Kevin Hooks
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 19, 1958 (age 68)
- Birthplace
- 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
The Good Lord Bird
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Red Line
TV · Director · 1 ep
Castle Rock
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Good Cop
TV · Director · 2 eps
9-1-1
TV · Director · 1 ep
Madiba
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Orville
TV · Director · 1 ep
Marvel's The Punisher
TV · Director · 1 ep
Mr. Mercedes
TV · Director · 1 ep
This Is Us
TV · Director · 5 eps
Preacher
TV · Director · 3 eps
Scorpion
TV · Director · 1 ep
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Finder
TV · Director · 1 ep
Last Resort
TV · Director · 1 ep
Intercept
Movie · Director
Necessary Roughness
TV · Director · 1 ep
Alphas
TV · Director · 1 ep
Person of Interest
TV · Director · 1 ep
Human Target
TV · Director · 2 eps
Detroit 1-8-7
TV · Director · 3 eps
Prison Break: The Final Break
Movie · Director
Castle
TV · Director · 2 eps
Drop Dead Diva
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Good Wife
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Mentalist
TV · Director · 1 ep
Lincoln Heights
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Inside
TV · Director · 1 ep
Bones
TV · Director · 4 eps
Prison Break
TV · Director · 15 eps
Ghost Whisperer
TV · Director · 1 ep
Supernatural
TV · Director · 1 ep
North Shore
TV · Director · 1 ep
Lost
TV · Director · 2 eps
Sounder
Movie · Director
Line of Fire
TV · Director · 1 ep
Cold Case
TV · Director · 1 ep
Las Vegas
TV · Director · 1 ep
L.A. Dragnet
TV · Director · 1 ep
Monk
TV · Director · 1 ep
Boomtown
TV · Director · 1 ep
Without a Trace
TV · Director · 2 eps
24
TV · Director · 4 eps
Alias
TV · Director · 2 eps
Philly
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Color of Friendship
Movie · Director
City of Angels
TV · Director · 1 ep
Soul Food
TV · Director · 2 eps
Mutiny
Movie · Director
Rescue 77
TV · Director · 1 ep
Black Dog
Movie · Director
Glory & Honor
Movie · Director
Fled
Movie · Director
To My Daughter With Love
Movie · Director
ER
TV · Director · 1 ep
Irresistible Force
Movie · Director
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · Director · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · Director · 2 eps
NYPD Blue
TV · Director · 3 eps
Passenger 57
Movie · Director
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Movie · Director
Strictly Business
Movie · Director
I'll Fly Away
TV · Director · 1 ep
Heat Wave
Movie · Director
Equal Justice
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Young Riders
TV · Director · 2 eps
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV · Director · 1 ep
Alien Nation
TV · Director · 2 eps
Tales from the Crypt
TV · Director · 1 ep
Nightingales
TV · Director · 1 ep
A Fine Romance
TV · Director · 1 ep
Roots: The Gift
Movie · Director
Probe
TV · Director · 1 ep
Midnight Caller
TV · Director · 2 eps
China Beach
TV · Director · 1 ep
Class Act: A Teacher's Story
Movie · Director
A Year in the Life
TV · Director · 2 eps
21 Jump Street
TV · Director · 1 ep
Mariah
TV · Director · 1 ep
Teen Father
Movie · Director
Heart of the City
TV · Director · 1 ep
V
TV · Director · 3 eps
Cutter to Houston
TV · Director · 2 eps
St. Elsewhere
TV · Director · 4 eps
Fame
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hotel
TV · Director · 1 ep