This block contains the information about Avery Brooks and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

He was born into a musically talented family. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Travis Crawford, was a tenor who graduated from Tougaloo College in Mississippi in 1901. Crawford toured the country singing with the Delta Rhythm Boys in the 1930s. Brooks also is musically inclined having played jazz piano, and has performed as the great baritone/actor/scholar Paul Robeson in the play entitled "Paul Robeson". He sang the lead in the A.

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Here you can learn about the movies Avery Brooks acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
15 Minutes - Detective Leon Jackson	$42M	2001	$10.5M	$24.4M
The Big Hit - Paris	$13M	1998	$10.8M	$27.1M
American History X - Dr. Bob Sweeney	$10M	1998	$156K	$6.71M
Moments Without Proper Names - Actor		1987