Biography
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 thea…
Career works
38
Movies
30
Series
8
Career average
6.6/10
Birth date
10/02/1948
Place of birth
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018 · 7.0
Mysteries of Ancient China
2016 · 6.8
The Captains
2011 · 6.4
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
2008 · 4.0
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007 · 5.4
Othello
2005 · 9.0
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
2003
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
2003 · 8.0
Land of the Mammoth
2001
15 Minutes
2001 · 5.9
Savage Sun
1999
American History X
1998 · 8.3
The Greatest Places
1998 · 5.5
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
1998 · 6.2
The Big Hit
1998 · 6.0
Series
