Avery Brooks
Born in Evansville, Indiana, USA — Oct 02 1948
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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 acti…
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Avery Brooks's Credits
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Benjamin Sisko
Gargoyles
Nokkar (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
King Maximus (voice)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Benjamin Sisko (voice)
Spenser: For Hire
Hawk
American History X
Sweeney
15 Minutes
Leon Jackson
The Captains Close Up
Self
A Man Called Hawk
The Big Hit
Paris
The Captains
Himself
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Self
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Self - Narrator
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Himself
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Self
Roots: The Gift
Cletus Moyer
Finnegan Begin Again
Dude on Bus
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Solomon Northup
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Self
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
Benjamin Sisko
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
Himself
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom
Moments without Proper Names
Self
The Greatest Places
Narrator (voice)
Spenser: Ceremony
Hawk
Savage Sun
Narrator (voice)
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
Self
The Ernest Green Story
Rev. Lawson
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Hawk
Spenser: A Savage Place
Hawk
Mysteries of Ancient China
Self - Presenter
Spenser: The Judas Goat
Hawk
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
Himself
Drain the Ocean
Narrator
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
Narrator
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
Himself (Narrator)