Brad William Henke, an NFL participant who later earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for enjoying a homosexual corrections officer within the Netflix sequence “Orange Is the New Black,” has died. He was 56.
The former defensive lineman “died peacefully in his sleep” on Tuesday, his agent, Sheree Cohen, mentioned Friday. No reason for loss of life was supplied.
“Brad was such a wonderful, kind person and had a true passion for acting. Our thoughts are with his wife and family at this time,” Cohen mentioned in a press release to the Los Angeles Times.
Henke, who appeared in additional than 40 movies, was born in Columbus, Nebraska, and raised in Littleton, Colorado. He performed faculty soccer on a scholarship on the University of Arizona and was a standout defensive lineman, group captain and All-Academic pupil journalist, his agent mentioned. He went professional in 1989 when the New York Giants drafted him. He later performed for the Denver Broncos and made it to Super Bowl XXIV towards the San Francisco 49ers, though his group was defeated 55-10 throughout the 1990 matchup.
Henke retired from the sport in 1994 after repeated accidents, however swiftly transitioned to a profession in appearing after transferring to L.A. to develop into a coach. Here, he answered an open name for a business on the lookout for “big guys,” then started working in theater and steadily booked work on a number of Nineties TV sequence, together with “Chicago Hope,” “Silk Stalkings,” “Nash Bridges” and “ER.” He additionally appeared as a catcher within the 1996 animation hybrid “Space Jam.”
The actor had longer stints in drama sequence together with the ABC sequence “October Road” and “Lost,” FX’s “Justified,” “Going to California” on Showtime and the sitcom “Nikki” on the WB.
In 2000, he opened an appearing studio in Los Angeles the place he’s credited with guiding the careers of a whole lot of actors.
“Always attempting to aid struggling artists, Henke would produce showcases, call agents for his students and lend his acting abilities to up-and-coming filmmakers in shorts that would become features, including ‘Short Term 12′ and ‘Willy’s Wonderland,’” his agent mentioned.
However, his most notable position was that of Desi Piscatella in Netflix’s groundbreaking authentic comedy. Henke appeared in 26 episodes throughout the Emmy and SAG Award-winning comedy’s final three seasons.
“Brad Henke was an incredibly kind man of joyous energy. A very talented actor, he loved being a part of this community … and we loved him back. Our thoughts are with his wife and family,” his supervisor Matt DelPiano wrote Thursday on Instagram.
Henke is survived by his mom, Tammy; his sister Annette; his spouse, Sonja; his stepson, Aaden; stepdaughter, Leasa; and grandchild, Amirah.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com