Brad William Henke, who played for the Denver Broncos before transitioning to acting, died Tuesday at age 56.
Brad William Henke, an NFL player who later earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for playing a gay corrections officer in the Netflix series “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, said Friday. No cause of death was provided.
“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 said in a statement to The Times.
Henke, who appeared in more than 40 films, was born in Columbus, Neb.., and raised in Littleton, Colo. He played college football on a scholarship at the University of Arizona and was a standout defensive lineman, team captain and All-Academic student journalist, his agent said.
