AVERY BROOKS
Avery Brooks
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: October 2, 1948
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana, USA
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 graduating from Oberlin, he moved to New York City to pursue his acting career.
Filmography
Starring
Benjamin Sisko (voice)
Self - Presenter
Self
2011·
The CaptainsSelf
Self - Narrator
2009·
Drain the OceanNarrator
Himself (Narrator)
Self
2005·
OthelloOthello
Himself
2001·
Land of the MammothSelf - Narrator
2001·
15 MinutesLeon Jackson
1999·
Savage SunNarrator (voice)
Narrator
1998·
The Big HitParis
1998·
The Greatest PlacesNarrator (voice)
1998·
American History XSweeney
Self
King Maximus (voice)
Hawk
Benjamin Sisko
1994·
GargoylesNokkar (voice)
Hawk
Hawk
Benjamin Sisko
Benjamin Sisko
Himself
Rev. Lawson
1993·
Spenser: CeremonyHawk
Solomon Northup
1989·
A Man Called Hawk1988·
Roots: The GiftCletus Moyer
Self
1987·
Uncle Tom's CabinUncle Tom
1985·
Spenser: For HireHawk
1985·
Finnegan Begin AgainDude on Bus
Production
Director