Avery Brooks

American actor, director, musician, singer, and professor

October 2, 1948 (75 years old)

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The Captains

U.S. 2011. Documentary by William Shatner with William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Chris Pine. William Shatner, creator of the

Runtime: 97 min.

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Spenser: A Savage Place

U.S. 1995. Crime drama by Joseph L. Scanlan with Robert Urich, Avery Brooks, Cynthia Dale.

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Spenser: The Judas Goat

U.S. 1994. Crime drama by Joseph L. Scanlan with Robert Urich, Wendy Crewson, Avery Brooks.

Runtime: 91 min.

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Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

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.

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Spenser: Ceremony

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.

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Roots: The Gift

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.

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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.