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Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Actor · Born 1948-10-02 · Evansville, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award–nominated film American History X. Brooks was born in Evansville, Indiana, and raised in Gary, Indiana. He attended Oberlin College, where he studied music and theater. After graduating from Oberlin, he moved to New York City to pursue his acting career. Brooks's first professional acting role was in the play "The Great White Hope" in 1970. He went on to appear in a number of Broadway productions, including "The Wiz" and "A Chorus Line". He also starred in the television miniseries "Roots" in 1977. In 1993, Brooks was cast as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The series ran for seven seasons, and Brooks's performance as Sisko was critically acclaimed. He won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television in 1995. After Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended, Brooks continued to work in television and film. He starred in the series "Shark" from 2006 to 2008, …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. American History X (1998) — Sweeney
  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) — Benjamin Sisko
  3. 15 Minutes (2001) — Leon Jackson
  4. Gargoyles (1994) — Nokkar (voice)
  5. The Big Hit (1998) — Paris
  6. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026) — Benjamin Sisko (voice)
  7. The Captains (2011) — Self
  8. What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) — Self
  9. Spenser: For Hire (1985) — Hawk
  10. Roots: The Gift (1988) — Cletus Moyer
  11. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) — Uncle Tom
  12. Finnegan Begin Again (1985) — Dude on Bus
  13. Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) — King Maximus (voice)
  14. The Captains Close Up (2013) — Self
  15. The Greatest Places (1998) — Narrator (voice)
  16. Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996) — Self
  17. American Playhouse (1982) — Solomon Northup
  18. The Ernest Green Story (1993) — Rev. Lawson
  19. A Man Called Hawk (1989)
  20. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995) — Benjamin Sisko
  21. Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1991) — Solomon Northup
  22. Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (2007) — Self
  23. Africa's Elephant Kingdom (1998) — Narrator
  24. Mysteries of Ancient China (2016) — Self - Presenter
  25. Drain the Ocean (2009) — Narrator
  26. Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994) — Hawk
  27. The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek (1995) — Self
  28. Moments without Proper Names (1987) — Self
  29. Spenser: A Savage Place (1995) — Hawk
  30. Spenser: Ceremony (1993) — Hawk
  31. Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994) — Hawk
  32. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes (1993) — Himself
  33. God v. Satan: The Final Battle (2008) — Himself (Narrator)
  34. Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends (2003) — Self
  35. Othello (2005) — Othello
  36. Savage Sun (1999) — Narrator (voice)
  37. Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning (2003) — Himself
  38. Land of the Mammoth (2001) — Self - Narrator
  39. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary (1993) — Benjamin Sisko
  40. For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) — Self - Narrator

Directed

  1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) — Director