Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award–nominated film American History X. Brooks was born in Evansville, Indiana, and raised in Gary, Indiana. He attended Oberlin College, where he studied music and theater. After graduating from Oberlin, he moved to New York City to pursue his acting career. Brooks's first professional acting role was in the play "The Great White Hope" in 1970. He went on to appear in a number of Broadway productions, including "The Wiz" and "A Chorus Line". He also starred in the television miniseries "Roots" in 1977. In 1993, Brooks was cast as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The series ran for seven seasons, and Brooks's performance as Sisko was critically acclaimed. He won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television in 1995. After Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended, Brooks continued to work in television and film. He starred in the series "Shark" from 2006 to 2008, and he appeared in the films "American History X" and "The Score". Brooks is also a talented singer and musician. He has released two albums, "Song of My People" and "The Way I Feel". He is also a gifted director, and he has directed a number of theater productions and television episodes.

  • Title: Avery Brooks
  • Popularity: 1.4458
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-10-02
  • Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana, USA
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  • Also Known As: اوری بروکس
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Avery Brooks Movies

  • 1998
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    American History X

    American History X

    8.327 1998 HD

    Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.

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  • 2001
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    15 Minutes

    15 Minutes

    5.918 2001 HD

    When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."

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  • 2009
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    Drain the Ocean

    Drain the Ocean

    5.2 2009 HD

    This is a world you have never seen before - a world normally hidden under miles of water, the ocean floor. We'll remove the water using CGI animation, revealing a landscape of unimaginable scale with features more dramatic than anything on dry land.

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  • 1998
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    The Greatest Places

    The Greatest Places

    5.3 1998 HD

    A journey to seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on earth. The film features spectacular land forms, diverse wildlife and the people and cultures indigenous to these places. Distinct geographic places include the great island of Madagascar, home to unique limestone pinnacles and the playful lemur; and the greatest desert—the Namib—home of the largest sand dunes in the world that tower majestically over its western border, the Atlantic Ocean. Other locations featured are the great icecap of Greenland, Iguazu Falls in Brazil, the Okavango Delta in Botswana, the Chang Tang Plateau in Tibet, and the Amazon River in South America.

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  • 1998
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    The Big Hit

    The Big Hit

    5.9 1998 HD

    Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.

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  • 1999
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    Savage Sun

    Savage Sun

    1 1999 HD

    This documentary explains the workings of the sun, the body at the centre of the solar system, with a core heat of 30 million degrees. Savage Sun reveals the most spectacular images of the sun ever gathered, captured from many spacecraft and observatories. Internal temperatures can reach millions of degrees Celsius and surface explosions leap tens of thousands of kilometers into space. It is the most awe inspiring and fearsome body in our solar system, yet, without it, life on earth could not exist.

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  • 1995
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior

    5.5 1995 HD

    When a Klingon fleet under General Martok arrives at the station ostensibly to protect the Alpha Quadrant from the Dominion, Sisko recruits Lieutenant Commander Worf to discover the Klingons' true intentions.

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  • 2011
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    The Captains

    The Captains

    6.4 2011 HD

    The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.

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  • 1988
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    Roots: The Gift

    Roots: The Gift

    6.8 1988 HD

    On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.

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  • 1995
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    Spenser: A Savage Place

    Spenser: A Savage Place

    5 1995 HD

    Candy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she investigates a credit card fraud ring that might be operating out of a previously-bankrupt movie company

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  • 1993
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    Spenser: Ceremony

    Spenser: Ceremony

    5 1993 HD

    Spenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and candidate for Governor. With the assistance of Hawk, Spenser travels from Boston's "Combat Zone" to Providence and the heart of child pornography in search of one seemingly unimportant runaway whom nobody wants found.

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  • 1994
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    Spenser: The Judas Goat

    Spenser: The Judas Goat

    5 1994 HD

    Spenser is hired out by Hugh Dixon to track down the killers of his wife and daughters. He and Hawk are drawn into a huge plot involving assassination attempts on African leader Winston Boyko by some racist terrorist named Paul.

