Avery Brooks
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 2, 1948 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Evansville, Indiana, USA
- Credits
- 40
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.
Known for
Filmography
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026TV
Benjamin Sisko (voice)
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018Movie
Self
Mysteries of Ancient China
2016Movie
Self - Presenter
The Captains Close Up
2013TV
Self
The Captains
2011Movie
Self
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010TV
Self - Narrator
Drain the Ocean
2009Movie
Narrator
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
2008Movie
Himself (Narrator)
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007Movie
Self
Othello
2005Movie
Othello
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
2003Movie
Himself
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
2003Movie
Self
Land of the Mammoth
2001Movie
Self - Narrator
15 Minutes
2001Movie
Leon Jackson
Savage Sun
1999Movie
Narrator (voice)
American History X
1998Movie
Sweeney
The Greatest Places
1998Movie
Narrator (voice)
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
1998Movie
Narrator
The Big Hit
1998Movie
Paris
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996Movie
Self
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995Movie
Benjamin Sisko
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995Movie
Hawk
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
King Maximus (voice)
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995Movie
Self
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994Movie
Hawk
Gargoyles
1994TV
Nokkar (voice)
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994Movie
Hawk
Spenser: Ceremony
1993Movie
Hawk
The Ernest Green Story
1993Movie
Rev. Lawson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993Movie
Himself
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
1993Movie
Benjamin Sisko
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993TV
Benjamin Sisko
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
1991Movie
Solomon Northup
A Man Called Hawk
1989TV
Roots: The Gift
1988Movie
Cletus Moyer
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987Movie
Uncle Tom
Moments without Proper Names
1987Movie
Self
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
Hawk
Finnegan Begin Again
1985Movie
Dude on Bus
American Playhouse
1982TV
Solomon Northup