Avery Brooks
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
Credits
- 2018 · What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
- 2016 · For the Love of Spock as Benjamin Sisko (archive footage)
- 2016 · Mysteries of Ancient China as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · The Captains Close Up as Self
- 2011 · The Captains as Himself
- 2010 · For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Drain the Ocean as Narrator
- 2008 · God v. Satan: The Final Battle as Himself (Narrator)
- 2007 · Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier as Self
- 2003 · Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning as Himself
- 2003 · Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends as Himself
- 2001 · 15 Minutes as Leon Jackson
- 1999 · Walking with Dinosaurs as Self - Narrator US
- 1999 · Savage Sun as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · American History X as Sweeney
- 1998 · The Greatest Places as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Africa's Elephant Kingdom as Narrator
- 1998 · The Big Hit as Paris
- 1995 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior as Benjamin Sisko
- 1995 · Spenser: A Savage Place as Hawk
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as King Maximus (voice)
- 1995 · The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek as Self
- 1994 · Spenser: The Judas Goat as Hawk
- 1994 · Gargoyles as
- 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 - Behind the Scenes as Himself
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary as Benjamin Sisko
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Benjamin Sisko
- 1989 · A Man Called Hawk as
- 1988 · Roots: The Gift as Cletus Moyer
- 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Uncle Tom
- 1987 · Moments Without Proper Names as
- 1985 · Spenser: For Hire as Hawk
- 1985 · Finnegan Begin Again as Dude on Bus
- 1984 · Solomon Northup's Odyssey as Solomon Northup