Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

ActorDirector Oct 2 (age 77) Evansville, Indiana, USA 1985–2026 (41 year career)

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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 graduatin…

Known For

American History X

American History X

Sweeney

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Benjamin Sisko

15 Minutes

15 Minutes

Leon Jackson

The Big Hit

The Big Hit

Paris

The Captains

The Captains

Himself

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

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

Self

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire

Hawk

Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

Cletus Moyer

Filmography

Acting (39)

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Movies (31)

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

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

as Self

Mysteries of Ancient China

Mysteries of Ancient China

as Self - Presenter

The Captains

The Captains

as Himself

Drain the Ocean

as Narrator

God v. Satan: The Final Battle

God v. Satan: The Final Battle

as Himself (Narrator)

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

as Self

Othello

Othello

as Othello

Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning

Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning

as Himself

Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends

Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends

as Himself

15 Minutes

15 Minutes

as Leon Jackson

Land of the Mammoth

Land of the Mammoth

as Self - Narrator

Savage Sun

Savage Sun

as Narrator (voice)

American History X

American History X

as Sweeney

The Big Hit

The Big Hit

as Paris

The Greatest Places

The Greatest Places

as Narrator (voice)

Africa's Elephant Kingdom

Africa's Elephant Kingdom

as Narrator

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

as Self

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

as Self

Spenser: A Savage Place

Spenser: A Savage Place

as Hawk

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

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

as Benjamin Sisko

Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

as Hawk

Spenser: The Judas Goat

Spenser: The Judas Goat

as Hawk

Spenser: Ceremony

Spenser: Ceremony

as Hawk

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

as Himself

The Ernest Green Story

The Ernest Green Story

as Rev. Lawson

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary

as Benjamin Sisko

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

as Solomon Northup

Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

as Cletus Moyer

Moments without Proper Names

Moments without Proper Names

as Self

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Uncle Tom

Finnegan Begin Again

Finnegan Begin Again

as Dude on Bus

Television (8)

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

as Benjamin Sisko (voice)

The Captains Close Up

The Captains Close Up

as Self

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

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

as Self - Narrator

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as King Maximus (voice)

Gargoyles

Gargoyles

as Nokkar (voice)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Benjamin Sisko

A Man Called Hawk

A Man Called Hawk

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire

as Hawk

Crew (1)

Television (1)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Director