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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
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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Self (38 credits)
Self (38 credits)
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Archive footage (6 credits)
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Other Works:
Performed title role of the Phillip Hayes Dean play "Paul Robeson" since 1982 at Los Angeles, CA's Westwood Playhouse, The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC & Broadway's Longacre Theatre. See more »Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)
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His advice to aspiring actors: Hold on to your dream. Don't let the people shake you from your dream. Don't let form become more important than the substance of your heart and mind. Don't let commerce determine what you do exclusively. (September/October 2006, Star Trek Magazine issue #1) See more »Trivia:
The first African-American actor to play a lead captain on Star Trek. See more »Trademark:
Shaved head and goatee See more »Star Sign:
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