Summary

  • Star Trek legend Jonathan Frakes praises Avery Brooks' acting as Captain Sisko in Deep Space Nine, calling him "stellar" and expressing his iration for Brooks' work in another TV series.
  • Despite Deep Space Nine ending in 1999, fans hope Brooks will reprise his role as Captain Sisko. While he has retired from acting, his TV son from DS9 has not ruled out the possibility of his return to Star Trek.
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's loyal fandom agrees with Frakes' praise of Brooks' acting and continues to appreciate the poignant and relevant nature of the series.

Star Trek legend Jonathan Frakes praises the acting of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's leading man, Avery Brooks, who portrayed the iconic Captain Benjamin Sisko. Frakes is best known for playing Commander William T. Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Captain Riker on Star Trek: Picard. But Frakes became a director on TNG and went on to helm numerous episodes of various Star Trek series, including a handful of episodes of Deep Space Nine.

In an interview with Variety conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Jonathan Frakes examined his catalog of Star Trek episodes he directed, including "Past Tense," a time travel adventure where the then-Commander Sisko posed as a freedom fighter in 21st century San Francisco. Read Frakes' praise for Avery Brooks below:

"I really loved Avery’s acting. I loved him in ‘A Man Called Hawk.’ ‘Hawk’? I was a fan."

A Man Called Hawk was a 1989 TV series on NBC starring Avery Brooks as an investigator named Hawk. It was a spinoff of Spenser For Hire, and Brooks' definitive bald head and goatee would return in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine when Captain Sisko adopted that same look from seasons 4 to 7.

Will Avery Brooks Play Captain Sisko In Star Trek Again?

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Unlike his fellow Star Trek Captains like Patrick Stewart, Kate Mulgrew, and Jonathan Frakes, Avery Brooks hasn't portrayed Captain Benjamin Sisko since Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ended in 1999. Sisko concluded his epic saga by ascending into godhood and becoming one with the Prophets of Bajor. Despite Sisko's promise that he would be back, it hasn't happened yet. DS9 hasn't received a revival series like Star Trek: The Next Generation's cast did in Star Trek: Picard season 3, but the space station and a few characters did cross over into the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks. However, Captain Sisko was nowhere to be found.

Avery Brooks has evidently retired from acting, and he seems to have put Star Trek behind him. But that doesn't stop Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's loyal fandom from hoping Brooks will reprise Captain Sisko once more. Brooks' TV son who played Jake Sisko on DS9, Cirroc Lofton, told Screen Rant that he hasn't ruled out Avery possibly coming back to Star Trek as Captain Sisko one day. But fans who still binge the poignant and relevant Star Trek: Deep Space Nine on streaming wholeheartedly agree with Jonathan Frakes about the stellar quality of Avery Brooks as an actor.

Source: Variety