Avery Brooks
Biography
Avery Brooks is an American actor born on October 2, 1948, in Evansville, Indiana. He studied music and theater at Oberlin College and later 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 has appeared in numerous productions and is known for his roles in television shows such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Spenser: For Hire, and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and in the film American History X. Brooks has also worked as a director, singer, narrator, and educator. He has a total of 40 known credits in the acting field.
Career overview
Avery Brooks is an American actor who has appeared in various television roles and films. His first professional acting role was in the play "The Great White Hope" in 1970. He went on to pursue his acting career in New York City.
Brooks is known for his television roles, including Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk. He has also appeared in films, including the Academy Award-nominated film American History X, where he played the role of Dr. Bob Sweeney.
Throughout his career, Brooks has accumulated a significant number of credits, with over 40 known credits to his name. He has worked in the entertainment industry for many years, with a career spanning multiple decades.
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- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026) as Benjamin Sisko (voice)
- What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018) as Self
- Mysteries of Ancient China (2016) as Self - Presenter
- The Captains Close Up (2013) as Self
- The Captains (2011) as Self
- For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) as Self - Narrator
- Drain the Ocean (2009) as Narrator
- God v. Satan: The Final Battle (2008) as Himself (Narrator)
- Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (2007) as Self
- Othello (2005) as Othello
- Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning (2003) as Himself
- Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends (2003) as Self
- 15 Minutes (2001) as Leon Jackson
- Land of the Mammoth (2001) as Self - Narrator
- Savage Sun (1999) as Narrator (voice)
- American History X (1998) as Sweeney
- The Big Hit (1998) as Paris
- The Greatest Places (1998) as Narrator (voice)
- Africa's Elephant Kingdom (1998) as Narrator
- Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996) as Self
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as King Maximus (voice)
- Spenser: A Savage Place (1995) as Hawk
- The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek (1995) as Self
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995) as Benjamin Sisko
- Gargoyles (1994) as Nokkar (voice)
- Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994) as Hawk
- Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994) as Hawk
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Benjamin Sisko
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) Director
- The Ernest Green Story (1993) as Rev. Lawson
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary (1993) as Benjamin Sisko
- Spenser: Ceremony (1993) as Hawk
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes (1993) as Himself
- Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1991) as Solomon Northup
- A Man Called Hawk (1989)
- Roots: The Gift (1988) as Cletus Moyer
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) as Uncle Tom
- Moments without Proper Names (1987) as Self
- Spenser: For Hire (1985) as Hawk
- Finnegan Begin Again (1985) as Dude on Bus
- American Playhouse (1982) as Solomon Northup