Avery Brooks
Acting
Born: 1948-10-02 · Evansville, Indiana, USA
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
🎬 Movies (20)
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018
Self
Mysteries of Ancient China
2016
Self - Presenter
The Captains
2011
Self
Drain the Ocean
2009
Narrator
God v. Satan: The Final Battle
2008
Himself (Narrator)
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
Self
Othello
2005
Othello
Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
2003
Himself
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
2003
Self
Land of the Mammoth
2001
Self - Narrator
15 Minutes
2001
Leon Jackson
Savage Sun
1999
Narrator (voice)
American History X
1998
Sweeney
The Greatest Places
1998
Narrator (voice)
Africa's Elephant Kingdom
1998
Narrator
The Big Hit
1998
Paris
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
Self
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995
Benjamin Sisko
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995
Hawk
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995
Self
📺 TV Shows (8)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026
Benjamin Sisko (voice)
The Captains Close Up
2013
Self
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
Self - Narrator
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
King Maximus (voice)
Gargoyles
1994
Nokkar (voice)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Benjamin Sisko
A Man Called Hawk
1989
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Hawk