Avery Brooks

Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is a retired American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain <a href="/facts/Benjamin_Sisko/5R6kEIRS">Benjamin Sisko</a> on <a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_Deep_Space_Nine/ESUWjCmK">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a>, as Hawk on <a href="/facts/Spenser%3a_For_Hire/ogrnmdNq">Spenser: For Hire</a> and its spinoff <a href="/facts/A_Man_Called_Hawk/TmFnzMBT">A Man Called Hawk</a>, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the <a href="/facts/Academy_Award/CwTxYuNQ">Academy Award</a>–nominated film <a href="/facts/American_History_X/jrBVTdex">American History X</a>. Brooks has delivered a variety of other performances to a great deal of acclaim. He has been nominated for a <a href="/facts/Saturn_Award/gDUeo1b4">Saturn Award</a> and three <a href="/facts/NAACP_Image_Awards/WcjtyMTU">NAACP Image Awards</a>. Brooks has also been inducted into the <a href="/facts/College_of_Fellows_of_the_American_Theatre/WpTKdX8M">College of Fellows of the American Theatre</a> and bestowed with the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre by the <a href="/facts/Shakespeare_Theatre_Company/hUyJ6LcT">Shakespeare Theatre Company</a>.

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Avery Brooks