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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
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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[]

Series Episode Role
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine All episodes Commander/Captain Benjamin Sisko

Notes & Trivia[]

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

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.

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