Early life and education

Braugher, the youngest of four children, was born July 1, 1962, in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Sally, a postal worker, and Floyd Braugher, a heavy-equipment operator. He attended St. Ignatius College Prep and later graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in theater in 1984. He then attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division (Group 17: 1984-1988), graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1988. He was acknowledged as the Most Outstanding Theater Student at graduation.

Career

Braugher's first film role was in the 1989's 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 side-kick 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 an 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".

At New York City's Shakespeare in the Park Festival from June 18 to July 14, 1996 at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, Braugher played the title role in Henry V for which he received an Obie Award. In 2000, he played the title role as Ben Gideon in the series Gideon's Crossing, which lasted one season.

In 2002, Braugher narrated the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, produced by Unity Productions Foundation and recently re-issued.

He played Detective Marcellus Washington in the TV series Hack from 2002-2004. In 2006, Braugher starred as Nick Atwater in the mini-series Thief for FX Networks, winning a second Emmy for his performance. He portrayed General Hager in the 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Braugher appeared on the TV series House, M.D. as Dr. Nolan, a psychiatrist who helps House recover from his addiction to Vicodin. He also appeared in the TNT series Men of a Certain Age, for which he was nominated twice as Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He also voiced the villain Darkseid in the animated film, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.

Braugher co-starred in the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of The Whipping Man, off-Broadway, for a limited run from January-March 2011. He narrated the introduction to the Olympic Games on NBC from 2006 to 2010, succeeding James Earl Jones in the role. Braugher also narrated James Patterson's Alex Cross book Cross Fire (2010).

He has a recurring role as defense attorney Bayard Ellis on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and appeared as the lead character, Capt. Marcus Chaplin, in ABC's military drama TV series Last Resort. He currently stars in the Golden Globe winning TV series Brooklyn Nine Nine as the precinct captain, Raymond Holt, for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Personal life

Braugher married Ami Brabson in 1991, an actress who later played Pembleton's wife Mary on Homicide. The couple have three sons; Michael (1992), Isaiah (1997), and John Wesley (2003). The family resides in South Orange, New Jersey. Braugher and his family are Unitarian Universalists.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Glory	Cpl. Thomas Searles
1993	Striking Distance	District Attorney Frank Morris
1996	Primal Fear	Tommy Goodman
1996	Get on the Bus	Flip
1998	Thick as Thieves	Dink
1998	City of Angels	Cassiel
1999	It's the Rage	Tim
2000	A Better Way to Die	Cleveland
2000	Frequency	Satch DeLeon
2000	Duets	Reggie Kane
2006	Poseidon	Captain Bradford
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	General Hager
2007	The Mist	Brent Norton
2008	Passengers	Perry
2009	Live!	Don
2010	Superman/Batman: Apocalypse	Darkseid
2010	Salt	Secretary of Defense
2012	The Baytown Outlaws	Millard

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Kojak: Ariana	Detective Winston Blake	Television movie
1990	Kojak: Flowers for Matty	Detective Winston Blake	Television movie
1990	Kojak: It's Always Something	Detective Winston Blake	Television movie
1990	Murder in Mississippi	Dennis	Television movie
1990	Kojak: None for Blind	Detective Winston Blake	Television movie
1990	Somebody has to Shoot the Picture	Dan Weston	Television movie
1990	The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson	Jackie Robinson	Television movie
1991	Kojak: Fatal Flaw	Detective Winston Blake	Television movie
1993	Class of '61	Lucius	Television movie
1993-98	Homicide: Life on the Street	Detective Frank Pembleton	100 episodes
1995	The Tuskegee Airmen	Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.	Television movie
1996	Law & Order	Detective Frank Pembleton	Episode: "Charm City"
1999	Passing Glory	Father Joseph Verrett	Television movie
1999	Love Songs	Ellis	Television movie
2000	Homicide: The Movie	Detective Frank Pembleton	Television movie
2000-01	Gideon's Crossing	Dr. Ben Gideon	20 episodes
2000-01	Jackie Chan Adventures	Derge (voice)	3 episodes
2001	The Practice	Dr. Ben Gideon	Episode: "Gideon's Crossover"
2002	10,000 Black Men Named George	A. Philip Randolph	Television movie
2002-04	Hack	Marcellus Washington	40 episodes
2003	Soldier's Girl	Sergeant Carlos Diaz	Television movie
2004	Salem's Lot	Matt Burke	Miniseries
2004	The Jury	Judge Loren Price	2 episodes
2006	Thief	Nick Atwater	6 episodes
2008	The Andromeda Strain	General George W. Mancheck	4 episodes
2009-12	House	Dr. Darryl Nolan	4 episodes
2010	Miami Medical	Dr. William Rayner	Episode: "Pilot"
2009-11	Men of a Certain Age	Owen Thoreau, Jr.	22 episodes
2011-15	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bayard Ellis	6 episodes
2012-13	Last Resort	Captain Marcus Chaplin	13 episodes
2013-present	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Captain Ray Holt	Main role 65 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1995	Viewers for Quality Television	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Won
1996	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Nominated
1996	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Tuskegee Airmen	Nominated
1996	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Nominated
1996	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Tuskegee Airmen	Nominated
1997	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Won
1997	Satellite Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	Homicide: Life on the Street	Won
1997	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama	Homicide: Life on the Street	Won
1998	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Nominated
1998	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Won
1998	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Drama	Homicide: Life on the Street	Won
1998	Viewers for Quality Television	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Nominated
1999	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Homicide: Life on the Street	Nominated
1999	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	City of Angels	Nominated
2000	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Passing Glory	Nominated
2001	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actor - Suspense	Frequency	Won
2001	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Drama	Gideon's Crossing	Nominated
2001	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Gideon's Crossing	Nominated
2001	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Gideon's Crossing	Nominated
2002	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Gideon's Crossing	Nominated
2003	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Hack	Won
2003	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	10,000 Black Men Named George	Nominated
2006	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Thief	Won
2006	Satellite Awards	Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film	Thief	Nominated
2007	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film	Thief	Nominated
2007	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Thief	Won
2009	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	The Andromeda Strain	Nominated
2010	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Men of a Certain Age	Nominated
2011	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Men of a Certain Age	Nominated
2011	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Men of a Certain Age	Nominated
2012	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Men of a Certain Age	Nominated
2014	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Won
2014	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Nominated
2014	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Nominated
2014	Satellite Awards	Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Won
2015	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Nominated
2015	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Nominated
2015	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Nominated
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Won
2016	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Nominated

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