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The Greatest Places (1998) -- Avery Brooks narrates filmmaker Mal Wolfe's field trips to seven spectacular locations, including the Amazon River and the Namib Desert.
"Walking with Dinosaurs" (1999): : -- Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.
The Big Hit (1998) -- Marky Mark leads a funky bunch of hit men in a screwball action comedy with lots of explosions. It’s all fun and games until someone falls in love with their kidnap victim.
The Big Hit (1998) -- Melvin Smiley, a successful young hitman, is living a normal all-day life for his jewish fiancé Pam...
The Greatest Places (1998) -- Open-ended Trailer from Imax

Overview

Date of Birth:
2 October 1948, Evansville, Indiana, USA more
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
He was born into a musically talented family. His maternal grandfather... more
Trivia:
He is a tenured professor of Theatre at the Mason Gross School of the... more
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Down 5% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Shatner To Return As Capt. Kirk -- In Video Game
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 August 2006)
Actor Brock Peters Dies at 78
 (From WENN. 23 August 2005)

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Director, Music Department, Miscellaneous Crew, Soundtrack, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
  1. Star Trek: Legacy (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Captain Benjamin Sisko
  2. 15 Minutes (2001) .... Detective Leon Jackson
    ... aka 15 Minuten Ruhm (Germany)

  3. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" .... Captain Sisko / ... (173 episodes, 1993-1999)
    ... aka DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Deep Space Nine (USA: short title)
    ... aka Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title)
        - What You Leave Behind (1999) TV episode .... Captain Sisko
        - The Dogs of War (1999) TV episode .... Captain Sisko
        - Extreme Measures (1999) TV episode .... Captain Sisko
        - Tacking Into the Wind (1999) TV episode .... Captain Sisko
        - When It Rains... (1999) TV episode .... Captain Sisko
          (168 more)
  4. American History X (1998) .... Dr. Bob Sweeney
  5. The Big Hit (1998) .... Paris
  6. "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" .... King Maximus (1 episode, 1997)
        - The Golden Goose (1997) TV episode (voice) .... King Maximus
  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger (1996) (VG) (voice) .... Captain Benjamin Sisko
  8. "Gargoyles" .... Nokkar (1 episode, 1996)
        - Sentinel (1996) TV episode (voice) .... Nokkar
  9. Spenser: A Savage Place (1995) (TV) .... Hawk
  10. Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994) (TV) .... Hawk
  11. Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994) (TV) .... Hawk
  12. Spenser: Ceremony (1993) (TV) .... Hawk
  13. The Ernest Green Story (1993) (TV) .... Rev. Lawson

  14. "A Man Called Hawk" .... Hawk (13 episodes, 1989)
        - Life After Death (1989) TV episode .... Hawk
        - Beautiful Are the Stars (1989) TV episode .... Hawk
        - If Memory Serves (1989) TV episode .... Hawk
        - Intensive Care (1989) TV episode .... Hawk
        - Never My Love (1989) TV episode .... Hawk
          (8 more)
  15. Roots: The Gift (1988) (TV) .... Cletus Moyer
  16. "Spenser: For Hire" .... Hawk (65 episodes, 1985-1988)
        - Haunting (1988) TV episode .... Hawk
        - McAllister (1988) TV episode .... Hawk
        - Hawk's Eyes (1988) TV episode .... Hawk
        - Watercolors (1988) TV episode .... Hawk
        - Company Man (1988) TV episode .... Hawk
          (60 more)
  17. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) (TV) .... Uncle Tom
  18. Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) .... Dude on Bus
  19. Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) (TV) .... Solomon Northup
    ... aka Half-Slave, Half-Free
Director:
  1. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (9 episodes, 1994-1999)
    ... aka DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Deep Space Nine (USA: short title)
    ... aka Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title)
        - The Dogs of War (1999) TV episode
        - Far Beyond the Stars (1998) TV episode
        - Ties of Blood and Water (1997) TV episode
        - Body Parts (1996) TV episode
        - Rejoined (1995) TV episode
          (4 more)
Music Department:
  1. "A Man Called Hawk" (composer: theme music) (5 episodes, 1989)
        - Poison (1989) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Vendetta (1989) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Divided Child (1989) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - Passing the Bar (1989) TV episode (composer: theme music)
        - The Master's Mirror (1989) TV episode (composer: theme music)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Drain the Ocean (2009) (TV) (narrator)
Soundtrack:
  1. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1 episode, 1999)
    ... aka DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Deep Space Nine (USA: short title)
    ... aka Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title)
        - Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999) TV episode (performer: "The Best is Yet to Come")
Thanks:
  1. Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (2007) (TV) (special thanks)
Self:
  1. For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010) (TV) (post-production) .... Narrator

  2. God v. Satan: The Final Battle (2008) (TV) (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
    ... aka God vs. Satan: The Final Battle (USA: DVD box title)
  3. The Better Hour (2008) .... Narrator
  4. Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (2007) (TV) .... Himself - interviewee
  5. "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka Def Poetry (USA: short title)
    ... aka Def Poetry Jam (USA: promotional title)
        - Episode #5.1 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  6. "Ancient Evidence" (2003) TV series .... Host
  7. Jesus: The Complete Story (2001) (TV) (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
  8. Echoes from the White House (2001) (TV)
  9. "Land of the Mammoth" (2001) TV series (voice) .... Narrator
  10. The Ballad of Big Al (2001) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator (US version)
    ... aka Allosaurus: A 'Walking with Dinosaurs' Special
  11. The Science of Big Al (2000) (TV) .... Narrator (USA version)
    ... aka Big Al Uncovered (USA)
  12. Quest for Life (2000) (voice) .... Himself - Narrator

  13. "Walking with Dinosaurs" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1999)
    ... aka Dinosaurier - Im Reich der Giganten (Germany)
        - New Blood (1999) TV episode .... Narrator
  14. "The Living Edens" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1999)
        - South Georgia Island: Paradise of Ice (1999) TV episode .... Narrator
  15. Africa's Elephant Kingdom (1998) (voice) .... Narrator
  16. "Frontline" (1 episode, 1998)
        - The Two Nations of Black America (1998) TV episode (voice)
  17. The Greatest Places (1998) (voice) .... Narrator
  18. "Heart of Africa" (1996) TV mini-series (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
    ... aka National Geographic's Heart of Africa (USA: alternative title)
  19. Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996) (TV) .... Himself
  20. The Science of Star Trek (1995) (TV) .... Himself
  21. 26th NAACP Image Awards (1994) (TV) .... Himself
  22. Marian Anderson (1991) (TV) (voice) .... Himself - Narrator
  23. "Trackdown" .... Himself - Presenter (1 episode, 1991)
        - Episode #1.2 (1991) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter
  24. The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1990) (TV) .... Himself
  25. The Musical Legacy of Roland Hayes (1990) (TV) .... Himself (narrator)

  26. "Ebony/Jet Showcase" .... Himself (1 episode, 1988)
        - Episode dated 13 May 1988 (1988) TV episode .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. How William Shatner Changed the World (2005) (TV) .... Captain Sisko
  2. Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000) (TV) .... Solomon Northrup
  3. Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999) (TV) .... Captain Benjamin Sisko
  4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (1999) (VG) .... Captain Benjamin Sisko

Additional Details

Other Works:
TV commercials for IBM e-Business software ("It's a different kind of world. You need a different kind of software") (22 May 2000) more
Publicity Listings:
4 Interviews | 3 Articles | 9 Magazine Cover Photos more
Genres:
Drama | Action | Sci-Fi | Crime more
Plot Keywords:
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