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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. Brooks also is musically inclined having ...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Capt. Benjamin Sisko / Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko / Benny Russell / Captain Sisko / Dr. Noah / Joran Dax
(1993-1999)
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Actor (22 credits)
Actor (22 credits)
1993-1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
(TV Series)
Capt. Benjamin Sisko / Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko / Benny Russell / ...
Capt. Benjamin Sisko / Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko / Benny Russell / ...
- What You Leave Behind
(1999)
... Capt. Benjamin Sisko
- The Dogs of War
(1999)
... Capt. Benjamin Sisko
- Extreme Measures
(1999)
... Capt. Benjamin Sisko
- Tacking Into the Wind
(1999)
... Capt. Benjamin Sisko
- When It Rains...
(1999)
... Capt. Benjamin Sisko
1997
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(TV Series)
King Maximus
King Maximus
- The Golden Goose
(1997)
... King Maximus (voice)
1989
A Man Called Hawk
(TV Series)
Hawk
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
1985-1988
Spenser: For Hire
(TV Series)
Hawk
Hawk
- Haunting
(1988)
... Hawk
- McAllister
(1988)
... Hawk
- Hawk's Eyes
(1988)
... Hawk
- Watercolors
(1988)
... Hawk
- Company Man
(1988)
... Hawk
1984
American Playhouse
(TV Series)
Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup
- Solomon Northup's Odyssey
(1984)
... Solomon Northup
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Self (39 credits)
Self (39 credits)
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Appears in the new foot locker house of hoops commercial See more »Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)
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On the best thing about playing a Star Trek captain: One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to see the long thought, to see themselves some 400 years hence. It occurred to me that we must ensure that we keep in front of children the ever-changing horizon. To let the children know that there is possibility, to let the children know that ... See more »Trivia:
The first African-American actor to play a lead captain on Star Trek. See more »Trademark:
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