In his first major TV role since Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Andre Braugher is set to join the upcoming sixth season of the critically-acclaimed Paramount+ original series The Good Fight, which is currently in production.

Braugher mastered the art of both comedy and drama, in large part due to his performances as Detective Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life On The Street and Captain Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Braugher will star in The Good Fight, the series as Ri’Chard Lane, "a showman lawyer and rainmaker who is forced on Liz as a new name partner. A force of nature, Ri’Chard is a wild mix of brilliance, geniality, religion and joyful hedonism. In short, he’s a handful."

“Our dream of an actor is always someone who can mix comedy and drama equally, and André Braugher is exactly that,” said Robert and Michelle King, series co-creators, showrunners and executive producers in an official statement. “His work on Men of a Certain Age, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and ‘Homicide’ has been amazing and funny. We’re ecstatic that he finally has time in his schedule to come play.”

Braugher has received two Primetime Emmy Awards from 11 nominations. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1998 for his role on Homicide: Life On The Street and the Emmy for Lead Actor In A Miniseries or Movie for his role as Nick Atwater in the FX crime thriller Thief.

The Good Fight is set to return this summer on Paramount+.