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