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Kleine Biographie in englisch
Geburtstag (Geburtsort) 2 October 1948 Evansville, Indiana, USA
Bürgerlicher Name Avery Franklin Brooks
Körpergröße 6' 1" (1.85 m)
He was born into a musically talented family. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Travis Crawford, was a tenor who graduated from Tougaloo College in Mississippi in 1901. Crawford toured the country singing with the Delta Rhythm Boys in the 1930s. Brooks also is musically inclined having played jazz piano, and has performed as the great baritone/actor/scholar Paul Robeson in the play entitled "Paul Robeson". He sang the lead in the A. Anthony Davis opera "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X", and performed as "Theseus" and "Oberon" in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at Washington's Arena Stage. Long affiliated with Rutgers University, he was the institution's first Black MFA graduate. Additionally, he served as the National Black Arts Festival's (NBAF) Artistic Director throughout the 1990s in Atlanta, Georgia. An actor, activist, musician, director, and educator of epic proportions, Brooks was quoted in an interview about his work with NBAF and his performances: "If I were a carpenter, I'd find a way to empower using that skill. I'm using as much as God has given--my mind, my voice, my heart, my art forms. This is the highest form of expression on the planet from God, to me, to you".
Autor L. J. Allen-2
Verheiratet mit Vicki Bowen (1976 - present) 3 children
Dies und das Associate Professor of Theater Arts Rutgers University, New Jersey [1976-present]
Raised from the age of 8, in Gary, Ind.
In 1993 he was inducted into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.
He served as Artistic Director of the Atlanta, Georgia-based "National Black Arts Festival" from 1993 to 1996.
He is a tenured professor of Theatre at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
Taught courses for Rutgers University while working on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993). He videotaped his lessons for his students at the studio, occasionally while still in his character's uniform!
Children: Ayana, Asante, Cabral
Benjamin Sisko, Brooks's character on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), was ranked #50 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
Bisherige Filmographie
15 Minutes (2001) .... Detective Leon Jackson ... alternativ: 15 Minuten Ruhm (Germany) ... alternativ: 15 Minuten Ruhm (Austria) [de] Quest for Life (2000) .... Narrator Big Al Uncovered (2000) (TV) .... Narrator (USA version) ... alternativ: The Science of Big Al (UK)
American History X (1998) .... Dr. Bob Sweeney ... alternativ: American History X (Austria) (Germany) [de] The Big Hit (1998) .... Paris ... alternativ: The Big Hit (Germany) [de] "Heart of Africa" (1996) (mini) TV Series .... Narrator ... alternativ: National Geographic's Heart of Africa (USA) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger (1996) (VG) (voice) .... Captain Benjamin Sisko "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Additional Voices Spenser: A Savage Place (1995) (TV) .... Hawk Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994) (TV) .... Hawk Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994) (TV) .... Hawk ... alternativ: Spenser - Das Drogenkartell (Germany) [de] Spenser: Ceremony (1993) (TV) .... Hawk ... alternativ: Combat Zone (Germany) [de] The Ernest Green Story (1993) (TV) .... Rev. Lawson ... alternativ: Aufruhr in Little Rock (Germany) [de] "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) TV Series .... Cmdr./Capt. Benjamin Sisko ... alternativ: DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... alternativ: Deep Space Nine (USA: short title) ... alternativ: Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title) ... alternativ: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Germany) [de] Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary (1993) (TV) .... Commander Benjamin Sisko ... alternativ: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Der Abgesandte (Germany) [de] "Trackdown" (1991) TV Series .... Presenter Marian Anderson (1991) (TV) .... Narrator
"A Man Called Hawk" (1989) TV Series .... Hawk ... alternativ: Hawk (West Germany) [de] Roots: The Gift (1988) (TV) .... Cletus Moyer ... alternativ: Roots - Das Geschenk der Freiheit (West Germany) [de] Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) (TV) .... Uncle Tom "Spenser: For Hire" (1985) TV Series .... Hawk ... alternativ: Spenser (West Germany) [de] Finnegan Begin Again (1985) (TV) .... Dude on Bus Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1984) (TV) .... Solomon Northup ... alternativ: Half-Slave, Half-Free
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Himself, Archivmaterial, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Director - filmography
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) TV Series (episode 2.25 "Tribunal") (episode 3.06 "Abandoned, The") (episode 3.10 "Fascination") (episode 3.20 "Improbable Cause") (episode 4.06 "Rejoined") (episode 4.25 "Body Parts") (episode 5.19 "Ties of Blood and Water") (episode 6.13 "Far Beyond the Stars") (episode 7.24 "Dogs of War, The") ... alternativ: DS9 (USA: promotional abbreviation) ... alternativ: Deep Space Nine (USA: short title) ... alternativ: Star Trek: DS9 (USA: short title) ... alternativ: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Germany) [de]
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Himself, Archivmaterial, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Himself - filmography (2000s) (1990s)
"Ancient Evidence" (2003) TV Series .... Host Jesus: The Complete Story (2001) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator The Ballad of Big Al (2001) (TV) .... Narrator (US version) ... alternativ: Allosaurus: A 'Walking with Dinosaurs' Special "Jazz" (2001) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... Voices
"Walking with Dinosaurs" (1999) TV Series .... Narrator (US version) ... alternativ: Dinosaurier - Im Reich der Giganten (Germany) The Greatest Places (1998) (voice) .... Narrator "Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery" (1998) (mini) TV Series (voice) ... alternativ: Africans in America (USA: short title) Africa's Elephant Kingdom (1998) (voice) .... Narrator Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996) (TV) .... Himself The Science of Star Trek (1995) (TV) .... Himself
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Himself, Archivmaterial, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Archivmaterial
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000) (TV) .... Solomon Northrup Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (1999) (VG) .... Captain Benjamin Sisko Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999) (TV) Filmography as: Actor, Director, Himself, Archivmaterial, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Notable TV Guest Appearances
"Gargoyles" als "Nokkar" (voice) in episode: "Sentinel" (Folge # 2.39) 19 February 1996
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