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