Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks
Birth name:	Avery Franklin Brooks
Gender:	Male
Medium(s):	Television
Roles:	Actor; Director
Born:	October 2nd, 1948
Birthplace:	Evansville, Indiana
Notable works:	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1st Sci-Fi:	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Emissary

Avery Brooks is a television actor and director born in Evansville, Indiana on October 2nd, 1948. He is best known for playing the role of Commander Benjamin Sisko on the 1993-1999 science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Brooks appeared in all 173 episodes of the series and also directed 9 episodes.

Body of work[]

Television[]

Notes & Trivia[]

• Has a Masters degree in Fine Arts from Rutgers University.

• Avery Brooks was born on the same day as actress Persis Khambatta, who played Lieutenant Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

• Was nominated in both 1996 and 1997 at the Image Awards for the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

• Was nominated at the 1997 Saturn Awards for the category of Best Genre TV Actor.

• Appeared as himself in the 2011 documentary The Captains written and hosted by William Shatner.

• Was arrested for driving under the influence in Wilton, Connecticut in January of 2012. ^[1]

Other works[]

• Avery Brooks is also known for playing the character of Hawk on the 1985-1989 crime drama Spenser: For Hire starring Robert Urich. He appeared in all 65 episodes of the series. He reprised the role of Hawk for the short-lived spin-off series A Man Called Hawk.

• As with many Star Trek alumni, Avery Brooks provided a character voice on the Disney animated series Gargoyles. He played the voice of Nokkar in the episode entitled "Sentinel".

• Avery Brooks' first major film work was playing a teacher named Doctor Bob Sweeney in the 1998 drama American History X.

External Links[]

• Avery Brooks at IMDB
• Avery Brooks at Wikipedia
• Avery Brooks at Memory Alpha
• Avery Brooks at TV.com guide
• Avery Brooks at TV Rage.com
• Avery Brooks at the Star Trek DB

References[]

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