Person
Kevin Hooks
Directing · Born 1958-09-19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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".
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Filmography
- 2025WokeAssociate Producer
- 2020The Good Lord BirdDirector
- 2019The Red LineDirector
- 2018The Good CopDirector
- 2018Castle RockDirector
- 20189-1-1Director
- 2017Marvel's The PunisherDirector
- 2017The OrvilleDirector
- 2017Mr. MercedesDirector
- 2017MadibaDirector
- 2016This Is UsDirector
- 2016PreacherDirector
- 2014ScorpionDirector
- 2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Director
- 2012Last ResortDirector
- 2012The FinderDirector
- 2011InterceptDirector
- 2011Person of InterestDirector
- 2011AlphasDirector
- 2011Necessary RoughnessDirector
- 2010Detroit 1-8-7Director
- 2010Human TargetDirector
- 2009The Good WifeDirector
- 2009Prison Break: The Final BreakDirector
- 2009Drop Dead DivaDirector
- 2009CastleDirector
- 2008The MentalistDirector
- 2007Lincoln HeightsProducer
- 2005Ghost WhispererDirector
- 2005BonesDirector
- 2005SupernaturalDirector
- 2005Prison BreakDirector
- 2005The InsideDirector
- 2005Blind JusticeProducer
- 2004LostDirector
- 2004North ShoreDirector
- 2003Line of FireDirector
- 2003Cold CaseDirector
- 2003Las VegasDirector
- 2003L.A. DragnetDirector
- 2003SounderDirector
- 2002BoomtownDirector
- 2002Without a TraceDirector
- 2002MonkDirector
- 200124Director
- 2001AliasDirector
- 2001PhillyDirector
- 2000Soul FoodGinder T. Jones
- 2000The Color of FriendshipProducer
- 2000City of AngelsProducer
- 1999Rescue 77Director
- 1999MutinyDirector
- 1998Black DogDirector
- 1998Glory & HonorSam June
- 1996FledDirector
- 1994ERDirector
- 1994To My Daughter With LoveDirector
- 1993NYPD BlueDirector
- 1993The X-FilesDirector
- 1993Irresistible ForceDirector
- 1993Homicide: Life on the StreetDirector
- 1992Passenger 57Director
- 1992Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry StoryDirector
- 1991Strictly BusinessMarried Man
- 1991I'll Fly AwayDirector
- 1990Heat WaveDirector
- 1990Equal JusticeDirector
- 1989The Young RidersDirector
- 1989Doogie Howser, M.D.Director
- 1989Alien NationDirector
- 1989Tales from the CryptDirector
- 1989NightingalesDirector
- 1989A Fine RomanceDirector
- 1988Roots: The GiftDirector
- 1988Midnight CallerDirector
- 1988China BeachDirector
- 1988ProbeDirector
- 1987A Year in the LifeDirector
- 1987InnerspaceDuane
- 198721 Jump StreetDirector
- 1987MariahDirector
- 1987Class Act: A Teacher's StoryDirector
- 1986Teen FatherDirector
- 1986Heart of the CityDirector
- 1986He's the Mayor
- 1984VDirector
- 1983Cutter to HoustonDirector
- 1982St. ElsewhereDirector
- 1982HotelDirector
- 1982FameDirector
- 1980Friendly FirePolk
- 1979Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze StoryNat Blake
- 1979Take DownJasper MacGrudder
- 1978The White ShadowMorris Thorpe
- 1977A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a SandwichTiger
- 1977The Greatest Thing That Almost HappenedHoover Sissle
- 1976Just an Old Sweet SongJunior
- 1975Aaron Loves AngelaAaron
- 1972SounderDavid Lee Morgan
- 1972The Rookies
- 1971J.T.J.T. Gamble
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
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