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He has also been unfailingly polite and a classy guy in all my dealings with him.
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He is not a demanding or ego-driven actor, rather he is a thoughtful and intelligent man who sometimes has insights into the character that no one else has thought about. Moore said of Brooks:Īvery, like his character (Sisko), is a very complex man.
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Brooks also directed nine episodes of the series, including " Far Beyond the Stars", an episode focusing on racial injustice.
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Brooks was the fourth in American television history to do so since Bill Cosby co-starred with Robert Culp in the NBC spy series I Spy from 1965 to 1968.
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In landing the role of Hawk, in A Man Called Hawk, Brooks also became the third Black-American male actor in a starring role in a first-run television drama since Clarence Williams III had starred as undercover police detective Linc Hayes in the iconic ABC "hippie" cop drama The Mod Squad from 1968 to 1973 and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice. I just assumed that I was equal." īrooks returned to play Hawk in four Spenser television movies: Spenser: Ceremony, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Spenser: The Judas Goat and Spenser: A Savage Place.īrooks is best known in popular culture for his role as Commander, and later Captain, Benjamin Sisko on the syndicated science-fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine which ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1999.īrooks won the role of Commander Benjamin Sisko by beating 100 other actors from all racial backgrounds to become the first Black-American captain to lead a Star Trek series. Hawk became a popular character, and after three seasons, Brooks in 1989 received his own, short-lived spinoff series, A Man Called Hawk.īrooks said of his role as Hawk: "I never thought of myself as the sidekick. In 1985, Brooks assumed the role of Hawk on the ABC television detective series Spenser: For Hire, based on the mystery series published by Robert Parker. Television career Spenser: for Hire: Hawk
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He later completed his Bachelor of Arts plus a Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University in 1976, becoming the first African American to receive an MFA in acting and directing from Rutgers.
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īrooks attended Indiana University and Oberlin College. "Music is all around me and in me, as I am in it," Brooks has said. His maternal uncle Samuel Travis Crawford was a member of the Delta Rhythm Boys. His father was a member of the Wings Over Jordan Choir, an a cappella spiritual choir best known for performing on CBS radio from 1937 to 1947. His mother, who was among the first African-American women to earn a master's degree in music at Northwestern University, taught music wherever the family lived. The Brooks household was filled with music. Brooks has said: "I was born in Evansville.but it was Gary, Indiana, that made me." When Avery was eight years old his family moved to Gary, Indiana, after his father had been laid off from International Harvester. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Travis Crawford, was also a singer who graduated from Tougaloo College in 1901. See "Subscription Support" in the app's Settings for more details and customer service contact information.Avery Brooks was born in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Eva Lydia ( née Crawford), a choral conductor and music instructor, and Samuel Brooks, a union official and tool and die worker.
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