Braugher was natural around Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from either Stanford University with a B.A. in theater in 1984; he was originally a pre-med student. Braugher so attended a Juilliard School in New York City, receiving his M.F.The. His number one film role was in 1989 as servant-turned-soldier Thomas Searles in Glory. Subsequently, he moved in to his role in Homicide: Life on the Street when Detective Frank Pembleton, the self-pharisaic, fiery, unyielding, Jesuit-educated police detective.

Match of Kyle Secor's Tim Bayliss, Braugher received Television Critics Association awards for single accomplishment around drama around 1997 and 1998. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for best actor inside the drama series around 1996 and 1998, winning in the latter year. Within 1997 he was selected by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World."

At Just released York City's Shakespeare in the Park Festival from either June 18 to July 14 at the Delacorte Theatre within Central Park, Braugher played the name part within Henry V.

Braugher left Homicide fallowing its sixth year. He married Ami Brabson within 1991, who played Pembleton's married woman in Homicide. A few has deuce youngsters: Michael, born within 1992, and Isaiah, innate inside 1996.