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Avery Brooks

Avery Brooks

American actor, director, musician, singer, and professor
October 2, 1948 (76 years old)
U.S. 2011. Documentary by William Shatner with William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Chris Pine. William Shatner, creator of the
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1995. Crime drama by Joseph L. Scanlan with Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Cynthia Dale.
U.S. 1994. Crime drama by Joseph L. Scanlan with Robert Urich, Wendy Crewson, Avery Brooks.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1993. Crime drama by Vic Sarin with Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Williams. A Boston detective investigates the murder of a journalist in a small community where cocaine traffickers operate.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1993. Crime drama by Andrew Wild with Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Barbara Williams. A Boston detective is assigned to find a young runaway who is living off prostitution.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1988. Social drama by Kevin Hooks with Louis Gossett Jr., Levar Burton, Avery Brooks. On Christmas Day 1775, a young Black slave tries to help a Black brother escape from bounty hunters.
Runtime: 100 min.

Half Slave, Half Free

V.O.: Solomon Northrup's Odyssey
U.S. 1984. Biography by Gordon Parks with Avery Brooks, Rhetta Greene, John Saxon. Kidnapped in 1841, a Black man has to endure slavery for twelve years before regaining his freedom.
Runtime: 115 min.

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