
Avery Brooks
Oyuncu · d. 1948 · Evansville, Indiana, USA
Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is an 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 was born in Evansville, Indiana, and raised in Gary, Indiana. He attended Oberlin College, where he studied music and theater. After graduating from Oberlin, he moved to New York City to pursue his acting career. Brooks's first professional acting role was in the play "The Great White Hope" in 1970. He went on to appear in a number of Broadway productions, including "The Wiz" and "A Chorus Line". He also starred in the television miniseries "Roots" in 1977. In 1993, Brooks was cast as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The series ran for seven seasons, and Brooks's performance as Sisko was critically acclaimed. He won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television in 1995. After Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended, Brooks continued to work in television and film. He starred in the series "Shark" from 2006 to 2008, and he appeared in the films "American History X" and "The Score". Brooks is also a talented singer and musician. He has released two albums, "Song of My People" and "The Way I Feel". He is also a gifted director, and he has directed a number of theater productions and television episodes.
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Film8.3DramDerek Vinyard (EDWARD NORTON), beyaz ırkın üstünlüğüne inanan bir grup gencin karizmatik lideridir. Nefret içindeki Derek, bir siyahı canice öldürünce hapse girer. Hapisten çıktığında artık bambaşka biridir. Geçmişinden ve yaptıklarından utanç duyar ve küçük kardeşi Danny'nin (EDWARD FURLONG) de kendisiyle aynı sonu paylaşmaması için çabalar. Bir aile içinde gelişen ve sonunda aynı aileyi parçalayan ırkçılık hakkında tartışmalı ve çarpıcı bir film. Edward Norton bu filmdeki rolüyle en iyi oyuncu dalında Oscar'a aday gösterilmiştir.
Film6.0AksiyonKomediHiçbir şey birkaç sempatik adamdan daha tehlikeli olamaz. Hele öldürmek için çok az vakitleri kaldıysa... Patronun kızını kaçırarak fazladan para kazanmaya çalışan dört tetikçi söz konusu olduğunda suç dünyası çok gülünç bir hal alabiliyor.
Film5.9AksiyonSuçGünümüzde şöhret herşeyle eskisinden çok daha fazla iç içe. Bugünün televizyon haberleri sayesinde suçlulardan polislere, avukatlardan politikacılara herkes bir şekilde 'ünlü' oluyor. TV programlarında katiller doktorlara itiraflarını anlatıyorlar. Suç, trajedi ve kaos: bunlardan korkuyor olabiliriz ancak kimse inkar edemez ki bugünün dünyasında bu kavramlar reyting, para ve güç getiriyor.Peki toplumdaki gözü dönmüş bireyler bu '15 dakikalarını' alabilmek için ne kadar ileri gidebilirler? Ve toplum onları izlemeye ne kadar istekli? 15 Minutes bu sorulara cevap vermeye çalışıyor.15 Minutes'in merkezinde New York'ta işlenen iki cinayet var. Fakat anlatılan şey sadece bu cinayetler hakkındaki gerçeklerin değil, bu gerçekleri kontrol edenlerin kimler olduğunun da açığa çıkarılması.
Film6.4BelgeselBilim KurguThe Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.
The Captains
2011 · 125 votes
Film7.1BelgeselA documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.
Film6.2BelgeselHow real is the 'science' in Star Trek?
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995 · 3 votes
Film5.6BelgeselTV MovieA star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest stars from all of the Trek series and movies. Also features a huge number of clips from all of the series and movies. At the end, real-life astronauts Aldrin and Jemison present NASA award plaques to the cast members.
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996 · 8 votes
Film7.0TarihDramThe life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987 · 14 votes
Film6.9DramTV MovieFollows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · 9 votes
Film7.3DramTarihOn Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.
