Avery Brooks

Born: 1948-10-02

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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as Sweeney
Released: 1998-07-01

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men....

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The Big Hit

as Paris
Released: 1998-04-24

Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the...

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15 Minutes

as Leon Jackson
Released: 2001-03-01

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a...

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For the Love of Spock

as Benjamin Sisko (archive footage)
Released: 2016-09-09

The life of Star Trek's Mr. Spock — as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr....

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What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Self
Released: 2018-10-12

A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the...

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The Captains

as Himself
Released: 2011-07-22

The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The...

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Solomon Northup's Odyssey

as Solomon Northup
Released: 1984-12-10

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before...

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Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends

as Himself
Released: 2003-01-01

The making of the iconic Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.

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Finnegan Begin Again

as Dude on Bus
Released: 1985-02-24

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician,...

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Roots: The Gift

as Cletus Moyer
Released: 1988-12-11

On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold...

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The Greatest Places

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1998-06-30

A journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on earth. The film features...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary

as Benjamin Sisko
Released: 1993-01-04

Three years after his wife died at the hands of the Borg and following the Cardassian withdrawal...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

as Himself
Released: 1993-01-04

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior

as Benjamin Sisko
Released: 1995-10-02

When a Klingon fleet under General Martok arrives at the station ostensibly to protect the Alpha...

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Mysteries of Ancient China

as Self - Presenter
Released: 2016-05-21

Archeologists discover a pit filled with terracotta warriors buried to protect the grave of the...

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The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

as Self
Released: 1995-01-18

How real is the 'science' in Star Trek?

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Uncle Tom
Released: 1987-06-14

The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

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Moments Without Proper Names

as uncredited
Released: 1987-01-01

Moments Without Proper Names makes Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a...

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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2010-01-01

This High Definition, PBS miniseries uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts,...

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The Ernest Green Story

as Rev. Lawson
Released: 1993-01-17

Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to...

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Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

as Self
Released: 2007-02-19

This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's...

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Spenser: A Savage Place

as Hawk
Released: 1995-05-20

Candy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she...

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Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning

as Himself
Released: 2003-02-25

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Spenser: Ceremony

as Hawk
Released: 1993-07-23

Spenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and...

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Spenser: The Judas Goat

as Hawk
Released: 1994-12-01

Spenser is hired out by Hugh Dixon to track down the killers of his wife and daughters. He and...

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God v. Satan: The Final Battle

as Himself (Narrator)
Released: 2008-10-19

Christians, Jews and Muslims believe there will a final battle between God and Satan. Believers...

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Africa's Elephant Kingdom

as Narrator
Released: 1998-05-08

This film explores an elephant clan's search for food and water as seen through the eyes of one...

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Savage Sun

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1999-01-01

This documentary explains the workings of the sun, the body at the centre of the solar system,...

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Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

as Hawk
Released: 1994-01-02

When Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams),...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Benjamin Sisko
First aired: 1993-01-03

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated...

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Gargoyles

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-10-24

In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present...

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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as King Maximus (voice)
First aired: 1995-03-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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Spenser: For Hire

as Hawk
First aired: 1985-09-20

Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private...

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Walking with Dinosaurs

as Self - Narrator US
First aired: 1999-10-04

Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics...

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A Man Called Hawk

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-01-28

A 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 Self
First aired: 2013-05-16

In this documentary mini series, Shatner, in each of the five half an hour episodes, presents...

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