Kevin Hooks
Kevin Hooks (born September 19, 1958) is an American actor, and a television and film director; he is notable from his roles in Aaron Loves Angela & Sounder, but may be best-known as Morris Thorpe from TV's The White Shadow. In 1986, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom He's the Mayor. He directed Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57 and also Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin in Fled. Hooks worked as a director and producer on the series Prison Break. He also directed two episodes from the first season of Lost, "White Rabbit" and "Homecoming". In 2003, Hooks revisited Sounder. He directed ABC's Wonderful World of Disney's TV remake of the film, with Paul Winfield, his co-star from the original, playing a different role. Hooks was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Yvonne, a state employee, and Robert Hooks, a director and actor who starred in many films in the 1970s. Kevin's nickname amongst his friends is "King Royal".
86 directing credits · 17 acting credits
Directing · 86
Supernatural
2005
The Mentalist
2008
Bones
2005
Castle
2009
Prison Break
2005
24
2001
Lost
2004
Person of Interest
2011
9-1-1
2018
The X-Files
1993
Marvel's The Punisher
2017
Monk
2002
The Good Wife
2009
ER
1994
Without a Trace
2002
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Ghost Whisperer
2005
This Is Us
2016
Cold Case
2003
Scorpion
2014
NYPD Blue
1993
Las Vegas
2003
St. Elsewhere
1982
21 Jump Street
1987
The Orville
2017
Hotel
1982
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Fame
1982
Mr. Mercedes
2017
Preacher
2016
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Castle Rock
2018
China Beach
1988
V
1984
Alphas
2011
Human Target
2010
The Young Riders
1989
Boomtown
2002
The Finder
2012
Alien Nation
1989
Lincoln Heights
2007
Alias
2001
L.A. Dragnet
2003
I'll Fly Away
1991
Midnight Caller
1988
The Inside
2005
Soul Food
2000
Detroit 1-8-7
2010
Philly
2001
Last Resort
2012
Necessary Roughness
2011
Equal Justice
1990
The Good Cop
2018
North Shore
2004
The Good Lord Bird
2020
Heart of the City
1986
A Year in the Life
1987
Line of Fire
2003
City of Angels
2000
Passenger 57
1992
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009
Probe
1988
The Red Line
2019
Fled
1996
Madiba
2017
A Fine Romance
1989
Rescue 77
1999
Nightingales
1989
Cutter to Houston
1983
Black Dog
1998
Mariah
1987
Strictly Business
1991
Mutiny
1999
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992
Heat Wave
1990
Roots: The Gift
1988
The Color of Friendship
2000
Irresistible Force
1993
Intercept
2011
To My Daughter With Love
1994
Sounder
2003
Glory & Honor
1998
Class Act: A Teacher's Story
1987
Teen Father
1986
Acting · 17
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Rookies
1972
The White Shadow
1978
Soul Food
2000
Innerspace
1987
Sounder
1972
Strictly Business
1991
He's the Mayor
1986
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
Take Down
1979
Friendly Fire
1980
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
Aaron Loves Angela
1975
Glory & Honor
1998
J.T.
1971