Avery Brooks
American actor and director · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1948 · age 78
Avery Franklin Brooks is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator.
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Star Trek: Starfleet AcademySeries, Benjamin Sisko (voice)2018
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space NineFilm2016
Mysteries of Ancient ChinaFilm2013
The Captains Close UpSeries2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black PatriotsSeries2009Drain the OceanFilm, Narrator2008
God v. Satan: The Final BattleFilm, Himself (Narrator)2005
OthelloFilm, Othello2003
Deep Space Nine: A Bold BeginningFilm, Himself2001
15 MinutesFilm, Leon Jackson1998
Africa's Elephant KingdomFilm, Narrator1996
Star Trek: 30 Years and BeyondFilm1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries, King Maximus (voice)
Spenser: A Savage PlaceFilm, 1995Hawk1994
GargoylesSeries, Nokkar (voice)1993
Star Trek: Deep Space NineSeries, Director
Spenser: CeremonyFilm, 1993Hawk1991
Solomon Northup's OdysseyFilm, Solomon Northup1989
A Man Called HawkSeries1987
Moments without Proper NamesFilm1985
Spenser: For HireSeries, Hawk
Finnegan Begin AgainFilm, 1985Dude on Bus1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Solomon Northup1948Born2 October 1948People around Avery
Close ties
LeVar Burton Directed The Sword of Kahless (1995)
René Auberjonois Avery directed Rejoined and Fascination
Michael Dorn Avery directed Rejoined and Body Parts
Colm Meaney Avery directed Tribunal and Fascination
Alexander Siddig Avery directed Tribunal and Fascination
Nana Visitor Avery directed Fascination and The Abandoned
Andrew Robinson Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Terry Farrell Avery directed Rejoined and Fascination
Nicole de Boer Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Marc Alaimo Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Duet
Armin Shimerman Avery directed Fascination and The Abandoned
Corey Allen Directed Captive Pursuit, Paradise and Chrysalis
Aron Eisenberg Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Cliff Bole Directed Cardassians and Dramatis Personae- Winrich Kolbe Directed Blood Oath, Melora and Past Prologue
Cirroc Lofton Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Emissary
David Carson Directed Emissary and Move Along Home
Chase Masterson Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
James L. Conway Directed Duet and Necessary Evil- Mike Vejar Directed Empok Nor and Rocks and Shoals
- Reza Badiyi Directed Civil Defense and Life Support
Robert O'Reilly Also in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine- Robert Hewitt Wolfe Wrote In the Hands of the Prophets (1993)
- Allan Kroeker Directed What You Leave Behind and His Way
Known for
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American History X 1998
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2018
The Captains 2011
The Big Hit 1998
15 Minutes 2001
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 31
41 credits on file
Television 9
Media & music
Photos 2
About this person
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 has delivered a variety of other performances to a great deal of acclaim. He has been nominated for a Saturn Award and three NAACP Image Awards. Brooks has also been inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre and bestowed with the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre by the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
