Avery Brooks
Acting
Born October 2, 1948 · Evansville, Indiana, USA
Biography
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
American Playhouse
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Gargoyles
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
American History X
Spenser: For Hire
15 Minutes
The Big Hit
The Captains Close Up
A Man Called Hawk
The Captains
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Moments without Proper Names
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
The Ernest Green Story
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Finnegan Begin Again
Roots: The Gift
Spenser: Ceremony
Spenser: The Judas Goat
Spenser: A Savage Place
The Greatest Places
Savage Sun
Othello
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Mysteries of Ancient China
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Land of the Mammoth
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
Drain the Ocean
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends