He also directed 9 episodes of the Star Trek, including one on racial injustice. Brooks was selected from amongst a hundred other actors auditioning for the same role to become the first African American actor to play a lead role in a Star Trek series. He played this role for seven seasons from 1993 to 1999. His most popular role was that of Captain Benjamin Sisko in the television series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”. He also acted in four television movies where he reprised his role as Hawk, called “Spenser: Ceremony”, “Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes”, “Spenser: The Judas Goat” and “Spenser: A Savage Place”. The character was so popular that Avery Brooks received his own spinoff show called “A Man Called Hawk”. It was a detective series in which he played the role of Hawk. His first venture into acting was in 1985 for the ABC television series “Spenser: For Hire”.
