Avery Brooks



First NameAvery
Last NameBrooks
Age63
Date of BirthOctober 2, 1948
BirthplaceEvansville, Indiana
Height6' 1" (185 cm)
BuildAverage
Hair ColorBald
Star SignLibra
EthnicityBlack
NationalityAmerican
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameSpenser: For Hire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an American actor, jazz musician, opera singer and college professor. Brooks is perhaps best known for his television roles as Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk.


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Filmography

Selected Avery Brooks film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2011
The Captains
Himself

2010
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Narrator

2008
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
Himself - Narrator

2007
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Himself - interviewee

2005
How William Shatner Changed the World
Captain Sisko

2003
Ancient Evidence
Host

2001
15 Minutes
Detective Leon Jackson

2001
The Ballad of Big Al
Narrator

2001
Land of the Mammoth
Narrator

2000
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
Solomon Northrup

2000
Quest for Life
Himself - Narrator

1998
American History X
Dr. Bob Sweeney

1998
The Big Hit
Paris

1998
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
Narrator

1998
The Greatest Places
Narrator

1993
The Ernest Green Story
Rev. Lawson

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Captain Sisko

1989
A Man Called Hawk
Hawk

1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom

1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Dude on Bus

1985
Spenser: For Hire
Hawk

1984
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Solomon Northup

Director Credits

1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Music Department Credits

2011
The Captains
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1989
A Man Called Hawk
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Thanks Credits

2011
The Captains
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2007
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
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