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Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

ActorDirector Oct 2 (age 77) Evansville, Indiana, USA 1984–2026 (42 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
Film

American History X

Sweeney
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Film

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Benjamin Sisko
15 Minutes
Film

15 Minutes

Leon Jackson
The Big Hit
Film

The Big Hit

Paris
The Captains
Film

The Captains

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

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

Self
Spenser: For Hire
Film

Spenser: For Hire

Hawk
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Film

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom

Filmography

Acting (36)

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