Andre Braugher

Biography: An intense, classically trained character actor who approaches his screen projects with the same seriousness with which he does Shakespeare plays, Braugher honed his craft on the New York stage before making an auspicious film debut in Glory as a bespectacled bookworm who enlists in the Civil War. But his five-season, Emmy-winning stint as a seemingly infallible detective humbled by a stroke on the gritty Homicide: Life on the Street is what made him a star. Although the role brought him myriad accolades and allowed him to work opposite his real-life wife, Ami Brabson (who played his on-screen spouse), he left the series in 1998 to pursue big-screen roles. Unfortunately, the movies rarely utilized his palpable energy. So he reprised his Homicide role in a TV-movie and appeared in two more critically acclaimed but short-lived series---Gideon's Crossing and Hack---before snagging his second Emmy on the other side of the law, as a cool criminal in the miniseries Thief. In 2009, heAn intense, classically trained character actor who approaches his screen projects with the same seriousness with which he does Shakespeare plays, Braugher honed his craft on the New York stage before making an auspicious film debut in Glory as a bespectacled bookworm who enlists in the Civil War. But his five-season, Emmy-winning stint as a seemingly infallible detective humbled by a stroke on the gritty Homicide: Life on the Street is what made him a star. Although the role brought him myriad accolades and allowed him to work opposite his real-life wife, Ami Brabson (who played his on-screen spouse), he left the series in 1998 to pursue big-screen roles. Unfortunately, the movies rarely utilized his palpable energy. So he reprised his Homicide role in a TV-movie and appeared in two more critically acclaimed but short-lived series---Gideon's Crossing and Hack---before snagging his second Emmy on the other side of the law, as a cool criminal in the miniseries Thief. In 2009, he was cast alongside Scott Bakula and Ray Romano for the TNT dramedy Men of a Certain Age. Expand

Andre Braugher's Scores

Average career score: 71
Highest Metascore: 94 Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 41 The Andromeda Strain: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
15 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Law & Order: Season 9 Sep 23, 1998 Det. Frank Pembleton 9.4
tbd The View: Season 4 Jul 28, 1998 Andre Braugher tbd
tbd Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 6 Oct 17, 1997 Det. Frank Pembleton / Det. Frank Pembleton 8.5
tbd Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 5 Sep 20, 1996 Frank Pembleton / Det. Frank Pembleton 8.3
tbd Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 4 Oct 20, 1995 Frank Pembleton / Det. Frank Pembleton 7.8
tbd Law & Order: Season 6 Sep 20, 1995 Det. Frank Pembleton / Det. Pembleton 9.4
tbd Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 3 Oct 14, 1994 Det. Frank Pembleton (Seasons 1-6, TVM) / Det. Frank Pembleton / Pembleton 8.1
tbd Law & Order: Season 5 Sep 21, 1994 Det. Frank Pembleton 9.4
tbd Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 2 Jan 6, 1994 Det. Frank Pembleton / Det. Frank Pembleton 8.1
94 Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 1 Jan 31, 1993 Det. Frank Pembleton / Det. Frank Pembleton 8.7
tbd Kojak: Season 6 Nov 2, 1989 Detective Winston Blake tbd