Avery Brooks

Personal Info

Birthday

October 2, 1948

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Evansville, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

اوری بروکس

Avery Brooks

Biography

Avery Franklin Brooks 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.

Known For

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Gargoyles

Spenser: For Hire

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

American History X

The Big Hit

15 Minutes

Roots: The Gift

Filmography

2018
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Self
2016
Mysteries of Ancient China
as Self - Presenter
2011
The Captains
as Himself
2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Drain the Ocean
as Narrator
2008
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
as Himself (Narrator)
2007
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
as Self
2003
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
as Himself
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
as Himself
2001
15 Minutes
as Leon Jackson
1999
Savage Sun
as Narrator (voice)
1998
American History X
as Sweeney
The Greatest Places
as Narrator (voice)
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
as Narrator
The Big Hit
as Paris
1995
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
as Benjamin Sisko
Spenser: A Savage Place
as Hawk
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
as Self
1994
Spenser: The Judas Goat
as Hawk
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
as Hawk
1993
Spenser: Ceremony
as Hawk
The Ernest Green Story
as Rev. Lawson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
as Benjamin Sisko
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
as Himself
1988
Roots: The Gift
as Cletus Moyer
1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Uncle Tom
Moments Without Proper Names
as Self
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
as Dude on Bus
1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
as Solomon Northup