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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Evansville, Indiana, USA

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Movie Involvements: 22

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

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 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.

Most Famous Work

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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8

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

(1993) Benjamin Sisko
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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7
Spenser: For Hire
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7

Spenser: For Hire

(1985) Hawk
American History X
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8

American History X

(1998) Sweeney
For the Love of Spock
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7

For the Love of Spock

(2016) Benjamin Sisko (archive footage)
15 Minutes
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6

15 Minutes

(2001) Leon Jackson
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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7
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
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5

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2018 Self
2016 Benjamin Sisko (archive footage)
Self - Presenter
2011 Himself
2010 Narrator (voice)
2009 Narrator
2008 Himself (Narrator)
2007 Himself
2003 Himself
Himself
2001 Leon Jackson
1999 Narrator (voice)
1998 Sweeney
Narrator (voice)
Narrator
Paris
1995 Benjamin Sisko
Hawk
King Maximus (voice)
Self
1994 Hawk
N/A
Hawk
1993 Hawk
Rev. Lawson
Benjamin Sisko
Himself
Benjamin Sisko
1989 N/A
1988 Cletus Moyer
1987 Uncle Tom
N/A
1985 Hawk
Dude on Bus
1984 Solomon Northup
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1993 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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