Avery Brooks

Known for ActingBorn 1948-10-02 (age 77)Evansville, Indiana, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Othello

American History X

Gargoyles

Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Moments without Proper Names

Spenser: The Judas Goat

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

The Ernest Green Story

Roots: The Gift

Mysteries of Ancient China

Spenser: Ceremony

A Man Called Hawk

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Spenser: For Hire

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

The Captains Close Up

The Captains

Spenser: A Savage Place

Finnegan Begin Again

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Africa's Elephant Kingdom

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

The Big Hit

15 Minutes

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

The Greatest Places

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

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

Drain the Ocean

God v. Satan: The Final Battle

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

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

Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning

Land of the Mammoth

Savage Sun