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.
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For the Love of Spock
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The Big Hit
as ParisAffable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the...
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15 Minutes
as Leon JacksonWhen Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a...
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What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as SelfA documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the...
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The Captains
as HimselfThe Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The...
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
as Narrator (voice)This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts,...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Uncle TomThe life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
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The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
as SelfHow real is the 'science' in Star Trek?
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Roots: The Gift
as Cletus MoyerOn Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold...
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Finnegan Begin Again
as Dude on BusA schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician,...
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Solomon Northup's Odyssey
as Solomon NorthupThis is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
as HimselfStar Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry...
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Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
as HawkWhen Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams),...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
as Benjamin SiskoThree years after his wife died at the hands of the Borg and following the Cardassian withdrawal...
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The Greatest Places
as Narrator (voice)A journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on earth. The film features...
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Spenser: Ceremony
as HawkSpenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and...
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God v. Satan: The Final Battle
as Himself (Narrator)Christians, Jews and Muslims believe there will a final battle between God and Satan. Believers...
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Moments Without Proper Names
as uncreditedMoments Without Proper Names makes Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a...
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Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
as SelfThis History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's...
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Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
as HimselfThe making of the iconic Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
as Benjamin SiskoWhen a Klingon fleet under General Martok arrives at the station ostensibly to protect the Alpha...
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Africa's Elephant Kingdom
as NarratorThis film explores an elephant clan's search for food and water as seen through the eyes of one...
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Spenser: The Judas Goat
as HawkSpenser is hired out by Hugh Dixon to track down the killers of his wife and daughters. He and...
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Spenser: A Savage Place
as HawkCandy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she...
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The Ernest Green Story
as Rev. LawsonFollows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to...
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Mysteries of Ancient China
as Self - PresenterArcheologists discover a pit filled with terracotta warriors buried to protect the grave of the...
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Savage Sun
as Narrator (voice)This documentary explains the workings of the sun, the body at the centre of the solar system,...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Benjamin SiskoAt Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated...
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Gargoyles
as uncreditedIn Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present...
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Spenser: For Hire
as HawkMystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private...
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Maximus (voice)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Walking with Dinosaurs
as Self - Narrator USCombining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics...
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A Man Called Hawk
as uncreditedA Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network...
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The Captains Close Up
as SelfIn this documentary mini series, Shatner, in each of the five half an hour episodes, presents...
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