Avery Brooks

Biography

Born 10/02/1948

This tenured faculty member of Rutgers University's drama department enjoyed a varied performing career singing jazz, acting in Shakespeare and appearing in occasional regional and off-Broadway ventures when wide popular success on TV in the 1980s arrived as he approached middle age. With his...
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Filmography

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Highlights

In 1989, Recreated the role of Hawk on the ABC spinoff series, "A Man Called Hawk", co-produced by Avery Brooks Productions
In 1988, Again played Paul Robeson when he starred Off-Broadway in the biographical drama, "Paul Robeson"
In 1987, Played Uncle Tom in a made-for-Showtime TV adaptation, "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

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Family & Companions

Vicki Brooks: wife (works as an assistant dean at Rutgers University)
Samuel Brooks: father (sang with the gospel group Wings Over Jordan)
Eva Lynda Brooks: mother (held master's degree in music from Northwestern University; one of the first African-American women to earn such a degree)

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