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  • 2016
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    Mysteries of Ancient China

    Mysteries of Ancient China

    6.8 2016 HD

    Archeologists discover a pit filled with terracotta warriors buried to protect the grave of the First Emperor of China.

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  • 1993
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    The Ernest Green Story

    The Ernest Green Story

    6.9 1993 HD

    Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

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  • 1991
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    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    6.2 1991 HD

    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.

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  • 1993
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

    1 1993 HD

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry Farrell that looked at the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, specifically its pilot episode "Emissary". Written by Stephen R. Wolcott and directed by Donald R. Beck, the documentary first aired on 4 January 1993 as a syndicated special of the by Paramount Television produced current media affairs show Entertainment Tonight, at the time the franchise's primary publicity outlet for anything live-action Star Trek related. In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".

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  • 1994
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    Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

    Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

    5 1994 HD

    When Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams), and his right-hand man, Hawk (Avery Brooks), investigate a brutal murder in a quaint New England town, they discover plenty of illegal activity and cocaine. This 1994 made-for-television movie brings many of the beloved characters from the 1980s drama series (based on the books by Robert B. Parker) back to the small screen.

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  • 1987
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    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    7 1987 HD

    The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.

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  • 1995
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    The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

    The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

    4.2 1995 HD

    How real is the 'science' in Star Trek?

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  • 1985
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    Finnegan Begin Again

    Finnegan Begin Again

    6.3 1985 HD

    A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.

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  • 2008
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    God v. Satan: The Final Battle

    God v. Satan: The Final Battle

    4 2008 HD

    Christians, Jews and Muslims believe there will a final battle between God and Satan. Believers and scholars are interviewed. Artwork and staged reenactments depict the end times.

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  • 2018
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    What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    7 2018 HD

    A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.

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  • 2007
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    Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

    Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

    5.4 2007 HD

    This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features interviews with cast, crew and fans.

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  • 2003
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    Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends

    Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends

    8 2003 HD

    The making of the iconic Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.

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  • 2003
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    Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning

    Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1998
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    Africa's Elephant Kingdom

    Africa's Elephant Kingdom

    5.3 1998 HD

    This film explores an elephant clan's search for food and water as seen through the eyes of one old bull.

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  • 1987
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    Moments without Proper Names

    Moments without Proper Names

    7 1987 HD

    Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through a non-narrative abstract self-portrait that combines his photographs with his poetry, musical compositions and scenes from his films. It also features footage of Parks, plus interpretations of his personal reminiscences performed by actors Avery Brooks, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Joe Seneca.

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  • 1996
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    Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

    Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

    5.8 1996 HD

    A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from all of the Trek series and movies. Also features a huge number of clips from all of the series and movies. At the end, real-life astronauts Aldrin and Jemison present NASA award plaques to the cast members.

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  • 1993
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    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    7.885 1993 HD

    At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

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  • 1985
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    Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

    6.781 1985 HD

    Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.

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  • 1989
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    A Man Called Hawk

    A Man Called Hawk

    6.6 1989 HD

    A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker. Brooks reprised the role of Hawk in four subsequent TV movies: Spenser: Ceremony, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Spenser: The Judas Goat, and Spenser: A Savage Place. Each is considered a sequel to Spenser: For Hire.

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  • 1994
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    Gargoyles

    Gargoyles

    8.1 1994 HD

    In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New York City. When the castle is attacked the gargoyles are awakened from a 1000 year curse.

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  • 1995
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    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    6 1995 HD

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.

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  • 2013
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    The Captains Close Up

    The Captains Close Up

    6.4 2013 HD

    In this documentary mini series, Shatner, in each of the five half an hour episodes, presents and interviews one of the people who played the five Star Trek captains before the 2009 reboot. Chris Pine interviews him.

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  • 2010
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    For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

    For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

    1 2010 HD

    A two-part, four-hour documentary series honoring African-American servicemen and women.

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  • 2026
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    5.3 2026 HD

    A young group of cadets come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they will discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.

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  • 1970
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    7.885 1970 HD

    At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

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