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Avery Brooks
Evansville, Indiana, USA
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
TV show Benjamin Sisko (voice)
- 2018
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2016
Mysteries of Ancient China
Movie Self - Presenter
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2013
The Captains Close Up
TV show Self
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2011
The Captains
Movie Self
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2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
TV show Self - Narrator
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2009
Drain the Ocean
Movie Narrator
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2008
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
Movie Himself (Narrator)
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2007
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Movie Self
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2005
Othello
Movie Othello
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2003
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
Movie Himself
- 2003
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2001
Land of the Mammoth
Movie Self - Narrator
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2001
15 Minutes
Movie Leon Jackson
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1999
Savage Sun
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1998
American History X
Movie Sweeney
More credits
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1998
The Greatest Places
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1998
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
Movie Narrator
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1998
The Big Hit
Movie Paris
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1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Movie Self
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1995
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
Movie Benjamin Sisko
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1995
Spenser: A Savage Place
Movie Hawk
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1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV show King Maximus (voice)
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1995
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
Movie Self
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1994
Spenser: The Judas Goat
Movie Hawk
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1994
Gargoyles
TV show Nokkar (voice)
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1994
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Movie Hawk
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1993
Spenser: Ceremony
Movie Hawk
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1993
The Ernest Green Story
Movie Rev. Lawson
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Movie Himself
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Movie Benjamin Sisko
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1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV show Benjamin Sisko
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1991
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Movie Solomon Northup
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1989
A Man Called Hawk
TV show
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1988
Roots: The Gift
Movie Cletus Moyer
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1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie Uncle Tom
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1987
Moments without Proper Names
Movie Self
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1985
Spenser: For Hire
TV show Hawk
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1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Movie Dude on Bus
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Solomon Northup
