Kevin Hooks

Known for DirectingBorn 1958-09-19 (age 67)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".Read more

Movies & web series

Intercept

City of Angels

Lincoln Heights

The Mentalist

9-1-1

This Is Us

Supernatural

Scorpion

Marvel's The Punisher

The X-Files

Bones

Person of Interest

Prison Break

Ghost Whisperer

Homicide: Life on the Street

Castle

Lost

Madiba

Monk

Tales from the Crypt

Drop Dead Diva

24

The Orville

Cold Case

ER

J.T.

The Good Wife

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Preacher

Prison Break: The Final Break

Midnight Caller

Probe

To My Daughter With Love

Castle Rock

I'll Fly Away

Nightingales

Sounder

Human Target

Heart of the City

The Inside

Philly

Cutter to Houston

Mr. Mercedes

China Beach

The Young Riders

Without a Trace

L.A. Dragnet

The Finder