Roots: The Gift
1988 · 14 votes
Film6.1Bilim KurguTV MovieWhen a Klingon fleet under General Martok arrives at the station ostensibly to protect the Alpha Quadrant from the Dominion, Sisko recruits Lieutenant Commander Worf to discover the Klingons' true intentions.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995 · 7 votes
Film6.5TV MovieDramCandy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she investigates a credit card fraud ring that might be operating out of a previously-bankrupt movie company
Spenser: A Savage Place
1995 · 2 votes
Film6.8TV MovieDramA free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.
Solomon Northup's Odyssey
1991 · 6 votes
Film5.4BelgeselThis History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features interviews with cast, crew and fans.
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007 · 6 votes
Film7.5TV MovieDramSpenser is hired out by Hugh Dixon to track down the killers of his wife and daughters. He and Hawk are drawn into a huge plot involving assassination attempts on African leader Winston Boyko by some racist terrorist named Paul.
Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994 · 2 votes
Film7.7BelgeselParks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through a non-narrative abstract self-portrait that combines his photographs with his poetry, musical compositions and scenes from his films. It also features footage of Parks, plus interpretations of his personal reminiscences performed by actors Avery Brooks, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Joe Seneca.
Moments without Proper Names
1987 · 3 votes
Film6.7TV MovieDramWhen Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams), and his right-hand man, Hawk (Avery Brooks), investigate a brutal murder in a quaint New England town, they discover plenty of illegal activity and cocaine. This 1994 made-for-television movie brings many of the beloved characters from the 1980s drama series (based on the books by Robert B. Parker) back to the small screen.
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994 · 3 votes
Film6.5KomediDramA schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Finnegan Begin Again
1985 · 12 votes
Film5.3BelgeselStar Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry Farrell that looked at the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, specifically its pilot episode "Emissary". Written by Stephen R. Wolcott and directed by Donald R. Beck, the documentary first aired on 4 January 1993 as a syndicated special of the by Paramount Television produced current media affairs show Entertainment Tonight, at the time the franchise's primary publicity outlet for anything live-action Star Trek related. In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993 · 3 votes
FilmBilim KurguTV MovieWhen the troubled Commander Sisko takes command of a surrendered space station, he learns that it borders a unique wormhole.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
1993 · 1 votes
Film7.0TV MovieDramSpenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and candidate for Governor. With the assistance of Hawk, Spenser travels from Boston's "Combat Zone" to Providence and the heart of child pornography in search of one seemingly unimportant runaway whom nobody wants found.
Spenser: Ceremony
1993 · 2 votes
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Dizi7.9Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikAksiyon ve MaceraAt Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · 1K votes
Dizi6.6DramKomediAmerican Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982 · 8 votes
Dizi8.1AnimasyonBilim Kurgu ve FantastikIn Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New York City. When the castle is attacked the gargoyles are awakened from a 1000 year curse.
Gargoyles
1994 · 503 votes
Dizi6.3AnimasyonHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 11 votes
Dizi5.4Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikAksiyon ve MaceraYıldız Filosu öğrencileri, subay olmak için eğitim alırken arkadaşlıklar, rekabetler ve ilk aşklar arasında yol alırlar. Bu sorada Akademi ve Federasyon'u tehdit eden yeni bir tehdit ile karşı karşıya kalırlar.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 · 247 votes
Dizi6.9DramSuçMystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · 34 votes
Dizi7.0DramA Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker. Brooks reprised the role of Hawk in four subsequent TV movies: Spenser: Ceremony, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Spenser: The Judas Goat, and Spenser: A Savage Place. Each is considered a sequel to Spenser: For Hire.
A Man Called Hawk
1989 · 7 votes
Dizi6.6Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikBelgeselIn this documentary mini series, Shatner, in each of the five half an hour episodes, presents and interviews one of the people who played the five Star Trek captains before the 2009 reboot. Chris Pine interviews him.
The Captains Close Up
2013 · 10 votes
DiziBelgeselA two-part, four-hour documentary series honoring African-American servicemen and women.