:01 AM on December 14, 2023 [5 favorites]
A tribute from Brooklyn 99: Favorite Raymond Holt scenes
posted by mmoncur at 4:01 AM on December 14, 2023 [5 favorites]
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posted by dragonplayer at 4:29 AM on December 14, 2023
posted by dragonplayer at 4:29 AM on December 14, 2023
. For one of my all time favorite actors.
posted by UltraMorgnus at 6:43 AM on December 14, 2023
posted by UltraMorgnus at 6:43 AM on December 14, 2023
In case any other Canadians were curious: Virgin pulls ads. Sample for non-Canadians.
posted by sardonyx at 9:06 AM on December 14, 2023
posted by sardonyx at 9:06 AM on December 14, 2023
Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who died this week at 61, was diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago before succumbing to the disease, his longtime publicist, Jennifer Allen, said on Thursday.
When Ms. Allen confirmed his death this week, she said he had died after a brief illness. A 2014 profile by The New York Times Magazine said that Mr. Braugher was intensely private and “stopped drinking alcohol and smoking years ago.”
posted by Horace Rumpole at 10:40 AM on December 14, 2023 [2 favorites]
When Ms. Allen confirmed his death this week, she said he had died after a brief illness. A 2014 profile by The New York Times Magazine said that Mr. Braugher was intensely private and “stopped drinking alcohol and smoking years ago.”
posted by Horace Rumpole at 10:40 AM on December 14, 2023 [2 favorites]
Let this at least offer a reminder to everyone who quit years ago that they are still at higher risk and still need regular screening for a long time after quitting. I have a family member who died of small-cell lung cancer more than 30 years after quitting.
posted by praemunire at 11:16 AM on December 14, 2023 [6 favorites]
posted by praemunire at 11:16 AM on December 14, 2023 [6 favorites]
> quit... still need regular screening
The CDC links to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines which
posted by ASCII Costanza head at 4:51 PM on December 14, 2023 [3 favorites]
The CDC links to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines which
recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. Screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery. (emphasis added)I have an "annual" physical (first since 2019) in January & will be asking my Dr. about this.
posted by ASCII Costanza head at 4:51 PM on December 14, 2023 [3 favorites]
We were robbed of his (imagined, unlikely, revival of beloved character) Titus Andremedon.
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posted by k3ninho at 11:17 AM on December 15, 2023
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posted by k3ninho at 11:17 AM on December 15, 2023
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