Kevin Hooks
Directing
Born September 19, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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".
Filmography
Woke
The Good Lord Bird
The Red Line
The Good Cop
Castle Rock
9-1-1
Marvel's The Punisher
The Orville
Mr. Mercedes
Madiba
This Is Us
Preacher
Scorpion
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Last Resort
The Finder
Person of Interest
Alphas
Necessary Roughness
Detroit 1-8-7
Human Target
The Good Wife
Prison Break: The Final Break
Drop Dead Diva
Castle
The Mentalist
Lincoln Heights
Ghost Whisperer
Bones
Supernatural
Prison Break
The Inside
Blind Justice
Lost
North Shore
Line of Fire
Cold Case
Las Vegas
L.A. Dragnet
Sounder
Boomtown
Without a Trace
Monk
24
Alias
Philly
Soul Food
Ginder T. Jones
The Color of Friendship
City of Angels
Rescue 77
Mutiny
Black Dog
Glory & Honor
Sam June
Fled
ER
To My Daughter With Love
NYPD Blue
The X-Files
Irresistible Force
Homicide: Life on the Street
Passenger 57
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Strictly Business
Married Man
I'll Fly Away
Heat Wave
Equal Justice
The Young Riders
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Alien Nation
Tales from the Crypt
Nightingales
A Fine Romance
Roots: The Gift
Midnight Caller
China Beach
Probe
A Year in the Life
Innerspace
Duane
21 Jump Street
Teen Father
Heart of the City
V
St. Elsewhere
Hotel
Fame
Friendly Fire
Polk
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Nat Blake
Take Down
Jasper MacGrudder
The White Shadow
Morris Thorpe
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Tiger
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Hoover Sissle
Just an Old Sweet Song
Junior
Aaron Loves Angela
Aaron
Sounder
David Lee Morgan
The Rookies
J.T.
J.T. Gamble
The Mike Douglas Show
Self