‘Orange Is The New Black’, ‘Justified’ & ‘Dexter’ Actor Was 56

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Brad William Henke, a former NFL participant who segued to performing and appeared in TV collection together with Orange Is the New Black, Justified and Misplaced and such movies as Pacific Rim and World Commerce Middle, has died. He was 56. His household mentioned Henke died in his sleep November 29, however no trigger was given.

Born on April 10, 1966, in Columbus, NE, and raised in Littleton, CO, Henke performed school soccer on the College of Arizona, the place he was staff captain and an All-Educational pupil journalist. Drafted by the New York Giants in 1989, he went on to play on the line of defense for the Denver Broncos and appeared in Tremendous Bowl XXIV.

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After accidents compelled him to retire in 1994, Henke moved to Los Angeles to pursue teaching. An open name for “huge guys” to do a business quickly led to a brand new profession. He started to attain visitor spots on such TV collection as ER, Chicago Hope, Silk Stockings, Nash Bridges and Arli$$ and continued to work commonly till this 12 months, racking up almost 100 credit.

The actor landed his first main recurring position on the 2000-02 WB Community comedy Nikki, starring Nikki Cox, and was forged as a lead reverse Sam Trammell in Showtime’s road-trip dramedy Going to California, which lasted one season.

Together with extra visitor roles on collection together with CSI, Crossing Jordan and Judging Amy, Henke had small components in a lot of options in the course of the early 2000s. He appeared in The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Me and You and Everybody We Know, Should Love Canines, The Zodiac, North Nation, World Commerce Middle and Hollywoodland earlier than being forged on Showtime’s Dexter as Tony Tucci, a homicide suspect-turned-near-victim who recurred in 4 episodes.

Henke obtained his second series-regular position on ABC’s short-lived 2007 drama October Street.

After that, he guested on such collection as Regulation & Order, Life on Mars and CSI: Miami earlier than being forged on ABC’s Misplaced as Bram, recurring on a half-dozen episodes in in 2009-10. Henke went on to play Coover Bennett in seven Season 2 episodes of FX’s Justified and did an arc on Fox’s 2011 Shawn Ryan drama The Chicago Code.

He additionally appeared within the characteristic Choke, which premiered on the 2008 Sundance Movie Pageant and shared a Particular Jury Prize for its ensemble forged. Henke additionally did mid-2010s arcs on FX’s The Bridge and Prime Video’s Sneaky Pete. He then scored maybe his best-known position.

Henke was forged in Jenji Kohan’s Showtime dramedy Orange Is the New Black as Desi Piscatella, a homosexual corrections officer at Litchfield Federal Penitentiary. He appeared in additional than two dozen episodes from 2016-18 and shared a SAG Award for Excellent Efficiency by an Ensemble in a Comedy Collection in 2017. The forged was nominated once more the next 12 months.

Henke additionally recurred as Large John within the second season of Discovery’s Manhunt in 2020 and as Tom Cullen in CBS All Entry’ The Stand in 2020-21. His different most up-to-date credit embody Regulation & Order: SVU and the 2022 movies Block Get together and Run & Gun.

Henke is survived by his mom, Tammy; his sister, Annette; his spouse, Sonja; stepson Aaden; stepdaughter Leasa; and grandchild Amirah, a whole bunch of mates, fellow actors, and college students. He was proceeded in loss of life by his father, Invoice, to whom he paid tribute together with his skilled identify.

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