ACTOR

Avery Brooks

1948 - Today

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Avery Franklin Brooks (born October 2, 1948) is a retired American actor, director, singer, narrator and educator. He is best known for his television roles as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as Hawk on Spenser: For Hire and its spinoff A Man Called Hawk, and as Dr. Bob Sweeney in the Academy Award–nominated film American History X. Brooks has delivered a variety of other performances to a great deal of acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Avery Brooks has received more than 2,925,891 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Avery Brooks is the 4,680th most popular actor (up from 4,682nd in 2019), the 6,857th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,983rd in 2019) and the 2,099th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Avery Brooks ranks 4,680 out of 13,578. Before him are Hugh O'Brian, Pamela Sue Martin, Xiao Zhan, Nadine Labaki, Leslie Mann, and Sulli. After him are Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Victor Varconi, Lee Meriwether, Lyda Borelli, Mary Beth Hurt, and Hope Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Avery Brooks ranks 451. Before him are Johan De Muynck, Big John Studd, Patrick Moraz, Kenney Jones, Diane Ackerman, and Fred Hampton. After him are Chantal Lauby, Ron Asheton, Richard Simmons, Robert Trump, Johan Boskamp, and Valeri Brainin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Avery Brooks ranks 6,857 out of 20,380. Before him are Marin Alsop (1956), C. I. Scofield (1843), Alan Freed (1921), Johnny Mathis (1935), Fred Hampton (1948), and Julian Steward (1902). After him are Mark Frost (1953), Lee Meriwether (1935), Vernon A. Walters (1917), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Casey Kasem (1932), and Bainbridge Colby (1869).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Avery Brooks ranks 2,099. Before him are Wendy Makkena (1958), Lizzy Caplan (1982), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Hugh O'Brian (1925), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), and Leslie Mann (1972). After him are Lee Meriwether (1935), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Hope Davis (1964), Phyllis Diller (1917), Dove Cameron (1996), and Keri Russell (1976).

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