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Name
Avery Brooks

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1948-10-02 (78 years old)

Place of Birth
Evansville, Indiana, USA

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, and he appeared in the films "American History X" and "The Score".

Brooks is also a talented singer and musician. He has released two albums, "Song of My People" and "The Way I Feel". He is also a gifted director, and he has directed a number of theater productions and television episodes.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1998 American History X as Sweeney
2001 15 Minutes as Leon Jackson
2009 Drain the Ocean as Narrator
1998 The Greatest Places as Narrator (voice)
1998 The Big Hit as Paris
1999 Savage Sun as Narrator (voice)
1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior as Benjamin Sisko
2011 The Captains as Self
1988 Roots: The Gift as Cletus Moyer
1995 Spenser: A Savage Place as Hawk
1993 Spenser: Ceremony as Hawk
1994 Spenser: The Judas Goat as Hawk
2016 Mysteries of Ancient China as Self - Presenter
1993 The Ernest Green Story as Rev. Lawson
1991 Solomon Northup's Odyssey as Solomon Northup
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes as Himself
1994 Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes as Hawk
1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin as Uncle Tom
1995 The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek as Self
1985 Finnegan Begin Again as Dude on Bus
2008 God v. Satan: The Final Battle as Himself (Narrator)
2018 What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
2007 Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier as Self
2003 Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends as Self
2003 Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning as Himself
1998 Africa's Elephant Kingdom as Narrator
1987 Moments without Proper Names as Self
1996 Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond as Self
2005 Othello as Othello
2001 Land of the Mammoth as Self - Narrator
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary as Benjamin Sisko

1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 173 episodes ) as Benjamin Sisko
1985 Spenser: For Hire ( 65 episodes ) as Hawk
1989 A Man Called Hawk ( 13 episodes )
1994 Gargoyles ( 1 episode ) as Nokkar (voice)
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ( 1 episode ) as King Maximus (voice)
2013 The Captains Close Up ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
2026 Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ( 1 episode ) as Benjamin Sisko (voice)
1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Solomon Northup

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