Avery Brooks
Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an American actor, director, singer, 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.
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| Full name at birth | Avery Franklin Brooks
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| Claim to fame | Spenser: For Hire, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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| Date of birth | 2 October 1948
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| Place of birth | Evansville, Indiana, USA
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| Height | 6' 1" (185 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Bald with goatee
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| Residence | Princeton, New Jersey
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- In 1993 he was inducted into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
- Raised from the age of 8, in Gary, Ind.
- He is a tenured professor of Theatre at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
- Associate Professor of Theater Arts Rutgers University, New Jersey (1976-present)
- Children: Ayana, Asante, Cabral
Avery Brooks is known for his role in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as 9 episodes.
He is also known for his role in the episode Second Sight (1993) as Commander Sisko.
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