Avery Brooks
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On the best thing about playing a Star Trek captain: "One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to see the long thought, to see themselves some 400 years hence. It occurred to me that we must ensure that we keep in front of children the ever-changing horizon. To let the children know that there is possibility, to let the children know that someone is not going to take away or destroy this world before they have a chance. We have to keep that in front [of them]." (Sept/Oct 2006, Star Trek Magazine issue #1)
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Birthdate :October 2, 1948
Location :Evansville , Indiana
Country :USA
Sign : Libra
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Job :actors
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1976
Associate Professor of Theater Arts Rutgers University, New Jersey [1976-present]1993
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].1993
He was the only actor to appear in every episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993).1993
In 1993, he was inducted into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.1993
He served as Artistic Director of the Atlanta, Georgia-based "National Black Arts Festival" from 1993 to 1996.1993
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!1993
Has a very, very close relationship with Cirroc Lofton, the actor who played his son on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)2008
Attended the closing of Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton on September 1, 2008.
