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Avery Brooks

Highest Rated:
81% American History X (1998)
Lowest Rated:
33% 15 Minutes (2001)
Birthday:
Oct 2, 1948
Birthplace:
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Bio:
Avery Brooks was educated at Oberlin College and Indiana University, earning degrees at both schools. Later he attended Rutgers University where he graduated MFA in acting and directing, becoming the first African-American to achieve this degree. In 1972 he became tenured professor at the Mason…

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 33% - 81%
Number of Movies: 24
Box Office Since 2001: $24.2M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2011 The Captains
  • Actor
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2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
  • Narrator
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2010 For Love of Liberty
  • Actor
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2007 Spenser - Judas Goat
  • Actor
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2007 Spenser - A Savage Place
  • Actor
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2001 Jesus: The Complete Story
  • Actor
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2001 Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special
  • Actor
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2001 33% 15 Minutes
  • Leon Jackson
$24.2M
2000 Half Past Autumn
  • Actor
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2000 Echoes From the White House
  • Actor
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1998 Africa's Elephant Kingdom
  • Narrator
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1998 41% The Big Hit
  • Paris
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1998 The Greatest Places
  • Actor
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1998 81% American History X
  • Bob Sweeney
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1994 Sir Charles
  • Narrator
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1993 The Ernest Green Story
  • Actor
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1993 Spenser: For Hire: Ceremony
  • Actor
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1993 Spenser: For Hire: Pale Kings and Princes
  • Actor
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1988 Roots: The Gift
  • Cletus
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1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Uncle Tom
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1986 Gordon Parks: Visions
  • Actor
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1984 Solomon Northup's Odyssey
  • Actor
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1984 Finnegan Begin Again
  • Dude on Bus
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Oceans in Space
  • Actor
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Quotes from Avery Brooks's Characters

    1. Bob Sweeney: Has anything you've done made your life better?
    From American History X. Submitted by Sara T (3 months ago)
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