Kevin Hooks

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1958-09-19 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Kevin Hooks

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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".

Known For

Director

2020
The Good Lord Bird

as Director

2019
The Red Line

as Director

2018
Castle Rock

as Director

2018
The Good Cop

as Director

2018
9-1-1

as Director

2017
Madiba

as Director

2017
The Orville

as Director

2017
2017
Mr. Mercedes

as Director

2016
This Is Us

as Director

2016
Preacher

as Director

2014
Scorpion

as Director

2012
The Finder

as Director

2012
Last Resort

as Director

2011
Intercept

as Director

2011
2011
Alphas

as Director

2011
Person of Interest

as Director

2010
Human Target

as Director

2010
Detroit 1-8-7

as Director

2009
Castle

as Director

2009
Drop Dead Diva

as Director

2009
The Good Wife

as Director

2008
The Mentalist

as Director

2007
Lincoln Heights

as Director

2005
The Inside

as Director

2005
Bones

as Director

2005
Prison Break

as Director

2005
Ghost Whisperer

as Director

2005
Supernatural

as Director

2004
North Shore

as Director

2004
Lost

as Director

2003
Sounder

as Director

2003
Line of Fire

as Director

2003
Cold Case

as Director

2003
Las Vegas

as Director

2003
L.A. Dragnet

as Director

2002
Monk

as Director

2002
Boomtown

as Director

2002
Without a Trace

as Director

2001
24

as Director

2001
Alias

as Director

2001
Philly

as Director

2000
2000
City of Angels

as Director

2000
Soul Food

as Director

1999
Mutiny

as Director

1999
Rescue 77

as Director

1998
Black Dog

as Director

1998
Glory & Honor

as Director

1996
Fled

as Director

1994
1994
ER

as Director

1993
Irresistible Force

as Director

1993
The X-Files

as Director

1992
Passenger 57

as Director

1991
Strictly Business

as Director

1991
I'll Fly Away

as Director

1990
Heat Wave

as Director

1990
Equal Justice

as Director

1989
The Young Riders

as Director

1989
1989
Alien Nation

as Director

1989
1989
Nightingales

as Director

1989
A Fine Romance

as Director

1988
Roots: The Gift

as Director

1988
Probe

as Director

1988
Midnight Caller

as Director

1988
China Beach

as Director

1987
A Year in the Life

as Director

1987
21 Jump Street

as Director

1987
Mariah

as Director

1986
Teen Father

as Director

1986
Heart of the City

as Director

1984
V

as Director

1983
Cutter to Houston

as Director

1982
St. Elsewhere

as Director

1982
Hotel

as Director

1982
Fame

as Director

Actor

2000
Soul Food

as Ginder T. Jones

1991
Strictly Business

as Married Man

1987
Innerspace

as Duane

1980
1979
Take Down

as Jasper MacGrudder

1978
The White Shadow

as Morris Thorpe

1975
1972
Sounder

as David Lee Morgan

1969
J.T.

as J.T. Gamble

Producer

2017
Madiba

as Executive Producer

2009
Prison Break: The Final Break

as Executive Producer

2007
Lincoln Heights

as Producer

2005
Blind Justice

as Producer

2005
Prison Break

as Co-Executive Producer

2005
Prison Break

as Executive Producer

2003
L.A. Dragnet

as Co-Executive Producer

2001
Philly

as Executive Producer

2000
2000
City of Angels

as Producer

Creator

2017
Madiba

as Creator