Avery Brooks

I think that any actor that can be the main character of a TV series for seven seasons must be a good actor. It turns out that Avery Brooks is. In fact, he's excellent.



In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Brooks played his role better than any other lead in all the Star Trek shows. He had a character, and was able to show it on screen. He showed emotion very well, even through subtlety when it was needed. The sign of a good actor is if he is able to take the fictional situations the character is in, and make the character come to life. Avery Brooks succeeded in this in every episode of DS9.



Brooks created a real character during the run of the series. He was a believable actor. This reality is extremely important in science-fiction, when the suspension of reality is taken to the extreme. Brooks made it seem easy; in reality, it's not.



It's unfortunate that Avery Brooks has not appeared in anything major since the series ended. I would have thought he could have become extremely successful. But I suppose I will just have to be content with Brooks being extremely successful in what he has done, and in what he decides to do in the future.