Avery Brooks
Known for: Acting
Born: October 2, 1948
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
Drain the Ocean
2009
The Greatest Places
1998
Savage Sun
1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995
Mysteries of Ancient China
2016
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
1991
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
2008
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
2003
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
1998
Land of the Mammoth
2001
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
1993
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995
Spenser: Ceremony
1993
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994
Moments without Proper Names
1987
The Captains
2011
Roots: The Gift
1988
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
2003
15 Minutes
2001
The Big Hit
1998
Othello
2005
The Ernest Green Story
1993
American History X
1998
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Spenser: For Hire
1985
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Gargoyles
1994
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
The Captains Close Up
2013
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026