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Avery Brooks
Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born October 2, 1948 (76 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2016 | For the Love of Spock · as Benjamin Sisko (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Drain the Ocean · as Narrator |
| 2005 | How William Shatner Changed the World · as Capt. Benjamin Sisko |
| 2004 | Bible Mysteries (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2001 | 15 Minutes · as Leon Jackson |
| 2001 | Jazz (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | Big Al Uncovered · as Narrator (usa Version) |
| 2000 | The Ballad of Big Al (TV Series) · as Narrator (us Version) |
| 2000 | Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks · as Solomon Northrup |
| 1999 | Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments · as Capt. Benjamin Sisko |
| 1998 | American History X · as Sweeney |
| 1998 | The Greatest Places · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | The Big Hit · as Paris |
| 1997 | The Living Edens (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1995 | Spenser: A Savage Place · as Hawk |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as King Maximus (voice) |
| 1994 | Spenser: The Judas Goat · as Hawk |
| 1994 | Gargoyles (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes · as Hawk |
| 1993 | Spenser: Ceremony · as Hawk |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story · as Rev. Lawson |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary · as Benjamin Sisko |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) · as Benjamin Sisko |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Roots: The Gift · as Cletus Moyer |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin · as Uncle Tom |
| 1987 | |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as Hawk |
| 1985 | Finnegan Begin Again · as Dude On Bus |
| 1984 | Solomon Northup's Odyssey · as Solomon Northup |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Solomon Northup |