Andre Braugher

[matt j]

Fuck.

[ursus arctos]

'in tragic

A monumental loss

61 is no age at all

[Incandenza]

Frank Pembleton was one of the great characters and something that wasn't seen on network TV back then. RIP.

[G-Man]

Pembleton was a brilliant study of a man who is struggling with religious faith. It helped Braugher that, like Pembleton, he was educated by the Jesuits. I don't know what Braugher believed or practised, but his character was a fascinating in that regard (and in other regards, too, of course).

I really liked Men Of A Certain Age as well. It didn't get eniough of a run.

[Sits]

Oh that's just shit.

[Patrick Thistle]

Real shock and real sad. His performances on Brooklyn Nine Nine lifted the show into the higher echelons of comedy.

I feel very sad at his passing.

[Simon G]

I only ever knew him as Captain Holt and I'm devastated by this.

[Benjm]

Very sad news. He seemed to be someone who was serious about producing good work but an enjoyable colleague to work with

[ursus arctos]

As good a Henry V as I have ever seen, which speaks to the vastness of his range

[matt j]

I don't really have a lot to say this morning other than Pembleton was one of those 'best ever' characters on a very personally important TV show.

He was excellent in three very good TV shows (Homicide, Men of a Certain Age, Brooklyn 99), excellent in his film debut (Glory), excellent is some middling films (Frequency, Duets, Get on the Bus), reliable co-star in a wide array of network shows (Hack, L&O:SVU, House), and so on. He had voice work too, including in Bojack Horseman.

And that probably only scratches the surface of his talent.

Huge loss for acting. A heavy blow. A massive body of work behind him, and I think one to be released posthumously.

Guess I need to go watch the 'box' episodes of Homicide and Brooklyn 99, just to remind myself of his incredible range and screen presence.

[blameless]

I have no words. It's like losing a favourite uncle.

[Sunderporinostesta]

He was the best thing in my favourite cop show: Homicide.

[diggedy derek]

This (on Holt) is magnificent

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...e-nine-moments

[Hot Pepsi]

Homicide deserves more recognition in retrospect. It was on NBC. That would be impossible now, but it felt impossible then. And he was a big part of that.

[matt j]

Some recent news that Homicide might get on a streaming service (probably Peacock) eventually. Finally.

[Satchmo Distel]

His stage credits also include Bolingbroke (thus the father and son of those plays).

His comic timing was superb.