{"id":27414,"date":"2022-12-02T08:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/orange-is-the-new-black-star-brad-william-henke-dead-at-56\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:56:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:56:19","slug":"orange-is-the-new-black-star-brad-william-henke-dead-at-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/orange-is-the-new-black-star-brad-william-henke-dead-at-56\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Orange Is the New Black&#8217; Star Brad William Henke Dead at 56"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/brad-william-henke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brad William Henke<\/a>, the actor identified for roles like Desi Piscatella, the jail guard in <em><a id=\"auto-tag_orange-is-the-new-black\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/orange-is-the-new-black\/\" data-tag=\"orange-is-the-new-black\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange Is the New Black<\/a><\/em>, has died on the age of 56.<\/p>\n<p>A consultant for the actor revealed he died in his sleep on Tuesday, November 27, however no reason for dying was revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrad was an incredibly kind man of joyous energy,\u201d Matt DelPiano, Henke\u2019s supervisor, informed <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/01\/orange-is-the-new-black-actor-brad-william-henke-dead-dies\/?adid=social-twa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TMZ<\/a><\/em>. \u201cA very talented actor, he loved being a part of this community\u2026.and we loved him back. Our thoughts are with his wife and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1072112\" style=\"width: 867px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1072112\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1072112 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orange-is-the-new-black-brad-william-henke-857x570.jpg\" alt=\"Brad William Henke in 'Orange Is the New Black'\" width=\"857\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orange-is-the-new-black-brad-william-henke-857x570.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orange-is-the-new-black-brad-william-henke-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orange-is-the-new-black-brad-william-henke-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orange-is-the-new-black-brad-william-henke-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orange-is-the-new-black-brad-william-henke-570x379.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orange-is-the-new-black-brad-william-henke.jpg 2028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1072112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad William Henke in <i>Orange Is the New Black<\/i> (Credit: JoJo Whilden \/ \u00a9Netflix \/ courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before taking over Hollywood, the actor was an expert soccer participant for the Denver Broncos, taking part in in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/super-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Bowl<\/a> XXIV in 1990, however he retired in 1994 after sustaining a number of accidents. This marked his transition to appearing, which noticed him taking over elements small elements in all kinds of exhibits starting from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/chicago-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Hope<\/a>, Silk Stockings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/er\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ER<\/a>, Michael Hayes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/arliss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arli$$<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-pretender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Pretender<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/law-&amp;-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Law &amp; Order<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/life-on-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life on Mars<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/trust-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trust Me<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/party-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Party Down<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/royal-pains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Royal Pains<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/criminal-minds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Criminal Minds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/shameless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shameless<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/grimm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimm<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/bones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/castle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-bridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bridge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Stand<\/a>,<\/em> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/manhunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> Manhunt <\/em><\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Office<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He additionally had small roles in movies, together with <em>Split, Pee-wee\u2019s Big Holiday, Pure Love, Draft Day, Pacific Rim, The Frozen Ground, Jobs, I Am Not a Hipster, Magic Valley, The Space Between, Choke, Must Love Dogs <\/em>and <em>The Assassination of Richard Nixon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But his huge break got here when he scored the lead position in <em>Going to California<\/em>, which ran for one season. This led to recurring roles in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/justified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justified<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/lost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/october-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October Road<\/a>, Nikki<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/dexter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dexter<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/sneaky-pete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sneaky Pete<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the position that he&#8217;ll most likely be most remembered for is Piscatella, the homosexual corrections officer who served because the chief antagonist on<em> Orange is the New Black<\/em> throughout seasons 4 and 5. He took house a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/orange-is-the-new-black\/#awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> SAG Award<\/a> with the remainder of his castmates after they received for excellent efficiency by an ensemble in a comedy collection in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Brad William Henke, the actor identified for roles like Desi Piscatella, the jail guard in Orange Is the New Black, has died on the age of 56. A consultant for the actor revealed he died in his sleep on Tuesday, November 27, however no reason for dying was revealed. \u201cBrad was an incredibly kind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}