Portrait of Avery Brooks

Acting

Avery Brooks

Career

Active from 1985 to 2009, busiest in 1993 and 1998 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Avery Brooks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 2
  • Gritty Realism 2
  • Intense 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

26
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 58
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (2026)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Benjamin Sisko (voice)

2000s

3 titles · average score 43
Drain the Ocean
Drain the Ocean (2009)

as Narrator

Othello
Othello (2005)

as Othello

15 Minutes
15 Minutes (2001)
GoodWatch score 43

as Leon Jackson

1990s

16 titles · average score 70
American History X
American History X (1998)
GoodWatch score 79

as Sweeney

The Big Hit
The Big Hit (1998)
GoodWatch score 48

as Paris

The Greatest Places
The Greatest Places (1998)
GoodWatch score 59

as Narrator (voice)

Africa's Elephant Kingdom
Africa's Elephant Kingdom (1998)

as Narrator

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

as Benjamin Sisko

Spenser: A Savage Place
Spenser: A Savage Place (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hawk

Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hawk

Spenser: The Judas Goat
Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hawk

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Benjamin Sisko

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

as Benjamin Sisko

Spenser: Ceremony
Spenser: Ceremony (1993)
GoodWatch score 68

as Hawk

Solomon Northup's Odyssey
Solomon Northup's Odyssey (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

as Solomon Northup

1980s

6 titles · average score 62
A Man Called Hawk
A Man Called Hawk (1989)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Roots: The Gift
Roots: The Gift (1988)
GoodWatch score 72

as Cletus Moyer

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
GoodWatch score 63

as Uncle Tom

Spenser: For Hire
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Hawk

Finnegan Begin Again
Finnegan Begin Again (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

as Dude on Bus

American Playhouse
American Playhouse (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Solomon Northup