Avery Brooks Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster.

Until the world in some way changes, then my responsibility is to share what I know and more importantly to behave like I know about the extraordinary work and effort and blood shed for me to be able to sit here.

What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history.

Trivia

Avery frequently makes appearances at scifi conventions in support of his work on Star Trek.

Avery was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theater in April, 1994.

Avery has performed title role of the Phillip Hayes Dean play Paul Robeson since 1982 at Los Angeles, CA's Westwood Playhouse, The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC & Broadway's Longacre Theatre. Hish appearances at the Longacre Theatre were between December 18 and 31, 1995.

In 1996 and 1997, Avery was nominated for the Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). In 1997, Avery was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actor for: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).

Avery still taught courses for Rutgers University while working on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). He videotaped his lessons for his students at the studio, occasionally while still in his character's uniform.

Avery has a very, very close relationship with Cirroc Lofton, the actor who played his son on Deep Space Nine.

In 1993, Avery was inducted into the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

Avery is 6' 1" (1.85 m) .