Avery Brooks
Acting
Born 1948-10-02
Evansville, Indiana, USA
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
39 credits
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Gargoyles
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
American History X
American Playhouse
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Spenser: For Hire
15 Minutes
The Big Hit
The Captains Close Up
The Captains
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Moments without Proper Names
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
The Ernest Green Story
Savage Sun
Roots: The Gift
Mysteries of Ancient China
Spenser: Ceremony
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
The Greatest Places
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Othello
Finnegan Begin Again
Spenser: A Savage Place
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
Spenser: The Judas Goat
Drain the Ocean
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
Land of the Mammoth
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
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