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Avery Brooks

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…

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Range of Movie T-meters: 33% - 82%

Number of Movies: 25

Box Office Since 2001: $24.2M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2011		The Captains	Actor	--
2010		For Love of Liberty	Actor	--
2010		For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots	Narrator	--
2001	33%	15 Minutes	Leon Jackson	$24.2M
2001		Jesus: The Complete Story	Actor	--
2001		Half Past Autumn	Actor	--
2000		Echoes From the White House	Actor	--
2000		Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special	Actor	--
1998		Africa's Elephant Kingdom	Narrator	--
1998	41%	The Big Hit	Paris	--
1998		The Greatest Places	Actor	--
1998	82%	American History X	Bob Sweeney	--
1995		Spenser - A Savage Place	Hawk	--
1994		Sir Charles	Narrator	--
1994		Spenser - Judas Goat	Actor	--
1993		Spenser: For Hire: Pale Kings and Princes	Actor	--
1993		The Ernest Green Story	Actor	--
1993		Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes	Actor	--
1993		Spenser: For Hire: Ceremony	Actor	--
1991		Gordon Parks: Visions	Actor	--
1988		Roots: The Gift	Cletus	--
1987		Uncle Tom's Cabin	Uncle Tom	--
1984		Solomon Northup's Odyssey	Actor	--
1984		Finnegan Begin Again	Dude on Bus	--
		Oceans in Space	Actor	--

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1. Bob Sweeney: There was a moment, when I used to blame everything and everyone for all the pain and suffering and vile things that happened to me, that I saw happen to my people. Used to blame everybody. Blamed white people, blamed society, blamed God. I didn't get no answers 'cause I was asking the wrong questions. You have to ask the right questions.
2. Derek Vinyard: Like what?
3. Bob Sweeney: Has anything you've done made your life better?
From American History X. Submitted by Samira O (11 months ago)