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Avery Brooks

1948 - Today

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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 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 has delivered a variety of other performances to a great deal of acclaim. He has been nominated for a Saturn Award and three NAACP Image Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avery Brooks is the 5,396th most popular actor (down from 4,677th in 2019), the 8,391st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,856th in 2019) and the 2,473rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Avery Brooks ranks 5,396 out of 13,578. Before him are Emily Mortimer, Kōichi Yamadera, Franca Valeri, Karl Dall, Shaken Aimanov, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. After him are Eric Szmanda, Elena Yakovleva, Hugh Dancy, Joan Van Ark, Randhir Kapoor, and Beata Poźniak.

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Among people born in 1948, Avery Brooks ranks 543. Before him are Robert Tarjan, Gudrun Schyman, Edward Rutherfurd, Aleksandr Timoshinin, Staffan Tapper, and Mikhail Chigir. After him are Eizo Kenmotsu, Ján Čapkovič, Michael Kitchen, Jan van Beveren, Phil Mogg, and Cornel Dinu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Avery Brooks ranks 8,393 out of 20,380. Before him are Colin Hanks (1977), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), James Brady (1940), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), Duvall Hecht (1930), and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986). After him are Eric Szmanda (1975), Joan Van Ark (1943), John P. Kennedy (1795), Ninja (1991), Commodore Cochran (1902), and Whitney Smith (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Avery Brooks ranks 2,474. Before him are Eva LaRue (1966), Barbara Feldon (1933), Laraine Day (1920), Betty Field (1913), Colin Hanks (1977), and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986). After him are Eric Szmanda (1975), Joan Van Ark (1943), Harve Presnell (1933), Curly Howard (1903), Noah Wyle (1971), and Haley Joel Osment (1988).

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