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Avery Brooks

Photos Avery Brooks Birth name: Avery Franklin Brooks
Birth date: 1948/10/02 (75 years old)
Birth place : Evansville Indiana
Height: 1.85 m

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Biography for Avery Brooks

He was born into 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 played jazz piano, and has performed as the great baritone/actor/scholar Paul Robeson in the play entitled "Paul Robeson". He sang the lead in the A. Anthony Davis opera "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X", and performed as "Theseus" and "Oberon" in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Washington's Arena Stage. Long affiliated with Rutgers University, he was the institution's first Black MFA graduate. Additionally, he served as the National Black Arts Festival's (NBAF) Artistic Director throughout the 1990s in Atlanta, Georgia. An actor, activist, musician, director, and educator of epic proportions, Brooks was quoted in an interview about his work with NBAF and his performances: "If I were a carpenter, I'd find a way to empower using that skill. I'm using as much as God has given--my mind, my voice, my heart, my art forms. This is the highest form of expression on the planet from God, to me, to you".

Avery Brooks was born on October 2, 1948 in Evansville in Indiana in the USA. He is an actor and he went behind the camera for the production of multiple episodes of Star Trek Deep Space Nine.

Avery comes from a family of talented musicians: her maternal grandmother was tenor, that is to say! He made his first appearance as an actor in 1984 in a TV movie entitled Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. He plays Solomon Northup himself. He then chained several roles, still for television, and in 1989, his character in Spencer was a real success. Suddenly, he obtained the central role in A Man Called Hawk, alongside Moses Gunn.

Later, the Star Trek Deep Space Nine series occupies it for several years and allows it to become an unmissable actor. Since then, many roles have been offered to him in the cinema: Paris in The Big Hit, Doctor Bob Sweeney in American History X or more recently the detective Leon Jackson alongside Robert de Niro in 15 minutes from John Herzfeld.

Another string to his bow: Avery Brooks regularly lends his voice and he was the narrator of many documentary films.

Avery Brooks is an American actor, director and singer known for having played in many theater, films and television productions. He is best known for his role as Hawk in the television series "Spenser: For Hire" and for having interpreted the role of Commander Benjamin Sisko in the series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine".

Brooks was born on October 2, 1948 in Evansville, Indiana, and grew up in the Brooklyn district of New York. He studied music at the University of Buffalo and joined the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1974, where he played in productions of "Othello" and "The Tempst".

In 1985, Brooks played in the play "The Green Pastures" on Broadway, which earned him a nomination for Tony Awards. He also played in other theater productions, notably "The Piano Lesson" and "Two Trains Running".

In 1986, Brooks began playing in the television series "Spenser: For Hire" as a private Hawk detective. The series was a critical success and was broadcast for four seasons. In 1993, he was chosen to play the role of Commander Benjamin Sisko in the series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine". He was one of the few African-American actors to have played a main role in a science fiction series, and his interpretation of the character was widely praised by fans and criticism.

Brooks has also played in many films, including "American History X", "The End of Violence" and "A Rage in Harlem". In addition to his acting work, he is also a talented singer and has recorded several albums of jazz and blues.

In summary, Avery Brooks is a talented actor who has played in many theater, films and television productions during his career. His performance as commander Benjamin Sisko in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" has earned him international recognition and a place in the history of science fiction.

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Filmography

Title Role
Rambo IV (2007) (pre-production)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars (2001) (VG) Sisko
15 Minutes (2001) Detective Leon Jackson
The Science of Big Al (2000) (TV) Narrator (USA version)
Quest for Life (2000) Narrator
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Cmdr./Capt. Benjamin Lafayette Sisko
American History X (1998) Dr. Bob Sweeney
The Big Hit (1998) Paris
Heart of Africa (1996) (mini) TV Series Narrator
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger (1996) (VG) (voice) Captain Benjamin Sisko
Gargoyles - Sentinel (1996) TV Episode (voice) Nokkar
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) TV Series (voice) Additional Voices
Spenser: A Savage Place (1995) (TV) Hawk
Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994) (TV) Hawk
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994) (TV) Hawk
The Ernest Green Story (1993) (TV) Rev. Lawson
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary (1993) (TV) Commander Benjamin Sisko
Spenser: Ceremony (1993) (TV) Hawk
Marian Anderson (1991) (TV) Narrator
Trackdown (1991) TV Series Presenter
A Man Called Hawk (1989) TV Series Hawk
Roots: The Gift (1988) (TV) Cletus Moyer
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) (TV) Uncle Tom
Spenser: For Hire (1985) TV Series Hawk
Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) Dude on Bus

Trivia

Associate Professor of Theater Arts Rutgers University, New Jersey [1976-present]

Raised from the age of 8, in Gary, Ind.

In 1993 he was inducted into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

He served as Artistic Director of the Atlanta, Georgia-based "National Black Arts Festival" from 1993 to 1996.

He is a tenured professor of Theatre at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.

Taught courses for Rutgers University while working on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993). He videotaped his lessons for his students at the studio, occasionally while still in his character's uniform!

Benjamin Sisko, Brooks's character on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), was ranked #50 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].

Has a very, very close relationship with Cirroc Lofton, the actor who played his son on "Deep Space Nine."

He was the only actor to appear in every episode of "Star Trek Deep Space Nine".

Family

Spouse : Vicki Bowen (1976 - present) 3 children

Children: Ayana, Asante, Cabral

Author of the card

  • Creation date: 01/07/2003 by abdest

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