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Avery Brooks

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avery Brooks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 2, 1948 In Evansville - Indiana - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
32
First Appeared:
In the movie Solomon Northup's Odyssey 1984-12-11
Latest Project:
Movie What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2018-10-12
Known For
Poster of 15 Minutes
Poster of Spenser: A Savage Place
Poster of Spenser: Ceremony
Poster of Roots: The Gift
Filmography
Movie What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Self 2018-10-12
Series Drain the Oceans Unknown 2018-05-28
Movie For the Love of Spock Benjamin Sisko (archive footage) 2016-09-09
Movie The Captains Himself 2011-07-22
Movie For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots Narrator (voice) 2010-01-01
Movie Drain the Ocean Narrator 2009-08-09
Movie God v. Satan: The Final Battle Himself (Narrator) 2008-10-19
Movie Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier Self 2007-02-19
Movie Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends Himself 2003-01-01
Movie Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning Himself 2003-02-25
Movie 15 Minutes Leon Jackson 2001-03-01
Series Walking with Dinosaurs Self - Narrator US 1999-10-04
Movie The Big Hit Paris 1998-04-24
Movie The Greatest Places Narrator (voice) 1998-06-30
Movie American History X Sweeney 1998-07-01
Movie The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek Self 1995-01-18
Series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Unknown 1995-03-12
Movie Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior Benjamin Sisko 1995-10-02
Movie Spenser: A Savage Place Hawk 1995-05-20
Movie Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes Hawk 1994-01-02
Series Gargoyles Unknown 1994-10-24
Movie Spenser: The Judas Goat Hawk 1994-12-01
Movie The Ernest Green Story Rev. Lawson 1993-01-17
Series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Benjamin Sisko 1993-01-03
Movie Spenser: Ceremony Hawk 1993-07-23
Series A Man Called Hawk 1989-01-28
Movie Roots: The Gift Cletus Moyer 1988-12-11
Movie Moments Without Proper Names 1987-01-01
Movie Uncle Tom's Cabin Uncle Tom 1987-06-14
Series Spenser: For Hire Hawk 1985-09-20
Movie Finnegan Begin Again Dude on Bus 1985-02-24
Movie Solomon Northup's Odyssey Solomon Northup 1984-12-11