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Avery Brooks (I)
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
Captain Sisko / Commander Sisko / Benny Russell / Captain Siskoo / 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)
Captain Sisko / Commander Sisko / Benny Russell / ...
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
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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Music department (2 credits)
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Self (37 credits)
Self (37 credits)
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Archive footage (6 credits)
Archive footage (6 credits)
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Other Works:
Portrayed the actor/concert singer/scholar/lawyer/activist Paul Robeson in the play "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" both on and off Broadway. See more »Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)
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It's the year 2000. But where are the flying cars? I was promised flying cars! I don't see any flying cars! Why? Why? Why? See more »Trivia:
Has a very, very close relationship with Cirroc Lofton, the actor who played his son on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) See more »Trademark:
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