Braugher's first film role was in the 1989 film
Glory as Thomas Searles, a free, educated black man from the North who joins the first
black regiment in the
Union Army. He was nominated for a
Primetime 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 also co-starred in the films
City of Angels,
Frequency, and
Poseidon. As part of the
Shakespeare in the Park series at the
Delacorte Theater in New York City's
Central Park, Braugher played the title role in the 1996 production of
Henry V, for which he received an
Obie Award. He narrated
The Murder of Emmett Till for PBS. He played Detective Marcellus Washington in the TV series
Hack from 2002 to 2004. In 2006, Braugher starred as
Nick Atwater in the miniseries
Thief for
FX Networks, winning a second Emmy for his performance. He took supporting roles in the science fiction film
The Mist (2007), He narrated the introduction to the
Olympic Games on
NBC from
2006 to
2010. Braugher narrated
James Patterson's
Alex Cross book
Cross Fire (2010). Braugher had a recurring role as defense attorney Bayard Ellis on
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015, and starred as the lead character, Capt. Marcus Chaplin, in ABC's 2012 military drama TV series
Last Resort. In 2017, Braugher had a recurring role in season four of the
Netflix animated series
BoJack Horseman as California Governor Woodchuck Coodchuck-Berkowitz. From 2013 to 2021, he starred in the Golden Globe-winning TV series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as the
precinct captain,
Raymond Holt. For his performance in
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he was nominated for four
Primetime Emmy Awards for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. ==Personal life and death==