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Avery Franklin Brooks was born on October 2, 1948 in Evansville, Indiana to a musically talented family. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Travis Crawford, was a tenor who graduated from Tougaloo College in Mississippi in 1901. Crawford toured the country singing with the Delta Rhythm Boys in the 1930s... See full bio »

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2006 Star Trek: Legacy (Video Game)
Captain Benjamin Sisko (voice)
 
2001 15 Minutes
Detective Leon Jackson
 
1993-1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
Captain Sisko / Commander Sisko / Benny Russell / …
– What You Leave Behind (1999) … Captain Sisko
– The Dogs of War (1999) … Captain Sisko
– Extreme Measures (1999) … Captain Sisko
– Tacking Into the Wind (1999) … Captain Sisko
– When It Rains... (1999) … Captain Sisko
See all 173 episodes »
 
1998 American History X
Dr. Bob Sweeney
 
1998 The Big Hit
Paris
 
1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)
King Maximus
– The Golden Goose (1997) … King Maximus (voice)
 
1996 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger (Video Game)
Captain Benjamin Sisko (voice)
 
1996 Gargoyles (TV series)
Nokkar
– Sentinel (1996) … Nokkar (voice)
 
1995 Spenser: A Savage Place (TV movie)
Hawk
 
1994 Spenser: The Judas Goat (TV movie)
Hawk
 
1994 Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (TV movie)
Hawk
 
1993 Spenser: Ceremony (TV movie)
Hawk
 
1993 The Ernest Green Story (TV movie)
Rev. Lawson
 
1989 A Man Called Hawk (TV series)
Hawk
– Life After Death (1989) … Hawk
– Beautiful Are the Stars (1989) … Hawk
– If Memory Serves (1989) … Hawk
– Intensive Care (1989) … Hawk
– Never My Love (1989) … Hawk
See all 13 episodes »
 
1988 Roots: The Gift (TV movie)
Cletus Moyer
 
1985-1988 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Hawk
– Haunting (1988) … Hawk
– McAllister (1988) … Hawk
– Hawk's Eyes (1988) … Hawk
– Watercolors (1988) … Hawk
– Company Man (1988) … Hawk
See all 65 episodes »
 
1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin (TV movie)
Uncle Tom
 
1987 Moments Without Proper Names
 
1985 Finnegan Begin Again (TV movie)
Dude on Bus
 
1984 American Playhouse (TV series)
Solomon Northup
– Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) … Solomon Northup
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1994-1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
– The Dogs of War (1999)
– Far Beyond the Stars (1998)
– Ties of Blood and Water (1997)
– Body Parts (1996)
– Rejoined (1995)
See all 9 episodes »
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2011 The Captains (documentary) (music supervisor)
 
1989 A Man Called Hawk (TV series) (composer: theme music - 5 episodes)
– Poison (1989) (composer: theme music)
– Vendetta (1989) (composer: theme music)
– The Divided Child (1989) (composer: theme music)
– Passing the Bar (1989) (composer: theme music)
– The Master's Mirror (1989) (composer: theme music)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series)
– Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999) (performer: "The Best is Yet to Come")
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2011 The Captains (documentary) (very special thanks)
 
2007 Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (30 titles)
2011 Captain's Table (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Captains (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
2009 Drain the Ocean (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2008 God v. Satan: The Final Battle (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2008 The Better Hour (documentary)
Narrator
 
2007 Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2007 FedCon XVI: Drone Heart (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.1 (2005) … Himself
 
2003 Ancient Evidence (TV series documentary)
Host
 
2001 Jesus: The Complete Story (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2001 Echoes from the White House (TV documentary)
 
2001 Land of the Mammoth (TV series documentary)
Narrator
 
2000 Big Al Uncovered (TV documentary short)
Narrator (USA version)
 
2000 The Ballad of Big Al (TV documentary short)
Narrator (US version) (voice)
 
2000 Quest for Life (short)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1999 Walking with Dinosaurs (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– New Blood (1999) … Narrator
 
1999 The Living Edens (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– South Georgia Island: Paradise of Ice (1999) … Narrator
 
1998 Africa's Elephant Kingdom (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 Frontline (TV series documentary)
– The Two Nations of Black America (1998) (voice)
 
1998 The Greatest Places (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Heart of Africa (TV mini-series)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1996 Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Science of Star Trek (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 26th NAACP Image Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988-1993 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 1993 (1993) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 May 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1991 Marian Anderson (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1991 Trackdown (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode #1.2 (1991) … Himself - Presenter
 
1990 The 11th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 The Musical Legacy of Roland Hayes (TV documentary)
Himself (narrator)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2005 How William Shatner Changed the World (TV documentary)
Captain Benjamin Sisko
 
2000 Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (TV documentary)
Solomon Northrup
 
1999 Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (TV short)
Captain Benjamin Sisko
 
1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (Video Game)
Captain Benjamin Sisko
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Onstage at the Longacre Theatre in New York City doing "Paul Robeson: A Play With Music" between December 18 and 31, 1995. See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Interviews  | 3 Articles  | 9 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

On how he felt about the ending of Star Trek Deep Space Nine: "The show ran for seven years. It was a long, long road. I did have some reservations initially when I read the script [for the series finale. What You Leave Behind], because I thought they were going to really kill Sisko. I took that very literally... See more »

Trivia:

In 1993, he was inducted into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni. See more »

Trademark:

Deep resonant voice See more »

Star Sign:

Libra